How Should I Upgrade

[nstack1919]

Hello everone kind of new here but have a question. I like mainly playing games on my computer and my graphics card just can't cut it anymore with the gaming. My specs are listed as below I am just wondering if there is anything else I need to upgrade other than the video card (the AMD Radeon R9 280X is what I'm so far looking at). I am not a super gamer and don't need things to always be running at Ultra high graphics but would like to get something that will last me some time. Thank you all for the help!

Specs:
XPS 8300
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Processor: Intel i-7-2600 (8mb, 3.4GHz)
Video: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3
Memory: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM (1333MHz-4DIMMs)

If there is anything I missed please let me know, new to this whole thing.

http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+R9+280X/reviewhttp://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+R9+280X/review

 

[MustISO]

The video card is the only thing that is lacking. Before you buy anything check the specs on the power supply in your PC. OEM systems like your Dell don't typically come with good power supplies and it may not have the power to run something like the 280x.

 

[lehtv]

If you're lucky, your PSU has one PCIe power cable you can use to power a GTX 960. You almost certainly won't have two cables (which you'd need for 280(X)). If you don't even have a PCIe cable, you can upgrade to GTX 750 Ti at best.

Open up the case (with the PC turned off, of course) and find out the power supply's specs and whether you have a free 6-pin PCIe cable.