I need some help. (No technical issues, just decision issues)

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Right now I have a dell Optiplex 990 MT, it has an I5 2400, 8gb of ddr3 1333mhz ram, a 750gb HDD, a 400w psu, and a crappy Radeon HD 7470.:??:
Right now I am running Fortnite on the very minimum settings, 480p and I am getting around 23fps.
I am saving up for a new gpu, I think I am gonna get it used, mainly because of the price to performance. I understand the risks, as well.
The biggest issue I have is where to find good deals, good websites and the specific gpu to get.
At first, I was 99% certain that I was gonna purchase the gtx 970 off of CEX for around $130, but I think that they will be out of stock for a long time, if not forever. I really want to get the best price to performance possible, without buying something that would kill my psu and bottleneck my CPU.
I have got no idea what to do exactly... I have been tempted to buy a gtx 750ti or something, But I really want more performance than that. I am primarily looking towards gtx 1060 performance.
I really need to stop rambling, but I have barely started saving up. Around $30 saved up.
 
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What I've seen is that the 990 does not put out 75W on the motherboard pci-ex slot, however if the card you choose uses a 6 or 8 pin pci-ex connector then it will work. That's because it'll draw the power it needs off the pci-ex connector. So if you get a card like the 1050 Ti, get one that requires a 6 pin connector, assuming your power supply has one.

Alternatively, you could get a 1030, that's because the 1030 uses very little power, equivalent to your 7450. What you want to avoid are cards that use in the 35W-75W range of power. That's too much for the motherboard slot, but not enough to require the card to use a pci-ex connector.
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Depends on how you want to approach it.

If you're looking for GTX 1060 levels of performance then the simple answer would be to get a GTX 1060. The GTX 970 is still pretty decent. The thing to be wary of is whether your Dell will accept the upgrade, double check on forums to see if people have made the upgrade just to be on the safe side.

I'm also somewhat wary of the power requirement of both graphics cards. The GTX 970 reference card has a requirement of 450W, and the GTX 1060 has 400W. You could end up having to upgrade the PSU as well depending how well it has aged.

Not all take the comparative approach to upgrading. I would look to current performance and potential new performance. While the GTX 750 ti isn't as strong a performer as any of the GTX 1060s, it's still better than the HD 7470.

Considering you're only just saving up the market may have changed by the time you have enough money to make a purchase. Supposedly a GTX 1060 5GB variant is forthcoming, so prices may change to reflect it. Those are all things I would recommend you consider. (Not US based so I can't recommend any stores/sites though there is a list here on Tom's somewhere.)

 
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if you want a 970, then you are also going to need to drop in a i7 2600(k) and a new power supply



if you dont want to change anything else, then the only choice is a gtx 1050 ti
 
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What I've seen is that the 990 does not put out 75W on the motherboard pci-ex slot, however if the card you choose uses a 6 or 8 pin pci-ex connector then it will work. That's because it'll draw the power it needs off the pci-ex connector. So if you get a card like the 1050 Ti, get one that requires a 6 pin connector, assuming your power supply has one.

Alternatively, you could get a 1030, that's because the 1030 uses very little power, equivalent to your 7450. What you want to avoid are cards that use in the 35W-75W range of power. That's too much for the motherboard slot, but not enough to require the card to use a pci-ex connector.
 
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