Upgrading a store bought AcerTC-603 to gaming rig

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MrSar9e

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10,510
Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP
Budget Range: cheap as possible (under £200)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming



Parts to Upgrade: hopefully only the GPU
Do you need to buy OS: No


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon

Location: City, State/Region, Country - fife, scotland

Parts Preferences: no preference
Overclocking: Maybe, if even possible.. i dunno

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe



And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: PC as is is not able to provide a satisfying gaming experience

System Spec:

Acer TC603 model AR5B22
I7 4770
FSP group switching power supply, 484W (max)(FSP500-50AAGA
win 10
16GB DDR3 patriot viper RAM (newly installed)
nvidea geforce GT640 4GB
3TB harddrive


do i need to supply any other info?

as title says, im looking to give this old dog a bit of new life. ive toyed with the idea of building a new rig altogether and using some existing parts from this machine but im not thrilled with having to re-install windows etc etc
i would like to know if its possible to 1 upgrade the GPU without changing the power supply and 2 what GPU can i get cheap thatll do the job

i predominantly play games like rust and player unknown at the mo

any advice would be greatly appreciated

cheers!
 
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Chugalug_
Yep, everything'll be fine.
Ditto on the waiting, especially for tech, really sucks. :(
Got my S8 coming in 10 days, my iPhone 5 lasts something like at best 4 hours on a lazy day, just on screensaver mode.
It goes from 100% to 0% just by checking notifications a couple of times an hour or sending a few texts.
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MrSar9e

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Looking to order from amazon uk (today if possible)

how do i post a pic?
 
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spdragoo

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Are you going to be playing at 1080p resolutions? If so, then depending on how good that PSU is, you should at least look at a GTX 1050, possibly even an RX 470/480 (4/8GB) or GTX 1060 (6GB), although it might be pushing it a bit for those. Anything more powerful will almost certainly require a new PSU.

Do you have your motherboard manual? It might list in there what the size limitations are for your PCIe slots. As long as you have the power & the physical space, you should be fine.
 
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MrSar9e

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sorry no manual and the ones i can see online are super vague. its a samsung HDTV moniter im using so i guess thatll be 1080p

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MG0ZJRO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
is that a good deal?
 
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MrSar9e

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card looks cool but not in stock till 16th :(

was hoping to get it tomorrow, whats the key specs i should be looking for when deciding if a card is good or not? im pretty new to all this and dont really have a clue what im looking at tbh. its all pretty overwhelming!
 
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MrSar9e

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I suppose your right but damn if I hate to wait! I take it the RX will run fine without any need to change my power supply?
 
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Yep, everything'll be fine.
Ditto on the waiting, especially for tech, really sucks. :(
Got my S8 coming in 10 days, my iPhone 5 lasts something like at best 4 hours on a lazy day, just on screensaver mode.
It goes from 100% to 0% just by checking notifications a couple of times an hour or sending a few texts.
 
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