Suggestions for upgrading a very old desktop.

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drago010

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I've got a really old desktop that was built in 2011. Fan on the graphics card has been making lots of noise, so I tried opening it up and cleaning out all the dust, put it all back together and now games are constantly freezing. I wanted to upgrade the card before but been lazy, so this has me moving to make a purchase.

The current specs are:
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-620 620W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
ASUS P8Z68-V LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
XFX Radeon HD 6950 DirectX 11 HD-695X-CNFC 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W BX80623I52500K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

I was looking to spend probably around $200 and get another gpu and 8gb of ram. No clue what decent card could be had for around ~$150, so any suggestions would be appreciated (even if it's to say upgrading what I have isn't worth it).
 
there's a lot of options in the used market in the price range but the safest bet is probably a Radeon 470/570/480/580 or a GeForce 1060, maybe a 1070 if you find a lucky deal.
 
If you could score a 2600K on the cheap, upgrade the RAM to 16GB and slap in an RX570, it would be a lot more capable. Oh and overclock the CPU as much as possible to help with the CPU bottleneck.
 
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