Upgrading from Radeon HD 6450 - advice please

[soulstarsinger]

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card and psu for better gaming performance. The card I have now just doesn't cut it at all, so I hope you all can give me some advice and suggestions / recommendations.

Info:

BUDGET: Around £200

USAGE: Gaming (Guild Wars 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Assassins Creed Unity), Adobe Creative Cloud (mostly Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks), video streaming.

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1Gb DDR3 / 300w PSU

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Inspiron 620: i5-2320 3GHz CPU (quad core), 8Gb RAM, running Win 7 64-bit.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Scan, Ebuyer, or will take recommendations.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK

PARTS PREFERENCES: no preference - I'm looking for the best card for my system and budget.

OVERCLOCKING: No. SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 2 x 1920x1080

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I have space for a card that's no more than 8" in length.

Thanks in advance!

 

[clutchc]

That 8" space limitation is going to limit you. But you're in luck. This PNY GTX 750 Ti OC is the fastest card that can run on a 300W PSU and requires no 6 pin connector. I have used it in the past. It is a great little card for gaming at 1080p on a budget: http://www.pny.com/gtx-750-ti-2048mb-oc?sku=VCGGTX750T2XPB-OC

 

[tech-wreck]

That 8" space limitation is going to limit you. But you're in luck. This PNY GTX 750 Ti OC is the fastest card that can run on a 300W PSU and requires no 6 pin connector. I have used it in the past. It is a great little card for gaming at 1080p on a budget: http://www.pny.com/gtx-750-ti-2048mb-oc?sku=VCGGTX750T2XPB-OC

where's the thing gone to vote that up?

anyway, that's about the best there is without a PSU upgrade as well. if you can find one that fits, a GTX 960 and a decent PSU will be in or around your budget.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn960oc4gd
and
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100w10500kr
(for example)

 

[soulstarsinger]

That 8" space limitation is going to limit you. But you're in luck. This PNY GTX 750 Ti OC is the fastest card that can run on a 300W PSU and requires no 6 pin connector. I have used it in the past. It is a great little card for gaming at 1080p on a budget: http://www.pny.com/gtx-750-ti-2048mb-oc?sku=VCGGTX750T2XPB-OC

Ugh, I know. It's a pain.

Thanks for the advice - I am happy to upgrade the psu as well, but it was useful to have the options to compare

 

[clutchc]

That 8" space limitation is going to limit you. But you're in luck. This PNY GTX 750 Ti OC is the fastest card that can run on a 300W PSU and requires no 6 pin connector. I have used it in the past. It is a great little card for gaming at 1080p on a budget: http://www.pny.com/gtx-750-ti-2048mb-oc?sku=VCGGTX750T2XPB-OC

Ugh, I know. It's a pain.

Thanks for the advice - I am happy to upgrade the psu as well, but it was useful to have the options to compare

Just to be precise, you have the Inspiron 620 not the 620s, correct?
http://nattokude.gozaru.jp/image/inspiron620/inspiron620_039.jpg
(The 620 is on the left, the 620s on the right)

 

[soulstarsinger]

if you can find one that fits, a GTX 960 and a decent PSU will be in or around your budget.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn960oc4gd
and
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100w10500kr
(for example)

Thanks - I was wondering about the 2Gb version of the GTX 960 last night, so I think I will take your suggestion. It looks like it's much of a size with my current card, so that will do nicely!

 

[soulstarsinger]

Just to be precise, you have the Inspiron 620 not the 620s, correct?
http://nattokude.gozaru.jp/image/inspiron620/inspiron620_039.jpg
(The 620 is on the left, the 620s on the right)

Yes, I definitely have the 620 with the standard mini tower case.

 

[tech-wreck]

if you can find one that fits, a GTX 960 and a decent PSU will be in or around your budget.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn960oc4gd
and
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100w10500kr
(for example)

Thanks - I was wondering about the 2Gb version of the GTX 960 last night, so I think I will take your suggestion. It looks like it's much of a size with my current card, so that will do nicely!

with pcpartpicker, you can specify a maximum length when narrowing down a GPU, the one i linked to is 181mm. there were several under 200mm, but that was the cheapest iirc.