Hey guys, I don't usually post, but I thought it would be cool to share this.
I had about 250$ from Christmas and spent about 60$ on Steam games... I decided to keep about 190$ for a graphics card and a new power supply for my PC. My PC is (was) a Lenovo Ideacentre with integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics and a basic power supply, 6 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage.
(processor is as follows: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G620 @ 2.60GHz)
I went out to Best Buy today and bought myself a Galaxy Geforce GT 640 graphics card and a 540W power supply for 170$ (I LOVE BEST BUY). I couldn't even turn on shaders beforehand, now I can run them on max at 70+ fps. I can also run Planetside 2 (a very graphically intensive game) on high graphics between 25-70 FPS. Medium graphics between 30-90 FPS.
So in conclusion, and after much stress-testing, I give this card and power supply combo a 8.5/10. I highly recommend these parts if you are upgrading your PC. They are cheap, effective, and do their job well.
*Side note: I am a hardware moron, so I took 2 hours to install these parts before I figured it out. ;)
GALAXY GEFORCE GT 640:
