Buying a new graphics card

junior041986 · Nov 1, 2013

Hello everyone I'm considering in buying a new graphics card and ram for my pc. The computer itself is pretty old but I want to turn it into a gaming pc. I'm on a budget of $300 and would really appreciate if you guys could help me out because I'm new to buying hardware for the pcs internal use. Thanks

I currently have the Windows Vista 32bit OS
Precessor: Intel(R)COre(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz 2.79 GHz
Memory: 2GB

diazalon · Nov 1, 2013

junior041986 :

If you got any gpu in that price point your system would bottleneck it alot so think it may be best to build a new one, something like this:

AMD A10-5800K APU: http://amzn.to/13i1cUC

MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Motherboard: http://amzn.to/11ZgJCe

8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 kit : http://amzn.to/ZkATWc

500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue Hard Drive: http://amzn.to/13hWRR9

NZXT Source 210 Case: http://amzn.to/12A23g7

430W Corsair CX430 Power Supply: http://amzn.to/19PZCeR

Pr3di · Nov 1, 2013

Check for HD 7970 (Vapor-x) / R9 280x (DCII Top) or the GTX 770 's.
Also an ssd would do wonders as long as you also increase your Ram.

I'm just afraid that your CPU might bottleneck you new parts...
It also matters a lot what motherboard and PSU you already have.

Martell1977 · Nov 1, 2013

First, with a 32-bit operating system, more than 4GB ram is unusable. Go to:
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/
Run their system scanner and it will tell you how much and what speed of RAM your motherboard can handle.

As for the GPU, what are you running now? You need to look at the power supply and tell us the model, wattage and the amps on the +12v. This should all be on a label on the side of the PSU. Is this an OEM machine (i.e. Dell, HP)?

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