- Feb 25, 2016
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So I have a Dell insprion 3000 with:
- i3 core processor
- 8GB of RAM
- Intel HD graphics
- 300w PSU
- Windows 10
- 7200 rpm 1TB hard drive
My friend has a gaming PC, and quite honestly I would love to have one aswell. But with me already having a PS4, and not having much money (im a sophomore in Highschool) I need to stuck with a lower end rig for simple games to play with my friend. I have about $200 max to get a graphics card and a 600w PSU (I'm assuming I need that for future upgrades and a new 2GB graphics card). I have a few ideas of some graphics cards that might be okay for my budget and low end PC. I'd like to stay somewhere around 100$ on the card, which brings me to my next question. Will the i3 processor bottleneck a 2GB graphics card? I'm not looking to play anything crazy but I'd love to run things like rust, bf4, blackops 2, possiblly GTA(I don't know how taxing it is) and some other older last gen games. Any suggestions would be appreciated on any of this, I'd like to make this upgrade as efficient as I can, considering I won't be doing it often.
Oh also I should mention I took a computer and engineering class last semester, so I'm not a complete noob at all this, just a little but if a noob. Thanks
- i3 core processor
- 8GB of RAM
- Intel HD graphics
- 300w PSU
- Windows 10
- 7200 rpm 1TB hard drive
My friend has a gaming PC, and quite honestly I would love to have one aswell. But with me already having a PS4, and not having much money (im a sophomore in Highschool) I need to stuck with a lower end rig for simple games to play with my friend. I have about $200 max to get a graphics card and a 600w PSU (I'm assuming I need that for future upgrades and a new 2GB graphics card). I have a few ideas of some graphics cards that might be okay for my budget and low end PC. I'd like to stay somewhere around 100$ on the card, which brings me to my next question. Will the i3 processor bottleneck a 2GB graphics card? I'm not looking to play anything crazy but I'd love to run things like rust, bf4, blackops 2, possiblly GTA(I don't know how taxing it is) and some other older last gen games. Any suggestions would be appreciated on any of this, I'd like to make this upgrade as efficient as I can, considering I won't be doing it often.
Oh also I should mention I took a computer and engineering class last semester, so I'm not a complete noob at all this, just a little but if a noob. Thanks
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