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I don't know which GPU to buy, please help

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jmarket said:
Too much wattage is better than not enough. The PSU only supplies what the components need, no more.

I would recommend a 750W PSU at minimum. This one is good enough to power any and all components you could need, and includes a dedicated PCI-E power adapter for cards that require one.
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Wow, thanks for that. Much appreciated but will anyone do, or do I need to start looking at sizes and measurements of PSUs?
 
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The Ace PSU is junk, not even bronze efficiency rated and two out of the four reviews (Q & As) say it died within one week, there is also no mention of any warranty period either, avoid!

The EVGA is a great PSU both quality and performance, it also has a 10 year warranty, problem is the cost, output wise it is more than you need so to reduce costs you could go for a lower output, example Seasonic S12-II amazon state a three year warranty but Seasonic here say five years
 
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Likewise DOUGIE and would recommend it if it were not so expensive, £82.61 + shipping was the least expensive that I could find from aria pc and being that the computer that
ShadowWarrior17 has can only accommodate a low profile add on video card ( info sourced from the Q & As here ) a quality brand bronze efficiency rated 500W PSU would be more than adequate but couldn`t find one for less cash after shipping costs had been applied, Corsair CX 500 also from aria pc here
 
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WOW! Thanks for the help guys, much much appreciated!!!!

I just need help with one more thing.
I am also getting an SSD; only to move my OS and a few applications.
I have 2 Questions:
- Which SSD is the best for me and my motherboard? I've seen there are different places to put them; hard drive bracket, PCI and more...
- I don't have Windows 10 OS on a CD, so after I backup my hard drive and that whole BIOS process, I won't be able load the Windows 10 OS onto my SSD, any way around this?
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Would recommend a minimum of a 256GB SSD and will take a look around for some prices for you and post back here with an edit, btw, you can get migration software for moving the present software from the HDD to the SSD.

Would help with knowing your exact MB details, download then run Speccy (free) and post the exact brand and model name or number of the motherboard, see here,

For Windows 10, you can either download and save it to a 5GB or larger USB thumb drive or burn an ISO to a DVD, see info here being Windows 10 your product key is stored on the Microsoft database and if/when you ever reinstall Windows afresh Microsoft will match the product key to your MB and if the details are the same you will not be asked to insert a product key.
 
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Your FSP250-60HHN 85+ PSU has 4 SATA connections so you should have two spare.

We don`t know what is in your case, if you check and there is no 2.5" bay specifically for an SSD you need to make sure that there is a 3.5" bay spare so that you can fit an SSD adaptor like the one here
 
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ShadowWarrior17 said:
Any news on a decent graphics card, nothing like a 1050-80, but a simple one as a 970-ish. Nothing to expensive though. Thanks!
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Can`t suggest anything until we know what PSU you will be getting.

120 GB will be ok for a couple of years as long as you only have Windows and your AV on it SanDisk SSD PLUS 120 GB btw, I noticed that you have Norton, is it a paid for product or free, see my canned info below;

Are you aware that Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 have an updated version of Windows Defender that offers the same real time protection as Microsoft Security Essentials, you do not need third party AV protection and by not installing any you are reducing the possibility of potential conflicts and freeing up resources on your computer

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