need help with cheap pc build

Dexthgun · November 2, 2019

so i recently bought one of these pc's off of ebay the link at the end of post. i had thought it was gonna have a some parts in it that i could use to start a gaming build but one of the components were missing, A grapics card. the original listing said it had a core i7 37 something but when it arived and i booted it up i found out it was running a core i5 2400 but has 16 gigs of ddr3 ram a 2tb hard drive and a 256 gig ssd i wanted to know if anyone know af anygood gpus that would work with the system to game on it cuz any game i run crashes the system almost instantly. please help so i can get into pc gaming again im a college student so i hope you can suggest something cost efficent.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Desktop-Computer-16GB-2TB-HD-256GB-SSD-Quad-Core-i5-Windows-10-PC-22-LCD/283571211327?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dee70df73f88046898d4d2ed6e0a5fa2a%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D273410071058%26itm%3D283571211327%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A27b54d2d-fd1e-11e9-a080-74dbd1801c18%7Cparentrq%3A2a16a26f16e0aa64b4eb4d76fff92056%7Ciid%3A1

mariushm · November 2, 2019

The listing allows him to select hard drive size, memory size and other things.

I guess based on the selection, you choose between HP 6200 or HP 8300.

The listing by default advertises i5 3.1 Ghz and guess what ... i5 2400 has a default frequency of 3.1 ghz with boost up to 3.4 ghz : intel's spec page

i7 3700 (or 3.7 ghz) is just a newer , a bit more powerful processor. Most likely that system would have also used the integrated graphics from inside the processor, unless you selected an option making it more expensive.

If you have the standard case (not the slim case) you should be able to install any video card, but the power supply probably has no extra power connector - it's a 320w model psu for the standard size case, and 240w for the slim one.

So go with video cards that don't require any extra connectors... see GTX 1650 , GTX 1050/ 1050ti , worst case scenario GT 1030 or RX 550 (RX 550 would be better than GT 1030)

dizmo · November 2, 2019

I've gotta say, I don't think they changed the auction...considering they've sold 150+ of them from this listing alone. I'm thinking you just misread something.

The 1650 is your best bet if you want something powerful, but you'd probably want a better CPU as well. Maybe try selling yours and picking up another one.

9 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

First off, if you bought a model that advertised an i7, open up a complaint. It’s a common scam to sell something like this and then change the listing last second.

GPU wise just get a 1050 or 1050ti. Has to be pcie power only.

Kind of doubt it, for a company with that many sold under that listing...