Hello to the community,
I have an old HP Pavilion KC975AA on which I would like to try and play EVE Online. It meets the basic requirements but I needed an updated graphics card for the recomended. I've played some other games on it from time to time but always on the lowest settings. I have a new 24" 1080P monitor and I'd like to take as much advantage of it as possible.
Is there a card compatible with my machine and its 300w PSU that will give me the boost I need? Or failing that will it support a new PSU, graphics card and maybe more RAM? Or will my processor let me down regardless?
I understand my desktop is getting on but I'd rather try and upgrade than start saving for a new build right now. I can spend £100-£150 if necessary and I also see there are plenty of 500w PSU's and 2nd hand graphics cards on eBAy if I can get an idea of what would work for me. Here's my specs, thanks for any assistance.
HP Pavilion KC975AA a6300
Motherboard - M2N68-LA (Narra3)
Manufacturer: Asus
Form factor: microATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)
Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Memory sockets: 4 x DDR2
Front side bus speeds: 2000MT/s (2.0 GT/s)
Processor socket: AM2+
Expansion Slots:
1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card
2 PCI Express x1 slots
1 PCI slot
Processor - AMD Phenom X4 9500
Operating speed: Up to 2.2 GHz
Number of cores: 4
Socket: AM2+
Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)
Processor upgrade information
Socket type: AM2+
Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:
Phenom with Quad Core (Agena) technology (AM2+) up to 9600 (up to 95 watt)
Athlon 64 X2 with Dual Core technology X2 up to 5600+ (up to 89 watt)
Athlon 64 less than 4000+
Sempron less than 3800+
Video graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Memory
3 GB
Amount: 3 GB
Speed: PC2-5300 MB/sec
Memory upgrade information
Dual channel memory architecture
Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Supported DIMM types:
PC2-5300 (667 MHz)
PC2-6400 (800 MHz)
Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
supports 2GB DDR2 DIMMs
Supports up to 8 GB on 64 bit PCs
Supports up to 4 GB* on 32 bit PCs
32 bit PCs cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory
Computer Case
Mid-size ATX
Height: 38.7 cm (15.23 inches)
Width: 17.5 cm (6.89 inches)
Length: 41.4 cm (16.29 inches)
Power Supply - 300W
I have an old HP Pavilion KC975AA on which I would like to try and play EVE Online. It meets the basic requirements but I needed an updated graphics card for the recomended. I've played some other games on it from time to time but always on the lowest settings. I have a new 24" 1080P monitor and I'd like to take as much advantage of it as possible.
Is there a card compatible with my machine and its 300w PSU that will give me the boost I need? Or failing that will it support a new PSU, graphics card and maybe more RAM? Or will my processor let me down regardless?
I understand my desktop is getting on but I'd rather try and upgrade than start saving for a new build right now. I can spend £100-£150 if necessary and I also see there are plenty of 500w PSU's and 2nd hand graphics cards on eBAy if I can get an idea of what would work for me. Here's my specs, thanks for any assistance.
HP Pavilion KC975AA a6300
Motherboard - M2N68-LA (Narra3)
Manufacturer: Asus
Form factor: microATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)
Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Memory sockets: 4 x DDR2
Front side bus speeds: 2000MT/s (2.0 GT/s)
Processor socket: AM2+
Expansion Slots:
1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card
2 PCI Express x1 slots
1 PCI slot
Processor - AMD Phenom X4 9500
Operating speed: Up to 2.2 GHz
Number of cores: 4
Socket: AM2+
Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)
Processor upgrade information
Socket type: AM2+
Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:
Phenom with Quad Core (Agena) technology (AM2+) up to 9600 (up to 95 watt)
Athlon 64 X2 with Dual Core technology X2 up to 5600+ (up to 89 watt)
Athlon 64 less than 4000+
Sempron less than 3800+
Video graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Memory
3 GB
Amount: 3 GB
Speed: PC2-5300 MB/sec
Memory upgrade information
Dual channel memory architecture
Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Supported DIMM types:
PC2-5300 (667 MHz)
PC2-6400 (800 MHz)
Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
supports 2GB DDR2 DIMMs
Supports up to 8 GB on 64 bit PCs
Supports up to 4 GB* on 32 bit PCs
32 bit PCs cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory
Computer Case
Mid-size ATX
Height: 38.7 cm (15.23 inches)
Width: 17.5 cm (6.89 inches)
Length: 41.4 cm (16.29 inches)
Power Supply - 300W
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram