Best budget card upgrade from a 4gb r9 370 - psu Antec NEO ECO 400C 400W

[nyccbd]

Title says most 

 

cpu is an older i5 3400 series-  3470 

 

would rather not upgrade anything else so the psu is a big limiter 

 

and size should not really matter too much as while I’m in a shuttle case it can hold the 2 slot r9 370 card just fine 

 

looking to improve performance in roughly decade old titles- nothing really newer than 2015 i don’t think- mostly the 2010-2012 era - think fallout 3 - fallout 4

 

not keen on anything smaller than 4gb vram and single 6 pin pcie- I prefer to not use adapters 

 

Will be gaming on my 1080p monitor or my 4k tv at 1080p and the tv doing the up scaling 

 

single or dual monitors on occasion but primarily one 

 

let me know your thoughts , there’s so many generations of cards since then it’s hard to get the best information checking out reviews 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Used rx 570/580 4/8gb

4gb usually <50$ and 8gb ~50$, performance equivalent to a 1060 6gb, can be undervolted to ~100w if you wish

 

Used 5700(xt) at 120-150$, somewhere inbetween a 1080 and 1080ti in performance

[nyccbd]

25 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Used rx 570/580 4/8gb

4gb usually <50$ and 8gb ~50$, performance equivalent to a 1060 6gb, can be undervolted to ~100w if you wish

 

Used 5700(xt) at 120-150$, somewhere inbetween a 1080 and 1080ti in performance

I’m guessing I’ll be needing a 6 to 8pin adapter for most of the newer cards ? 
 

might’ve locally found a whole rig with a rx580 on it and if I can get them to separate from the monitor it might be very worth it price wise 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Just now, nyccbd said:

I’m guessing I’ll be needing a 6 to 8pin adapter for most of the newer cards ? 

Psu doesnt have an 8 pin?

Oh well doesnt matter since i bet that 6 pin will do 150w+ easy just ridicolously conservative official spec of 75w

 

Cpu probs doesnt go over 80w so about 280w of headroom on that 360w unit (12v = 30a)

 

And imo best off upgrading the psu since thats quite the limiter at only 360w, no you dont need to buy new as there should be plenty of used units for dirt cheap just that you have to know what you are looking for

 

For buying used units all multirails are trash and same goes for units >12yo as those wont last that much longer, 12v cannot be more than 100w under psu advertised rating otherwise its a trash unit, advisable to look online for reviews and customer reports of the psu you wanna buy

 

Following those guidelines or atleast the 12v one ive bought 3 units under 20$ (450w dazumba, 550w dsa ii, 700w tundra 85+) and all work just fine to this day so basically next to risk free as long as you follow those set of guidelines, yes those guidelines have been tested with trial by fire so i know whats decent and whats garbage to avoid

[podkall]

1 hour ago, nyccbd said:

would rather not upgrade anything else so the psu is a big limiter

yeah and GPU is most of the times the highest power draw component,

 

1 hour ago, nyccbd said:

ooking to improve performance in roughly decade old titles- nothing really newer than 2015 i don’t think- mostly the 2010-2012 era - think fallout 3 - fallout 4

cards that run off of 75W Pcie power,

 

maybe something like GTX 1050 ti or better, 1050 ti is only 30ish % more powerful than your current