I have a family member who wants to add a video card to their system in order to play some games.
The prebuilt system has the following specs:
Core i3 2120 CPU
6GB of RAM
Antec 300w PSU (slight issue)
He wants to play games like Battlefield 3, but doesn't care if he has to run it on medium settings. He also wants to be able to watch blueray videos in better quality than the integrated graphics can provide (although I think he may have a monitor driver issue or something because blueray videos should already play fine on his current setup.)
The only unused power cord coming from the PSU is a standard 4 pin molex.
He wants to keep the cost under $200 and doesn't really want to upgrade the PSU if possible. I'm not sure if that's really doable with a 300w PSU.
Right now the only options I can find are something like a Radeon HD 6670:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-150-542&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo
Are any of these low end cards that require no external power even worth getting? I've never used anything below a mid-level card, and certainly not anything that a 300w PSU would suffice. Any ideas here?
If I upgrade the PSU, it opens the doors to many middle tier cards and makes his options much better, but it will be close to keep it under $200 if going that route. Feedback is much appreciated.
The prebuilt system has the following specs:
Core i3 2120 CPU
6GB of RAM
Antec 300w PSU (slight issue)
He wants to play games like Battlefield 3, but doesn't care if he has to run it on medium settings. He also wants to be able to watch blueray videos in better quality than the integrated graphics can provide (although I think he may have a monitor driver issue or something because blueray videos should already play fine on his current setup.)
The only unused power cord coming from the PSU is a standard 4 pin molex.
He wants to keep the cost under $200 and doesn't really want to upgrade the PSU if possible. I'm not sure if that's really doable with a 300w PSU.
Right now the only options I can find are something like a Radeon HD 6670:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-150-542&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo
Are any of these low end cards that require no external power even worth getting? I've never used anything below a mid-level card, and certainly not anything that a 300w PSU would suffice. Any ideas here?
If I upgrade the PSU, it opens the doors to many middle tier cards and makes his options much better, but it will be close to keep it under $200 if going that route. Feedback is much appreciated.
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