Quick Upgrade to an old system

Ben_194

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I've been playing on this same computer for quite sometime now, and it's starting to show it's age. I am going to upgrade to the Ryzen 1800X in the next couple of months, but first I have to get a job :)

In the meantime, I want to upgrade my current 8 year old system with a new GPU. If you have any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated!

Here is what I have today:

M4A79XTD EVO
AMD Phenom II x6 1090T Processor ~3.2Ghz
8Gb of RAM
AMD Radeon 5700 Series GPU

I found that the AMD 7950 was a good card for this set-up (from a 2013 thread) and wanted to confirm if this was still valid advice. I know these are old parts, but I plan on passing this computer down to my kiddos for gaming (minecraft, overwatch, terraria)
 
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That's a bit much for a 370, is it new? The video card should work with your motherboard, my son used a 370 with the same CPU as yours.

For a used 370, it should be maybe $50, 60.

Ben_194

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Thanks for the response. I just found a ASUS STRIX R7 370 4GB DDR5 OVERCLOCKED OC EDITION PCI-E 3.0 VIDEO CARD on ebay for $119, which seems like a pretty good deal. Hoping it's all compatible with the mobo i have today (pci.e 3.0 gpu....only pci 2.0 on mobo). Looking forward to a new life in overwatch :)
 


That's a bit much for a 370, is it new? The video card should work with your motherboard, my son used a 370 with the same CPU as yours.

For a used 370, it should be maybe $50, 60.
 
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