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Question

GPU Swap Gtx750 to 960

Mar 30, 2016 2:09PM PDT

I bought this starter rig a year or so ago and I've gotten great performance out of it, but it is showing it's age in the graphics department, I am NOT a techie, I dont have much experience with hardware or upgrading
Here is what I do know

It has an i7 4790S
16gb RAM
some kind of GYGABYTE motherboard
gtx 750 2gb
350w power supply

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Answer
Too close to the edge on the PSU.
Mar 30, 2016 3:21PM PDT

Let's hear the exact make and model PSU. I might give it a "barely passes" but the 750 is known for it's light load. Let's get the 960 model up in the discussion too.

Nice step up. Compare them at GPUBOSS to see how big a step.

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How about a CX600 PSU?
Mar 31, 2016 1:40PM PDT

The current PSU is some dual rail POS, nothing fancy, decided to go with a corsair cx600w psu, was recommended and is quite cheap, and was told it would leave plenty of available power if I chose to add in more cooling and storage?

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Looks good
Mar 31, 2016 7:39PM PDT

Shop for a cx600m it's only a few extra bucks and you just use the cables you need.
So you don't need to hide that spaghetti nest of extra cables.

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The GPU
Mar 31, 2016 1:44PM PDT

MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card

That is what I am up[grading to

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Gpu upgrade
Mar 30, 2016 8:07PM PDT

If you do this plan on a psu upgrade.

Unless that 350w is a quality single rail unit..which is very doubtful as their expensive..add the cost of a new psu to the mix.

Your cpu and the 960 alone will be in the 200w area.

Answer Robert's questions but I suspect a new psu will be needed.