Recommended Graphics Card for E8400

fustylugs · Mar 13, 2017

Another question from me: I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, overclocked at 3.51GHz with stock cooler, 4GB DDR2 RAM. Could you please recommend me a graphics card that will work fine with my CPU, so it won't be limited by it? Note that I have PCI Express Gen 2 and a P45 motherboard. Or is it recommended to upgrade to a newer platform?

I also have a Cooler Master B600 80+, outputting 564W on the +12V rail, a Cooler Master case (I think it supports 150-160mm CPU height and 300mm GPU length).

Could someone recommend me an upgrade to a newer platform consisting in RAM, CPU, GPU, maybe a cooler if it is needed, and a SATA-III 1TB HDD 7200RPM? The budget is 650$, overclocking is not really necesarly. I usually do light After Effects renderings, Photoshop, Illustartor and gaming, browsing, YouTube.

Thank you!

CountMike · Mar 14, 2017

Anything over GTX 750 or R7 260 would be a waste of money unless you change whole system.

fustylugs · Mar 14, 2017

What about the GTX 1050/1050 Ti or RX 460/470 4GB?

CountMike · Mar 14, 2017

Might be a bit of overkill but would work.

fustylugs · Mar 14, 2017

I have a 1920x1200 monitor. Is it really overkill then? Will there be any bottlenecking?

CountMike · Mar 14, 2017

Monitor don't matter much, It's processor that's weak. Depending on the MB, you may be able to also get a Core 2 Quad processor which would be much better for work. They go for cheap nowadays.

fustylugs · Mar 14, 2017

I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R motherboard with P45 chipset. Intel Core 2 Quad is a native 4 cores CPU? And which Core 2 Quad shall I buy?

The Paladin · Mar 14, 2017

according to http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-EP45C-DS3R(rev._1.0).html

you can use Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 up to QX9770 or Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, all the way to Q9650 (make sure you check on the web site your choice, it isn't all model of QX and Q that is supported but most

fustylugs · Mar 14, 2017

I found one at 60$, but without cooler (Q9650). I think the E8400 cooler will fit, right? I need then to reapply the thermal compound. What thermal compound would you recommend me (any budget, but surely not above 20$).

The Paladin · Mar 14, 2017

yes lga775 cooler should fit the series, worst case scenario you can grab a cheap lga 775 heatsink for like 18$ I used in a q8300 build the following one, cheapo works nicely and super cool when adding another 80mm fan on it (SilenX EFZ-80HA3)

thermal compound can be had for like 4-7$ any computer store.

fustylugs · Mar 14, 2017

The Paladin :

I see that te Extreme processors consume like 135W, will my PSU support? With IDK, some overclocking and the rest of the components, which I think they reach like 300W (I have that motherboard, 4GB 1066MHz DDR2 HyperX CL5, 5-5-5-15 RAM, a Samsung 750 Evo SSD, A SAmsung Spinpoint F2 1TB SATA-II HDD, A Noctua silent fan, a case fan, a GT 9600 1GB by MSI with Zalman cooling card, an USB 2.0 hub, a LightScribe ODD and some internal card reader by Sycron).

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