[jenniscool3]

Hi, my husband and I just purchased a new desktop PC and are wanting to upgrade the graphics card. We don't do much gaming, just a little light stuff every now and then (mostly games like "League of Legends", so online PVP maybe? Sorry, not very knowledgeable about that kind of stuff..). Our PC has crap Intel Integrated Graphics, and we were wanting maybe just a mid-grade/affordable lower high-end graphics card. We were originally thinking this wouldn't be much more of an added cost ($50-$100?), but on further research I believe that the PSU for this computer is only 280W, so we're assuming we'll need to upgrade both. I was hoping maybe someone would have some good suggestions as to both a graphics card and PSU that are budget-friendly ($100>each) but also good quality? (Also, I understand that PSU's can be noisy, and our computer is DEAD SILENT at the moment, so maybe one that wouldn't add much noise, if any at all?) Thanks so much!:smile:

 

[gcavan]

Best bang for the buck:

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX ($90 shipped less a $20MIR)

and one of these:
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more!

PS: The 650TX is whisper quiet.

 

[Tyree]

The Corsair rebate is $30 on the 650TX but be aware it is a credit card rebate.

 

[jenniscool3]

Thank you so much! Just one more quick question: these should fit in my computer, right? I've been looking at the specs offered by Best Buy about my desktop and they don't specify whether or not it has PCI Express slot...? I'm assuming it does since it's pretty standard on most newer computers, but is there any way to check for sure? Lenovo - Ideacentre Desktop / Intel® Core™ i3 Processor / 8GB Memory / 1TB Hard Drive - K330-11691AU Thanks.

 

[emosun]

Supposedly the lenovo K330 series have a pci-e slot for gpu's.