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my computer is struggling to play some games in high quality so I need to get a new graphics card and was wondering which ones you guys use or which you think are best. thanks!
Budget 300 USD

HP pavilion HPE
Core i7

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What's your budget? What's your currency? What is the make and model of both your case and PSU? What are the rest of your specs(download Speccy and post a screenshot)? What games are you having a hard time running?
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Depends what your budget is and what your current specs like your PSU is so I know what you can handle otherwise I suggest the GTX Titan X
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13 wrote What's your budget? What's your currency? What is the make and model of both your case and PSU? What are the rest of your specs(download Speccy and post a screenshot)? What games are you having a hard time running?

ok ill do that right now and edit the post but what is PSU and case mean? (I don't know anything about computers)
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13 wrote What's your budget? What's your currency? What is the make and model of both your case and PSU? What are the rest of your specs(download Speccy and post a screenshot)? What games are you having a hard time running?

ok ill do that right now and edit the post but what is PSU and case mean? (I don't know anything about computers)

Power Supply Unit and the case is the big tower with your graphics card and other stuff inside, might look like this...

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PSU is your power supply. It's a pretty vital component in your PC. If it's not high enough wattage or good enough quality for an upgrade, then you'll need a new PSU. Your case might only support certain GPUs, so we need to know both your case and PSU before we can help. Remember, we need the make and model of both. Also, again, we need a budget and currency to work with to be able to recommend something.

ZTG wrote I suggest the GTX Titan X

Don't. GTX 980Ti is a much better choice than the Maxwell Titan X. As for the Pascal Titan X, sure it's a good card, but reference coolers suck, especially on high end cards like the Pascal Titan X, it's much wiser to wait for a 1080Ti, or get SLI 1070s.
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13 wrote PSU is your power supply. It's a pretty vital component in your PC. If it's not high enough wattage or good enough quality for an upgrade, then you'll need a new PSU. Your case might only support certain GPUs, so we need to know both your case and PSU before we can help. Remember, we need the make and model of both. Also, again, we need a budget and currency to work with to be able to recommend something.

ZTG wrote I suggest the GTX Titan X

Don't. GTX 980Ti is a much better choice than the Maxwell Titan X. As for the Pascal Titan X, sure it's a good card, but reference coolers suck, especially on high end cards like the Pascal Titan X, it's much wiser to wait for a 1080Ti, or get SLI 1070s.

I went for the most expensive because he wasn't precise :p
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You have no GPU. You're running integrated graphics. You're going to need a new case and PSU before you can add a GPU, you might even need a new motherboard. Sometimes companies that sell pre-builts use their own weird form factors for motherboards, which means for a case upgrade, you'd also need a new motherboard.

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Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($199.99 @ B&H)
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Total: $339.88

It's a little over budget, but worth it. You can get the GPU, PSU, and case now, and then the SSD later but I'd recommend adding the SSD asap. The motherboard you have looks like it might be mATX, but I'm not sure, so if it's some weird form factor, you may need to buy a new motherboard. In which case, get this;
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13 wrote You have no GPU. You're running integrated graphics. You're going to need a new case and PSU before you can add a GPU, you might even need a new motherboard. Sometimes companies that sell pre-builts use their own weird form factors for motherboards, which means for a case upgrade, you'd also need a new motherboard.

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Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $339.88

It's a little over budget, but worth it. You can get the GPU, PSU, and case now, and then the SSD later but I'd recommend adding the SSD asap. The motherboard you have looks like it might be mATX, but I'm not sure, so if it's some weird form factor, you may need to buy a new motherboard. In which case, get this;
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At the point I might as well get a new computer built completely so would you still recommend getting these parts building a new one?
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