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I think its hard because he said he would put a budget of less than $500 which is why I thought about just giving him the 650ti I don't use anymore... Is there a build you guys would recommend?

Hello, I'm trying to build a super budget PC for my friend. I was wondering which option would yield the better result between using the GTX 650ti and Ryzen 5 2400G. The 650ti is an old graphics card that was in my computer (which I don't use anymore) and the Ryzen 5 would be brand new. Also, with the 650ti he would buy a i3-8100 which in the end would be a cheaper build. He said he's just going to be playing Fortnite and doesn't mind playing on the lowest settings at 1080p. Which option would get better frames? tl;dr: 650ti + i3-8100 vs Ryzen 5 2400G (playing Fortnite on Low settings) Edit: He said his budget is 500 dollars (preferably less) Thank you!

I tried the GPU on my friend's computer and I got the same results. No display but screen back light coming on and heard Windows boot up sound. I just tried GTX 1060 and it works perfectly fine. I think it might actually be the graphics card issue... Also, Thank you for your inputs!

I tried the GPU on my friend's computer and it was the same... All the parts from my old computer are at my parents' house. I will try once I go to visit them over the weekend! Thank you for your inputs!!

Ya I tried the other PCIe slot on my mobo but I still don't get a display. Also, when I pulled out the GPU by force it was on my old motherboard (pre-upgrade) so I think the pins on my current mobo is ok.

Ya... I should have known better than to yank it out by force... Never a good idea LOL. I posted a link for the pictures below. I did try to open up Afterburner when these issues happened but everything was so laggy, including my desktop, I could only open up the program after it became functional. http://imgur.com/bXjIAMq http://imgur.com/yOzXpKw

I'm not sure what the issue is with no display but spinning gpu fans. Is my graphics card dead and need to get a new one? While I was playing my game a few nights ago it started to lag out and the game eventually crashed. I started up the game again and my computer just gave me a blue screen after lagging out once more. After the reboot, the back light for my monitor came on but there was no display. However, this wasn't the first time I was having issues. When I was pulling out my graphics card from my old motherboard a few months ago, while I was upgrading, I made the mistake of pulling it out by force instead of looking for any locked notches or anything like that. After slotting in the graphics card into my new motherboard I found that my games started crashing. PUBG crashed completely, Overwatch had this weird issue of rendering only my character and not the map, and League of Legends had weird green blotches in the background of the map. So I opened up my computer and found that the GPU's fans were spinning but the VGA (which I assume is just for GPU) LED came on my motherboard's EZ Debug. So took out my graphics card and plugged in the display cable into my motherboard and tried to fix it. the things I have tried so far: disable intel HD graphics and reinstall graphics card update my bios through flash tried both HDMI and DVI ports on the graphics card I tried to update my GPU drivers but couldn't since it wasn't connected my motherboard. And the only way for me to get display was to disconnect GPU from mobo completely Clean out the PCI slot Start computer with only 1 ram stick installed Take out and replace CMOS battery after all these attempts the VGA Debug LED still comes on during boot. I found the LED turning off eventually (takes around 2 minutes) and the back light for my monitor turning on but still no display. I'm not sure what I should do... Thank you for your time and any advice is appreciated! So a quick update:I went into bios and set the primary display to integrated graphics (disabling PGE) and reinstalled my GPU. I was able to download Nvidia drivers and the gaming experience program was able to recognize that the system had a GPU installed.I went back into bios and changed the primary display to PGE and tried both HDMI and DVI on my graphics card but no luck... It is POST-ing and I can log into windows (I can hear the Windows boot up music and login sound) but no display Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit CPU: Intel i5-8400 RAM: Viper 4gb x 2 @ 3000 mhz Motherboard: MSI B360 Gaming Plus Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050ti 4GB (PNY) Storage: Sandisk Plus 120gb SSD & Western Digital Black 500gb PSU: Rosewill 550W 80 plus Gold