Graphics Card suggestions for Prebuilt HP Phoneix

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
B

brophus

Honorable
May 15, 2013
4
0
10,510
I need suggestions on what would be a good upgrade and what would actually work in my rig. Im trying to keep it under $300 but $400 is possible if its good enough. I currently have an HP Pavilion HPE Phoenix h9t, which i know upgrading any pre-built can be a pian. Im getting tired of the stuttering with my rapidly aging 550 ti and am looking for an upgrade. My specs are below, but im not sure what It can handle.

3rd Gen i7-3770 ( Liquid Cooled)
10GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs]
2TB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive
1GB DDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
600 PSU
I use it on a 23" Asus @ 1080p
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
mouse24

mouse24

Splendid
Nov 30, 2010
4,389
0
23,960
10gb with 3 sticks? That would have to be 2x4 + 1x2, I would take out the extra two gig stick and see if that solves the stuttering atleast. Weirder things have happened with mismatched ram.

Anyhow your cpu is fine and even if you wanted to upgrade it, it would be pointless as games simply don't use the extra horsepower. So all thats left to upgrade is your GPU. I would think for a strict 300 dollar budget a 660ti would be a great upgrade. IF you wanted to get something a bit more powerful the 670 is the limit of what I would suggest as you can overclock it to reach stock 680 speeds quite easily. Though the extra money is something you will have to decide for yourself.

The next question is just for general curiosity, any specific reason you want to upgrade? Say a specific game / bitcoin / folding / etc?

Edit: Oh and very important, what PSU are you using? Model number and name if you please.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

brophus

Honorable
May 15, 2013
4
0
10,510


PSU is a stock HP Model DPS-600WB A

I mainly play Blacklight, Skyrim, TF2, Dsihonored, and I will be picking up Warface when it comes out. Im probably buying Bioshock Infinite and Crysis 3 soon too.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
mouse24

mouse24

Splendid
Nov 30, 2010
4,389
0
23,960
Nice list, I wasn't familiar with that PSU but from googling around I found someone stating is only has 16a on the 12v rail (which is ridiculously low) Can you tell me what the amps are on the 12v rail (Note, it might have multiple rails, they will be labeled 12v1/12v2/etc I need those also)

But normally delta make some decent psus (Not good just decent and will get you by)

I also noticed in a picture of the unit there was a 6pin PCIe connector so that claim of 16a is already suspect... I imagine you will be fine with a 660ti just wanna double check.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom