Which GPU to put in an old computer?

[igiboy]

I have an old (13 years) computer, the specs are 

Amd Athlon 64 3000+
Nvidia 7300gt,
mb MSI K9N Neo V2 (MS-7369)
1 GB Kingston DDR2 (2 x 512 stick)
Chieftec 450w PSU  

 

Anyways since it's my first computer I ever owned I don't want to throw it out just yet (nostalgia). I was thinking about upgrading the CPU, GPU and RAM so I could at least run Win 7 on it without any trouble. The CPU and RAM were easy (Athlon 64 6000+ and 4 GB) but the GPU is a bit tricky since an acquaintance is offering me one of two options Ati 5770 or the GTX 750. I was wondering whether or not the PSU could handle either one of those cards or should I just leave the one inside?

 

 

[xAcid9]

GTX 750 is fine and much stronger but i don't know if your mobo support it. You might want to spend some money on better PSU though since yours is over 10 years old and it's not a great PSU to begin with.

[Streetguru]

46 minutes ago, igiboy said:

 

Just toss in the GTX 750 and see what happens, unless he also has a newer PSU,

 

otherwise find a used 500W unit to go with it, because new PSU prices are crazy.

 

But really there's not going to be too much you can do with that PC.

[igiboy]

On 9/14/2019 at 5:36 AM, xAcid9 said:

GTX 750 is fine and much stronger but i don't know if your mobo support it. You might want to spend some money on better PSU though since yours is over 10 years old and it's not a great PSU to begin with.

Nah, I would rather just leave the old one in. Thanks for the reply.

[igiboy]

On 9/14/2019 at 6:20 AM, Streetguru said:

Just toss in the GTX 750 and see what happens, unless he also has a newer PSU,

 

otherwise find a used 500W unit to go with it, because new PSU prices are crazy.

 

But really there's not going to be too much you can do with that PC.

I think I'll do that. Yeah I know, everybody is telling me to throw it out, it's not for gaming etc. Like I don't wanna use it for gaming, I have other options for that. I just wanna make it more suitable for win 7 and internet and stuff. Thanks for the reply.

[igiboy]

On 9/14/2019 at 6:27 AM, Genwyn said:

Does the motherboard have the 20 or 24 pin power connector? There's a few variants of that board.

 

If it's a 24 pin, pretty much anything. Realistically it's going to be bottlenecked heavily by anything newer than the GeForce 8 series high end options. An 8800GT or GTS would be a good choice. Some others would be a GTX 260 or 460. A GT 730 if you have to go with something low wattage. 

If it was a 64 x2 that would be a little different but for late single cores there's not much point with going outside of era performance, because all it's going to be capable of is era appropriate gaming and regular desktop use.

For the sake of video playback you might have trouble over 720p, YouTube will be unusable, you'll have to download videos to get 720p.

The high end GeForce 7 series cards are also fairly cheap on pcie, a 7800 would be pretty cool.

 

 

It's a 24 pin. As far as I know I think the mobo's reach was actually meant to be the high end 7 series. However a buddy od mine had one with the win 7 installed on his system and he had trouble with it, drivers, displaying I don't remember anymore and he told me to avoid it. That's why I wanted something a little better but not power hungry like the 8 series because they go fairly over 100w.  The ATI 5770 is also over 100 w but the acquaintance told me the PSU could handle it and the 750 was because of the low TDP. I didn't know the 730 had such a low TDP as well, I think I'll go with either of the 730 or 750. Thanks for the tips.

[Jimjamesjimothy8]

Get the 750 and chuck it in there. Your power supply is fine for any gpu that doesn't need the extra power connectors.

[igiboy]

19 minutes ago, TrainFan2019 said:

Get the 750 and chuck it in there. Your power supply is fine for any gpu that doesn't need the extra power connectors.

I'll do that, thanks!