Upgrading My Radeon HD 6770

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Hi! I'm new to PC gaming. I've recently bought myaelf a cheap but alright gaming pc off eBay, and so far I'm happy with the results but I've been thinking about upgrading the graphics card which is a Radeon HD 6770 to a GTX 1050TI. I feel that this is a good option as I think it's pretty cheap for what it offers. Even tho i am pretty much set on buying this card, I have a few questions to ask.

Here are my PC specs:
CPU: Amd A8 5600k at 3.60ghz
GPU: Radeon HD 6770
Motherboard: Asus A68M Plus Motherboard
Ram: 1x 8gb stick
Memory: 250gb HDD

Question 1: since my cpu is a few years old, would there be any bottlenecking that could possibly damage something in my pc?
Question 2: sice I'm thinking about getting the GTX 1050 TI with the two fans, will it work in my pc?


Hope I can Get Some Help.
 
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I'd be shocked if it didn't fit. If you're overly concerned get one of the single fan tiny ones. They're a bit louder but will definitely fit if your current card does

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http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-1200-vs-AMD-A8-5600K-APU/3931vsm1766


Just to give you an idea the 1200 is a newer $100 processor and is 50% faster single core and 82% faster multi core.

Will you majorly bottleneck a 1050ti all of the time? No but there will be cases where your cpu will. It would still be a nice upgrade either way, just know your 1050ti may not always quite perform as well as some others due to a cpu bottleneck (in some cases only)

As for the number of fans it doesn't matter other than if it'll fit I'm you case. The 2 fan versions are quiter
 

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I heard that the 1050ti could fit in almost any case, is that true
 

turboali6

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I don't know what type of case it is cuz there's no labelling anywhere on it or inside it
 

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I have a powercolor hd 6770 card. Would it be a smart idea to look up the dimensions of my current card and the gtx 1050 I'm looking to get?