Help me on upgrades.

[ComputerPsych]

Hey so i want to upgrade my grandmas old computer i already upgraded the cpu to Intel core 2 quad q8300 From intel core 2 duo e8400 added a much better cooler and overclocked it. Added a ssd and now i came to the gpu. What should i upgrade it to maximum 100€ Looking at the rx 550 2g rn are there any better options? The old card is nvidia geforce 9500gt 512mb. The card has to be NEW.

[Fasauceome]

What would the graphics card be for? Is she a gamer?

[ComputerPsych]

Me and my cousin use the pc mostly and i play games on there. Country: Lithuania. My grandma uses it for work and the gpu is half-dead she gets mad when the screen goes flickering and blames it of course on me because i clean it and change parts

[ComputerPsych]

9 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

Country?

Lithuania

[Guest]

How about a GeForce GT 1030 2GB? CCL has them new at £70 / about 80 euro

It has a fan for cooling, DX12, PCIE3 and 6000mhz memory clock which is GDDR5.

 

[ComputerPsych]

Just now, Shabba said:

How about a GeForce GT 1030 2GB? CCL has them new at £70 / about 80 euro

It has a fan for cooling, DX12, PCIE3 and 6000mhz memory clock which is GDDR5.

Hmmm gt 1030 yes thats not bad but rx 550 is basically same and its cheaper and more powerfull in some  use cases. If i wont find anything bettee i'll go with the rx  550 

[ComputerPsych]

7 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=lt&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://www.skytech.lt/90yv0au0m0na00-asus-phgt1030o2g-nvidia-geforce-1030-gddr5-pci-express-processor--p-353911.html&usg=ALkJrhhkkfmBnB8EfMYfuoAF1deFJLpcxg

 

Here's a GT1030 for 95 Euro, sorry about the google translate link, I had to use it to read the website.

Another site has it for 80€. So yea these are the two options. Rx550 vs gt 1030.

[ComputerPsych]

Just now, NZgamer said:

I'd say GT1030, Nvidia's drivers are more stable and the 1030 is slightly more powerful.

Yes about the drivers i agree 110%, but about the power gt 1030 is 1% more powerfull and its 15€ more expensive here so i dont know if its worth it to get it because of the drivers when the pc is on 2 times a week.

[ComputerPsych]

I know i will flip a coin. Can someone decide what i will buy if its heads?

[papajo]

39 minutes ago, ComputerPsych said:

Hey so i want to upgrade my grandmas old computer i already upgraded the cpu to Intel core 2 quad q8300 From intel core 2 duo e8400 added a much better cooler and overclocked it. Added a ssd and now i came to the gpu. What should i upgrade it to maximum 100€ Looking at the rx 550 2g rn are there any better options? The old card is nvidia geforce 9500gt 512mb. The card has to be NEW.

Well I see no reason to spend money on a GPU for your grandmas PC

 

I would sell mobo+CPU+ ram for like 50 bucks squish in a couple more bucks on top of your 100 and buy these 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$54.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$54.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$74.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$184.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-13 17:38 EDT-0400

The computer would be significantly faster and even allow for some gaming and your granny wouldn't need to worry much about remembering closing the tabs on chrome since the ram is sufficient to run quite a few tabs at the same time. 

 

 

[ComputerPsych]

1 minute ago, papajo said:

Well I see no reason to spend money on a GPU for your grandmas PC

 

I would sell mobo+CPU+ ram for like 50 bucks squish in a couple more bucks on top of your 100 and buy these 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$54.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$54.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$74.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$184.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-13 17:38 EDT-0400

The computer would be significantly faster and even allow for some gaming and your granny wouldn't need to worry much about remembering closing the tabs on chrome since the ram is sufficient to run quite a few tabs at the same time. 

 

 

The pc is fast enough for today and those parts will be much more expensive where i live and i could not even sell old parts for 30€ so yeah a new gpu will be better because even with the old one i got 100fps on csgo and 60minimum fps on minecraft a new gpu wont do worse than that 100% and about the ram i have ordered 2x 2gb sticks and i will add them to the existing 4 gb to have 8gb. In the future yes 1000% i will  upgrade the whole pc but for the next 2 years it will be enough.

[papajo]

8 minutes ago, ComputerPsych said:

The pc is fast enough for today and those parts will be much more expensive where i live and i could not even sell old parts for 30€ so yeah a new gpu will be better because even with the old one i got 100fps on csgo and 60minimum fps on minecraft a new gpu wont do worse than that 100% and about the ram i have ordered 2x 2gb sticks and i will add them to the existing 4 gb to have 8gb. In the future yes 1000% i will  upgrade the whole pc but for the next 2 years it will be enough.

So the upgrade is not for your granny its for you to play with when you are at your grannys house? well then buy a GTX 1030 

 

but if it is for your granny then dont need to spend money on a GPU since you already got one. 

[papajo]

10 minutes ago, ComputerPsych said:

 

btw where do you live? (so that I could check for prices) 

[ComputerPsych]

2 minutes ago, papajo said:

So the upgrade is not for your granny its for you to play with when you are at your grannys house? well then buy a GTX 1030 

 

but if it is for your granny then dont need to spend money on a GPU since you already got one. 

I wouldnt replace it if the old one wasnt half dead. I live in lithuania. Preffered site www.varle.lt. Best prices are there 

[papajo]

21 minutes ago, ComputerPsych said:

I wouldnt replace it if the old one wasnt half dead. I live in lithuania. Preffered site www.varle.lt. Best prices are there 

Ok just saying that its not more expensive (in case that was the problem)  lithuania is in the EU right? well there is this german store mindfactory.de that ships to lithuania (no import tax or any other extra cost because of EU) and its kind of cheaper 

 

 

167.56 and I am sure that you can get some money for your parts I mean just go to facebook listings or any other big tech forum in Lithuania you wont get much but it will add to something.. 

 

Also you could buy a lower capacity kit (like 2*4GB) and shave off like 35 euro or something 

[ComputerPsych]

13 minutes ago, papajo said:

Ok just saying that its not more expensive (in case that was the problem)  lithuania is in the EU right? well there is this german store mindfactory.de that ships to lithuania (no import tax or any other extra cost because of EU) and its kind of cheaper 

 

 

167.56 and I am sure that you can get some money for your parts I mean just go to facebook listings or any other big tech forum in Lithuania you wont get much but it will add to something.. 

 

Also you could buy a lower capacity kit (like 2*4GB) and shave off like 35 euro or something 

I dont have alot of money so yeah. A gpu will do for now and the good part is if i ever upgrade the mobo cpu and ram i can reuse the ssd and the gpu and maybe the cooler if the new mobo will be am4 or lga 115x So some money saved there.