Please help me. I wanna buy a new gpu Radeon R9 280 for my old motherboard Asus p5ld2-se. Will it be worth it? And please don't answer it with "Buy new motherboard" cause i'm gonna need to buy a whole system from a scratch. Thank you.
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What model of CPU are you using? The motherboard will support it, at PCIe x16 1.0 speeds, which is quite a bit slower than the card is capable of but it will run depending on what CPU you have ( If it's not too slow and won't create a significant bottleneck) and whether or not you have a power supply of acceptable quality and specifications to meet the demands of the GPU.
What are your PSU and CPU model numbers?
What are your PSU and CPU model numbers?
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Your motherboard has little to do with that, that is all up to Windblows 7 and up and your GPU. You may not be able to make full use of the card though because of the potential bottle neck your CPU will have and the lack of PCI-e 3.0 .
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Umm, the motherboard has EVERYTHING to do with that. The motherboard determines what CPU is supported, which makes a huge difference on whether or not a particular card should be used. The motherboard also determines compatibility according to whether or not it even has a PCIe slot and not an older PCI or AGP slot.
PCIe revision number is also an important consideration since that card which is PCIe 3.0 will only run at 1.0 speeds on that motherboard and is probably not worth investing the amount necessary to purchase the card since it won't run at anywhere near it's intended speed as it would if it at least had a 2.0 slot.
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That CPU is way too weak for that GPU, as is the amount of memory. Both are going to bottleneck the system significantly to the point of not making it worth the cost of the card. With that setup I wouldn't be likely to want to go past an R9 270 or more probably, considering cost, an R7 250. If you upgraded the CPU to a quad core of at least 3.0Ghz and added at least another 2GB and preferably another 6GB of RAM, you might be ok. But not with what you have now. That money would be better spent on a new motherboard, CPU and RAM and worry about the GPU later.
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Something to think about considering how questionable you system is. Even with the best CPU open to Socket 775 which you may not be able to use with that motherboard, your not going to make full use of that card. You would also have to replace your power supply to make use of it.
MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $48.99
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.asp?px=CJ&scriteria=BA78100#.VD1hIxYbKbU
Pentium Processor G3258 $69.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAZQ/?tag=pcpapi-20
G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB $72
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
EVGA 600B Bronze 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply $39.99
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=89067&vpn=100-B1-0600-KR&manufacture=eVGA&promoid=1081
EVGA GeForce GTX 750TI 2GB GDDR5 128BIT $115
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=94331&vpn=02G-P4-3751-KR&manufacture=eVGA&promoid=1444
$345
Blows what you have out of the water in gaming
Gives you potential with the larger power supply
Gives you great CPU upgrade paths
Open to all current GPUS
Is about $140 ish more than you were planning on paying just for that R9 280
For about $40 more you can swap out the Motherboard for a Z87 and overclock that Pentium up to 4.4ghz with a aftermarket cooler.
MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $48.99
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.asp?px=CJ&scriteria=BA78100#.VD1hIxYbKbU
Pentium Processor G3258 $69.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAZQ/?tag=pcpapi-20
G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB $72
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
EVGA 600B Bronze 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply $39.99
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=89067&vpn=100-B1-0600-KR&manufacture=eVGA&promoid=1081
EVGA GeForce GTX 750TI 2GB GDDR5 128BIT $115
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=94331&vpn=02G-P4-3751-KR&manufacture=eVGA&promoid=1444
$345
Blows what you have out of the water in gaming
Gives you potential with the larger power supply
Gives you great CPU upgrade paths
Open to all current GPUS
Is about $140 ish more than you were planning on paying just for that R9 280
For about $40 more you can swap out the Motherboard for a Z87 and overclock that Pentium up to 4.4ghz with a aftermarket cooler.
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Which really means about 75.00 more, since an EVO is gonna be another 30 bucks. And you don't need a Z87 board to overclock the G3258. The H81 will overclock just fine although you might need a BIOS update first. Or, you might not. Most these boards are coming with the necessary BIOS versions for the G3258 now.
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Basically, if you want to move up to a decent, recent and relevant GPU you WILL need to upgrade, as Delaro said. His build is fine. Here is another that would get you everything you need to play pretty much whatever is out there at medium to high settings, especially if you overclock the included Pentium.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.99 @ Mac Mall)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($33.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $422.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 20:31 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.99 @ Mac Mall)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($33.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $422.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 20:31 EDT-0400
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