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I'm trying to upgrade a computer that was given to me for a local boy scouts club. My goal here is to be able to watch 4K videos on their 4K TV.

This is a link to the computer that I was given.
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/servicetag/3YWZQL1/manuals

It's a Dell Vostro 230 with Windows 7 32bit, 4GB of Ram, and a core2 duo. It currently only has a VGA output and it looks terrible on the TV.

What budget friendly graphics card would you suggest being able to output to 4K through HDMI 32-bit system? I don't want to have to spend over $100.00. I'm not trying to play games I just want to be able to output to a 4k television via HDMI. Thank you very much!
 
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First, limitations. If you have a slim form factor case, according to the documentation you'll need a half height card and you have a 250W power supply to work with. If you have a mini tower, you can use a full height card and have 300W to work with.

Another thing to be aware of, newer Nvidia cards might have trouble with older motherboards due to bios issues.

Finally, HDMI 1.4 is 30hz 4k, HDMI 2.0 or higher would be 60hz 4k, keep this in mind when deciding on a card. Right now, of the new cards that are more power friendly and work with older motherboards, I think the AMD RX 460 2gb card has the most up to date 4k support. They can usually be found at just under your budget. These are full height cards though, so it might not be an...
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First, limitations. If you have a slim form factor case, according to the documentation you'll need a half height card and you have a 250W power supply to work with. If you have a mini tower, you can use a full height card and have 300W to work with.

Another thing to be aware of, newer Nvidia cards might have trouble with older motherboards due to bios issues.

Finally, HDMI 1.4 is 30hz 4k, HDMI 2.0 or higher would be 60hz 4k, keep this in mind when deciding on a card. Right now, of the new cards that are more power friendly and work with older motherboards, I think the AMD RX 460 2gb card has the most up to date 4k support. They can usually be found at just under your budget. These are full height cards though, so it might not be an option. Half height cards are likely to have HDMI 1.4 outputs and/or need more power and/or work best with UEFI bios, so be careful.

That sums up what I know on the subject.

 
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