Too real . break out the maternity pants ! <| sep |> You should keep an eye out for an intel i 56500 which you can pick up for around 180 $. If you do that , you will also need to get a new motherboard that has the 1151 socket . Expect to spend around 60 $ for an mATX . With that settled , you ' re looking at around 250 $ to play with when choosing a graphics card . If you play mostly current or older games , buy the nvidia 1060 , or the 1050 ti . If you ' re looking to play some newer games that will be coming out in the next few years , go for the AMD rx 480 or 470 . The reason being , newer games use DirectX 12 , and the AMD cards do better with that than the nvidia cards . It ' s all up to how much you want to spend . If you ' re looking for a budget build , go the 1050 ti 470 with the i 56500 and an mATX mobo and spend around 430 $. If you want a bit more power and future proofing , go with the 1060480 and expect to spend around 500 $