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Hi there, i recently bought a cheap refurbished HP Z400 Workstation Intel Xeon W3520 2.67GHz 14GB Ram 1TB HDD which came with a quadroon 2000 inside. Im pretty clueless when it comes to pc building, i was wondering if anyone could help with suggestions. My first move is to get rid of the quadro 2000 as it can't run many new games and with most games i need to set everything to low for FPS and still only manage about 40 FPS. I'm looking for a budget graphics card anywhere between £50-£175. At the moment i play Heroes and Generals, but restricted to certain games due to FPS cause i have a bad graphics card. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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We need to know the make and model of your case and PSU before we can suggest any GPU upgrade.
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Alright, well you're going to want to replace that case and PSU at the same time, but they should be fine for now. I'm a little more worried about the case than the PSU since it's going to be tough to squeeze a decent GPU in to the case, but the PSU shouldn't have a problem running a half decent modern GPU.

You could get a new, decent quality(budget) case and PSU, as well as a new GPU, but you're limited to an entry level GPU;
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Total: £171.89
This is still going to be a big upgrade over your current GPU though.

Otherwise, your budget allows for an RX 470, or even a 480;
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Thank you so much! I know jack shit about this but you've helped a load lol
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