GPUs for man rigs

[Solrix]

I have a few old computers that I want to have ready for when I do LAN parties that way if someone doesn't have a system they will have a computer to use. They are cheap systems people have given to me over the years. They are before 2006 and 2 have celeron D's and one has Pentium 4 and the other has a Athlon 64. All with a gig of ram. I know I need more ram and depending on how big of a card I get I will need a bigger PSU. But what would y'all recommend for a cheap card. I'm talking no more than 50$. Would a used card be worth it and if so where should I find one?

Edit. Meant LAN rigs as the title lol

[TheSLSAMG]

As computers, they won't be very powerful, but HD 5450s should do fine if they have PCI-E

[helping]

maybe a used GT440 or something, whatever the rebrand equivalent is

[othertomperson]

AMD APU seems your best way. Up to £100 for dual core CPU and R7 series GPU combined. Will need new motherboards obv.

[TheSLSAMG]

AMD APU seems your best way. £100 for dual core CPU and R7 series GPU combined. Will need new motherboards obv.

I think you misread his post. He isn't looking to build entirely new PCs, that would cost him far more than what he has.

[othertomperson]

I think you misread his post. He isn't looking to build entirely new PCs, that would cost him far more than what he has.

 

I know, but I can't see a way of doing that that's going to be enough for what he wants. If the case he has fits an ATX/mATX/whatever motherboard he might be able to get a new one for £30 or so, and the APU+Motherboard together could work out cheaper than upgrade CPU and GPU, and more worthwhile than just GPU. I don't see how much use that P4 or Athlon would be in 2014 for LAN gaming, unless you're planning on sticking to like the original Halo or something.

[Solrix]

I know, but I can't see a way of doing that that's going to be enough for what he wants. If the case he has fits an ATX/mATX/whatever motherboard he might be able to get a new one for £30 or so, and the APU+Motherboard together could work out cheaper than upgrade CPU and GPU, and more worthwhile than just GPU. I don't see how much use that P4 or Athlon would be in 2014 for LAN gaming, unless you're planning on sticking to like the original Halo or something.

Yeah. We have some pretty low spec games planned lol. Rocking some command and conquer red alert 2 for now haha

[TheSLSAMG]

I know, but I can't see a way of doing that that's going to be enough for what he wants. If the case he has fits an ATX/mATX/whatever motherboard he might be able to get a new one for £30 or so, and the APU+Motherboard together could work out cheaper than upgrade CPU and GPU, and more worthwhile than just GPU. I don't see how much use that P4 or Athlon would be in 2014 for LAN gaming, unless you're planning on sticking to like the original Halo or something.

They would all be pretty bad machines, but he (assuming $50 per machine, $200 total) has nowhere near enough to make four rigs. He would need CPUs, motherboards and RAM. An A6 7400K costs that much alone, as RAM would then be $30 for 4GB, and another $30 for a motherboard. Then again, he can build two rigs for the money he has and a little more.

 

(Using dollar signs because my keyboard, like myself is American and I don't want to have to copy/paste or remember an Alt code for the pound sign.)

[othertomperson]

They would all be pretty bad machines, but he (assuming $50 per machine, $200 total) has nowhere near enough to make four rigs. He would need CPUs, motherboards and RAM. An A6 7400K costs that much alone, as RAM would then be $30 for 4GB, and another $30 for a motherboard. Then again, he can build two rigs for the money he has and a little more.

 

(Using dollar signs because my keyboard, like myself is American and I don't want to have to copy/paste or remember an Alt code for the pound sign.)

 

True... definitely a longer term project to do it properly.

[Mr Red]

Hi, if you need all four PCs running i cant suggest something but if two can do the job i would say keep two of the strongest

CPU which i think they arent the Celeron and check the compatible rams so you can have 2gigs on each rig. Then for the GPU

used ones should be fine if you can check they work before buying them and also checking if your PSU can handle them.

[A10-FTW]

I have a few old computers that I want to have ready for when I do LAN parties that way if someone doesn't have a system they will have a computer to use. They are cheap systems people have given to me over the years. They are before 2006 and 2 have celeron D's and one has Pentium 4 and the other has a Athlon 64. All with a gig of ram. I know I need more ram and depending on how big of a card I get I will need a bigger PSU. But what would y'all recommend for a cheap card. I'm talking no more than 50$. Would a used card be worth it and if so where should I find one? Edit. Meant LAN rigs as the title lol

a good fine old gaming machine 

is the combination of the CPU power (how much mhz and cores he have) 

and the GPU power (but it will need the help of the CPU in this case)

 

and the key word is... how much mhz and cores the CPUs have ?

 

from there we can pick the rigth GPU for each machine