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I want to upgrade my graphics card from my asus desktop cm1745, with AMD A8-5500 APU processor with HD 7560D Graphics card.

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I want to upgrade my graphics card from my asus desktop cm1745, with AMD A8-5500 APU processor with HD 7560D Graphics card. I want to be able to play the newer games like Dark Souls 2 and Dying Light. I saw on Amazon that the R7 290 only cost $180 is that compatible with my computer, is it too big, any other ideas on graphics cards that are $200 or under that can run these kind of games and newer games that will come out. Thank You so much, dont really know much about how graphics cards work
 
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LucoTF

It's the +12v rating that matters.

Both the Antec I listed and the EVGA matt listed have plenty enough to power your rig, but seeing as Matt's has the higher +12v rating (40a) then get the EVGA instead of the antec :)
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MSI gtx960 would be a great card, it's only just come out and would run those games no problem on pretty high settings, there may come a point when your APU becomes the bottleneck but you should certainly try something like a gtx960 or R9 280x.

If you meant to say the R9 290 instead of the R7 290 then that is a stunning card but will require a 750w power supply

Best of luck!
 
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Do you want to say R9 290? R9 290 is best graphics card under 200$. It has more Vcore, more VRAM and has greater efficiency than GTX 960. If you are getting R9 290 under 200$ then get that. It is best graphics card. If your motherboard has PCIe x16 slot then it will be straightforward compatiable with your motherboard. Dont worry about the versions. Even PCIe 3.0x16 cards dont have enough bandwidth to fill the PCIe2.0x16 slot. It will compatiable, thats all. :)
CB :sol:
 
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Omg so sorry the R9 270X was under $200
lol

 
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PSU is the power supply unit.

You would need to buy a unit with more wattage then the 300-350ish your computer probably came with.
Now not all PSUs are equal. Just because they slapped a 500w sticker on the front does not mean in any way that is certified to achieve that. A cheap psu is like a cheap car amplifier - the sticker says some outrageous number but in reality if it ever got to 70% of that number it would be for 2 seconds before it fries everything.

You want to a get a 80 plus bronze or better rated psu by a good company. Good companies are Antec, XFX, Seasonic, EVGA (not NEX), Rosewill (Hive and Capstone only).

How many watts you need depends on what GPU. 550w would be a good number to look at considering your cpu could not handle any cards that needed more wattage.
 
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PSU(Power supply Unit) that gives power to your whole computer and situated at back corner from which all cables come and attach to Hard Drive, SSD, Motherboard, graphics card to give power supply to all. It converts the Alternate Current(AC) that comes in our houses to Direct current(DC) that the computer needs. It has the transformer to do so. EVGA, Seasonic and XFX are best manufacturers of PSUs. :)
CB :sol:
 
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Ok after some digging, it appears that the stock power supply is standard ATX dimensions so you shouldn't have issues if you choose to upgrade it.

For the curious it also has 2 +12v rails @13a each, can't seem to find a max combined rating though so I assume it's the full 26a

Edit: oh lordy, 216w max combined = 18a on the +12v

yeah anything beyond a 750ti and you will definitely need to upgrade PSU too
 
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^ he'll get away with the 750ti luco I would think.
The 5500 is a 65w chip, installing a dedicated GPU disables the igp portion & takes it down to 50w or so.
I'd go new PSU & the 270 if in budget though,big big step up from the 750ti performance wise.
From what I can see there's about 270mm of clearance for a GPU so the powercolor one will fit easily - less than 200mm long.
 
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It's a good 20-30% faster than the 750ti depending on the game

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($33.98 @ Directron)
Total: $183.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-23 12:10 EST-0500
 
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It's the +12v rating that matters.

Both the Antec I listed and the EVGA matt listed have plenty enough to power your rig, but seeing as Matt's has the higher +12v rating (40a) then get the EVGA instead of the antec :)
 
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If you overclock R9 270 by 100-150 MHz and you basically get the R9 270x. And yes, It will worth a lot because it is overclocking edition and you can overclock it more, It will make a lot difference. It will worth to spend 13$ more for that. Good Luck. :)
CB :sol:
 
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