My 5 years old build
18"5 dell lcd monitor (sold)
Motherboard Intel Dh61ww
processor i3 2100
1Tb Toshiba Sata HDD
4Gb Ddr3 RAM 1333fsb
graphic card 9500gt 1gb ddr2
PSU 450watt astrum
I know the graphic card selection is pretty much weird and psu absolutely careless here. but that was 6 years back.
forgive me but I trusted my average IT adviser who ran his IT hardware shop and never heard of corsair in the small town.
Recently purchased
24" Full samsung HD led
additional 4gb ddr3 1600 fsb RAM
Now,
I am confused with the PSU and Graphic card.
I was thinking of
GT 730 2gb ddr5 card,
with
Cooler Master Thunder 450W PSU.
I want to be safe for at least 3-5 years(considering I don't bottleneck my card or my processor, and utilize them to their core and not fry them with the cheapo psu on low to medium usage, have room temp above 40 in summers and voltage issues as well sometimes, have a Inverter and a 600VA UPS supply.)
I have another combination in my mind, but I am feeling it would be an overkill for the i3 2100.
Geforce Gtx 750ti 2 Gb Gddr5
Corsair VS 650 SMPS. I really don't feel the need, 730 should handle medium settings on hd or qhd and 650watts psu, will it be ever utilized on this configuration? I am not going above 750ti, cause even this I am not sure that I would really need it. and what about 2GB, I have read these graphic cards won't utilize more than 1gb of the memory. just a gimmick?
as I would hardly be able to test them to there limit, considering I have stopped playing games, just my 5 years old son took over this desktop.
but lets say if I choose 450watts now, it will be useless for the next update?(maybe an i5 or i7 in future)
I at least need here one window to be open for my next upgrade so suggest me a graphic card that would be enough for a 450watts psu or I should I go a little further, if ever the need arise, I would be ready for it.
Thank you
18"5 dell lcd monitor (sold)
Motherboard Intel Dh61ww
processor i3 2100
1Tb Toshiba Sata HDD
4Gb Ddr3 RAM 1333fsb
graphic card 9500gt 1gb ddr2
PSU 450watt astrum
I know the graphic card selection is pretty much weird and psu absolutely careless here. but that was 6 years back.
forgive me but I trusted my average IT adviser who ran his IT hardware shop and never heard of corsair in the small town.
Recently purchased
24" Full samsung HD led
additional 4gb ddr3 1600 fsb RAM
Now,
I am confused with the PSU and Graphic card.
I was thinking of
GT 730 2gb ddr5 card,
with
Cooler Master Thunder 450W PSU.
I want to be safe for at least 3-5 years(considering I don't bottleneck my card or my processor, and utilize them to their core and not fry them with the cheapo psu on low to medium usage, have room temp above 40 in summers and voltage issues as well sometimes, have a Inverter and a 600VA UPS supply.)
I have another combination in my mind, but I am feeling it would be an overkill for the i3 2100.
Geforce Gtx 750ti 2 Gb Gddr5
Corsair VS 650 SMPS. I really don't feel the need, 730 should handle medium settings on hd or qhd and 650watts psu, will it be ever utilized on this configuration? I am not going above 750ti, cause even this I am not sure that I would really need it. and what about 2GB, I have read these graphic cards won't utilize more than 1gb of the memory. just a gimmick?
as I would hardly be able to test them to there limit, considering I have stopped playing games, just my 5 years old son took over this desktop.
but lets say if I choose 450watts now, it will be useless for the next update?(maybe an i5 or i7 in future)
I at least need here one window to be open for my next upgrade so suggest me a graphic card that would be enough for a 450watts psu or I should I go a little further, if ever the need arise, I would be ready for it.
Thank you