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I know there are dozens of these sort of inquiries, but I throw myself on the wisdom of those smarter than me, computer-wise. I've got a HP Intel i3 quad-core CPU, 500 watt PSU, 6 gigs DDR3 RAM and no video card after my last one...broke. I do want to use this computer for some gaming (Skyrim, others similar), although I'm not looking to get ultra settings, medium to high is sufficient.

This is an older computer: I looked into getting a geforce GTX 750ti, but it was suggested the motherboard was too old to be compatible. Seeing that this was a refurbished machine 6 years ago, I want to avoid firmware problems like that. Any suggestions?
 
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Well, I doubt your motherboard won't accept the card since I've had a friend who bought many systems such as yours which were even much older and had no problems installing additional hardware including graphics cards. His PCIe slots were even an earlier revision than what your motherboard offers and he didn't even experience problems with PCIe 3.0 cards. Since your PCIe slot is x16 2.0, I see absolutely no problem in you installing a new graphics card and think that you should...
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It is the i3 2120 3.30 GHz (64bit OS Windows 7), and the motherboard is IPIS8-CU. Does that help?
 
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On paper it should work. But really worried about the quality on these OEM boards. It might not work at all as some people have tried installing supported cards and not getting past BIOS. If you're buying the video card from a local store can always try it and then return it if it doesn't work, but there's no real way to see whether it would work right now.
 
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You shouldn't have any problems installing the 750 Ti, though if you ask me you may as well go for a R9 270X which is pretty much the same price, but delivers a lot more performance.
 
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In the case that the motherboard refuses to accept the card, have you any suggestions on what to get as a replacement? The rest of the machine works fine and I've never had a problem (especially since with it's age, I can't get any trade-in value on it).
 
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Well, I doubt your motherboard won't accept the card since I've had a friend who bought many systems such as yours which were even much older and had no problems installing additional hardware including graphics cards. His PCIe slots were even an earlier revision than what your motherboard offers and he didn't even experience problems with PCIe 3.0 cards. Since your PCIe slot is x16 2.0, I see absolutely no problem in you installing a new graphics card and think that you should do just that since you have a pretty good CPU and enough RAM.
 
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