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

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Don't worry, it's a free trial that came with the PC.
And thanks for the tip; sorry for the troubles.
I'll be getting a PSU depending on the GPU, not the other way round.

Any chance I can use a Xbox One external PSU, hehe???

Also what do you mean by AV, and will having Windows on there speed it up? Does windows really take up that much storage? How much free/reserved storage does an SSD need to perform at it's optimum?
Thanks!
 
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Also what do you mean by AV, and will having Windows on there speed it up? Does windows really take up that much storage? How much free/reserved storage does an SSD need to perform at it's optimum?
Thanks!

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AV = Anti Virus protection.

Having Windows on the SSD will allow the computer to boot up in a matter of seconds, I have a Sandisk SSD in my gaming rig and it boots almost as soon as the power button is pressed, it also has a dashboard that runs in the background monitoring the SSD, any problems and it will let you know, sometimes you may even get an email warning as well.

ShadowWarrior17 said:
How much free/reserved storage does an SSD need to perform at it's optimum?
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See my canned info below but for a 120GB Windows boot SSD you should always keep 30GB of free storage space.

Please note that in order to avoid data corruption and/or mechanical HDD failure for you must always have a minimum of 20 to 25% of the HDDs or partitions overall storage capacity available as free space where Windows is installed and between 10 and 15% of a HDDs overall storage capacity available as free space if there is data only on it, the free space allows for information to be copied to and from the drive efficiently particularily important for Windows file swapping and the installation of OS and AV updates.

Not having the above can render a computer inoperable if the HDD concerned has the OS on it due to the MBR (Master Boot Record) becoming damaged/corrupt, please see information here and here

You are welcome btw :)
 
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Thanks once again.
I saw a video on youtube, and the guy just put the SSD in, changed a thing in the BIOS some four letter data type I think, then made his CD drive boot first as it had the Windows CD in there, then windows installed on his SSD.

If anyone could, not now, but sometime, give me a detailed step by step guide on how to get my OS onto my SSD, all of the information is in this thread. Thanks in advance!
 
I've decided. I'm getting a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5" SSD.

Here's a stupid question. Can I use both AMD and Nvidia Graphics cards, or one of them?
Here are my PC's full details.

I'd like to get a card that has the same performance or slightly better than a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, but I don't know how much memory I need on the GPU..?

Another question: can I replace my RAM or can I just add one more?
 
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Sorry ShadowWarrior17 but I am getting a bit dizzy here, ask as many questions as you need to but so much information and suggestions have been offered by ourselves but without you telling us whether or not you had decided on any of the suggested upgrades, there is no such thing as a stupid question being asked but you seem intent on asking further questions without answering any of our previous questions :(
 
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I am pretty sure that I have answered all of the few questions you talk about.
I've only decided on my SSD and PSU, and I have taken into account what every has said, but that doesn't mean I need to respond to each one.

So...
1. Can I use both AMD and Nvidia Graphics cards, or one of them?
2. Can I replace my all of my RAM or can I only just add one more?
 
You can replace all of your RAM, and you can not use AMD and Nvidia cards together but you can have both on the motherboard and use one at a time but definitely not together in SLI/Crossfire configuration. That would require 2 nVidia or 2 AMD cards.
 
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I am pretty sure that I have answered all of the few questions you talk about.
I've only decided on my SSD and PSU, and I have taken into account what every has said, but that doesn't mean I need to respond to each one.

So...
1. Can I use both AMD and Nvidia Graphics cards, or one of them?
2. Can I replace my all of my RAM or can I only just add one more?
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This by the by ShadowWarrior17 but you started a new thread asking if anyone had any parts to sell, not in keeping with the PCHF rules that are there to protect folk and certainly not an indication that you had taken into account what you had been advised, getting you the best and most appropriate spec upgrades for the right price is all that we are trying to do here, no one wants you to end up out of pocket or as disappointed as you appear to be with the stock Zoostorm Quest A8 that you purchased.

RE your RAM question above, did explain this to you back in reply #17;

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Sorry but got to be blunt here, you will be wasting your money by upgrading the RAM, you already have 8GB which is the sweet spot for Windows 64-bit and any program or game that requires any more than 8GB of RAM would also require a mid to high end video card which sadly your computer does not have.
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Another penny pinching trick that system builders such as Zoostorm do is use a single stick of 8GB RAM instead of 2X4GB sticks, this reduces their costs but sells you short as you only get single channel mode when using only a single stick of RAM, for you to get dual channel mode you will need to purchase another 8GB stick of matching RAM and the cheapest that I could find in the UK was £55.64p here which is a lot of cash simply for gaining dual channel mode, the additional RAM in the present build and even with the best low profile video card that you can get fitted will still not use the additional 8GB of RAM.
 
Not heard back from you ShadowWarrior17 do you still require assistance, an update would be appreciated.
 
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