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Been meaning to upgrade my GTX 650 Ti 1gb for awhile now as it is starting to be lacking for newer video games that require the 2gb minimum video memory. Hoping to catch some deals over the weekend for Black Friday and Cyber Monday to keep a budget of around 100-150$. Mainly used in gaming...

Never mind, I would need to upgrade my PSU to run a R9 290 it seems.

The system is nearing the 2 year mark here soon, was meant to be a budget gaming PC and I do mean to upgrade eventually once I have some more extra money to spend. Also, would the R9 290 be a good option with the price drop it has had recently?

Alright, sounds good. Thanks.

I've figured the next thing in my computer to upgrade is my gpu which is currently a GTX 650 ti, but I'm having some issues figuring out what to upgrade to. I only use 1600x1050 resolution on my current monitor and will probably only do 1080p max so I am unsure if spending a lot of money on a...

Switching them around helped out a lot, and I also reapplied the thermal paste on the gpu (was over a year old and refurbished when I bought it) and now it runs much cooler. Barely hits 60 degree Celsius at full load. Thanks for the help guys!

Okay, will switch those around.

I've been having some temp issues with my desktop pc, my temps were 80 Celsius plus for both my CPU and GPU while playing video games. This caused my games to crash fairly regularly on with the Nvidia error: "Nvidia kernel mode driver stopped responding but as reconnected" and I would have to...