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Looking for input on what gfx card to get

Muggins

Muggins

Muggins

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I am to all intents and purposes, a n00b when it comes to hardware, so I apologise in advance for any hand-holding that may be required.

I'm looking for a decent entry level card to stuff in my pc, it's currently running on the APU for its gfx needs (I had to replace my old machine and the new one is pretty minimalistic as I was poor when I got it) and I figure there's probably a way to give it some more grunt without breaking the bank. Anything I thought relevant will be included below, but let me know what, if anything else is needed.

Power Supply : 500 Watt (not sure on the specifics beyond that)
Motherboard : Gigabyte F2A55M-HD2
CPU/APU : AMD FM2 A8 6600K APU Quad Core CPU 3.9Ghz (turbo 4.2Ghz) Black Edition
RAM: 12gb (again, not sure on specifics, can dig around if needed)


So yes, your collective expertise on how I might improve this would be gratefully received. :)
 
Thanks for the responses so far :)

As to the budget, I'm pitching the ideas to my folks as they may get me a new card for my birthday as I'm saving money to go to uni and have little to spare, so I dunno what the budget will be sadly =/ let's call it £100-£200 for ball park figures.

I use it to game, but I'm not fixated on the idea of running everything at max, I just want it running comfortably, I play a few mmos and that's about as graphically intensive as I get at the moment. I will be going to uni to do some art and design followed up by game design which will involve some time in maya etc, so that will be a factor down the line too. But as I said, I'm looking for middle of the road competency for the most part :)
 
I can't find anything that tells me the specifics about the psu, I assume that's going to be an open the tower and look sort of thing?

Also, thanks for all your help so far, given me some good ideas :)
 
A-520 ATX switching power supply unit

There may have been a little logo that said ace, but I couldn't see that properly from where I was looking, not sure if that's any use at all =/
 
I could cannibalise my old tower's psu, dunno if it would be worth it though... apparently that is an evo labs pentium p4 e-750br.

Otherwise, thanks again, I'll look at the suggested items - guess I have to find some more money from somewhere lol =/
 
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