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Best Graphics card for HP Compaq 8200 SFF with Intel Core i5-2400 3.10 GHz

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Hey guys, 

so i would like to upgrade an old desktop pc with a graphics card. I was thinking about buying a ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 Low Profile. But I'm not sure if it's worth it. 

Can someone help me?

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What are you wanting to do? Play modern AAA games? The cpu doesn't really cut it for that for smooth gameplay. The 1650 low profile is indeed the best card you can get (be it zotac or someone else).

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The 1650 will be fine. The i5-2400 isn't a bad chip these days, but you might want to think about a CPU upgrade (or an entire platform upgrade) if at all possible. 

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42 minutes ago, sxmii said:

Hey guys, 

so i would like to upgrade an old desktop pc with a graphics card. I was thinking about buying a ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 Low Profile. But I'm not sure if it's worth it. 

Can someone help me?

You can go up to a Nvidia 1060.

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On 1/27/2021 at 11:18 PM, jaslion said:

What are you wanting to do? Play modern AAA games? The cpu doesn't really cut it for that for smooth gameplay. The 1650 low profile is indeed the best card you can get (be it zotac or someone else).

I would play Games like valorant, Rainbow six and cs go. Maybe even battlefield 5 if the system is good enough. Could i play them?

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On 1/27/2021 at 11:52 PM, Biomecanoid said:

You can go up to a Nvidia 1060.

Is there a low profile version?

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On 1/27/2021 at 11:50 PM, ProjectBox153 said:

The 1650 will be fine. The i5-2400 isn't a bad chip these days, but you might want to think about a CPU upgrade (or an entire platform upgrade) if at all possible. 

So i can upgrade the cpu to a core i7 2600 3.4 GHz. Would that make any difference to the core i5 2400?

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3 minutes ago, sxmii said:

So i can upgrade the cpu to a core i7 2600 3.4 GHz. Would that make any difference to the core i5 2400?

It would be a decent upgrade. 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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7 hours ago, sxmii said:

Is there a low profile version?

You will need a riser and to steal power from the optical drive

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