Solved Upgrade gpu or stay with integrated?

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Hello, I have a Lenovo h50-50 and it only has a 180 watt psu. I noticed how I put a higher demanding gpu (GeForce 8400gs) and it ran fine. Are there any gpu's better than Intel he 4400 graphics that can work fine with my PC? Thanks in advance
 

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You're better off using that Intel HD 4400 than the 8400 GS. What's your budget? What you'll be using it for?
 

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A 180W PSU? Stick with the integrated graphics.
 

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Oh ok my budget was around 30-50 bucks for a card that'd be better than integrated but fine on the 180 and I would get a new psu but it won't fit though
 

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Intel Core i7 2600k @4.6Ghz
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Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3
Memory
16 GB DDR3 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 980Ti
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Curved MSI 144hz 1ms
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Stay as is, for $50 on a GPU I doubt you'll get any improvement in performance on what you already have. And if a new PSU won't fit (as is usually the way with manufacturer cases like Lenovo, Dell, HP etc) then there's nowhere near enough juice to run a sparate card anyway.
 

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Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth Z87 (BIOS Rev 2004)
Memory
16GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury @ 1600MHz CL 9-9-9-27
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EVGA GTX 980 Classified
Sound Card
Realtek Onboard
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Samsung S27D390
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1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
240GB Intel 520 Series SSD |
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD |
2TB WD Caviar Black |
2TB WD Caviar Black |
2TB WD Caviar Green
PSU
Corsair HX850-80 Gold Modular
Case
Cooler Master Silencio 650
Cooling
Corsair H80i w/2 x Corsair SP120 | 2 x 120mm Noctua NF-S12B
Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder X4
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Gigabyte M6900 optical
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152mb
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F-Secure
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Firefox 38.0
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Backup Rig: Win 7 Pro 64-bit | AMD A10-5800k | ASUS F2A85-V Pro | 8GB Samsung DDR3 @1600MHz | 120GB Toshiba SDD | 2TB Seagate HDD | Cooler Master Silencio 550
Alright thank you
 

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Memory
16 GB DDR3 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 980Ti
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Curved MSI 144hz 1ms
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD
PSU
Seasonic 650 Watts Gold Rating
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Custom Maingear Case
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60mm Maingear Liquid Cooling CPU
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Basic Wireless Keyboard
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Basic Wireless Mouse
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Google Chrome (Latest Version)
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