Need Advice on replacing GTS 450

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I need to replace my recently blown out GTS 450. Please help!
My specs are
i3-540 3.06Ghz
GTS 450 2GB DDR3 (dead)
4GB DDR3 10600MHz RAM
Intel H55M-E32 Motherboard
450W PSU

Yesterday, I was playing some games and suddenly I heard a soft pop, and the pc turned off. I smelled some smoke and the PC won't turn on. The video card was taken out and the PC starts working again. The whole system is already at least 5 years old. The video card is already 4 years old, and it was subject to poor working conditions and treatment (the GPU fan died last year). I can safely assume that all other components are O.K.
I need help on finding a replacement video card that fits perfectly with the specs above, or at least require a bit of upgrade, and not an extensive upgrade (processor, mobo, etc) My budget is below $200. I was thinking of buying a GTX 650 or maybe the HD 7770. Please advise!

 
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Karadjgne
Depends on your bios. If you have a uefi bios, go for the 750ti, its a great replacement for any low-end gpu. If you do not have a uefi bios, you'll be limited to amd cards such as r7-265 and below or nvidia cards such as gtx 660 and below
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Depends on your bios. If you have a uefi bios, go for the 750ti, its a great replacement for any low-end gpu. If you do not have a uefi bios, you'll be limited to amd cards such as r7-265 and below or nvidia cards such as gtx 660 and below
 
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By current standards the GTX4550 is a 'weak' card, it's some 13 tiers down, on the left: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32899-7.html
Anything between it and the GTX750Ti would make a good replacement or upgrade, depending on how high up the tiers you go.
Don't go above the GTX750Ti, unless you can find it cheap, the CPU will restrict it ( the dreaded bottleneck! )
The system doesn't have a UEFI BIOS by the way its WAY too old. 😉
 
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The i3 540 is lga 1156 cpu. That's sandy bridge. Whether it has a uefi bios is anyone's guess. Both my lga 1155 do. It's not that old comparatively as the tech really hasn't changed that much to DC cpus other than some tweaks and instruction sets. Performance wise, they are close enough not to even warrant an upgrade.
 
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Probably would be a better idea to look at the R7 260 or R7 260X then, unless the OP can be totally certain as to which type of BIOS his system has, they are both a bit of an upgrade and burn a little less power so compatibility shouldn't be an issue.
Mew?
 
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Its not sandybridge, its clarkdale.

LGA 1155 is sandybridge / ivybridge.
 
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Thank you for the answers lol that was quick
I think I'm going to buy the GTX 650TI
Any suggestions for an AMD Equivalent or another nvidia card that might be better?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($154.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $154.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-03 19:48 EST-0500 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($135.38 @ Newegg)
Total: $135.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-03 19:47 EST-0500 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

About as strong a gpu as your current psu will handle.
 
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