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[KaboomOrange]

My brother currently has a Dell Inspirion 660 i5-3330. He has no graphics card but he has saved up money for one. He doesn't know what to get and so do I. His motherboard is a Dell 0XR1GT. He wants the best gpu that is compatible with his computer. Thanks! 

[BunnyLab]

Tell him to get a nvidia card, not AMD.

[KaboomOrange]

Ok

[BunnyLab]

1 minute ago, KaboomOrange said:

Ok

How much cash does he have to spend on a gpu?

[DarkBlade2117]

Unless he has a 6 pin or 8 pin power connector, a max of a SPECIFIED 75w GTX 950.

Oh and if it has a PCIe slot.

Depends on your PSU aswell

 

[DarkBlade2117]

3 minutes ago, BunnyLab said:

Tell him to get a nvidia card, not AMD.

Yes and No..... If AMD had 75w card that competed with the 950, then yes.

I'd see what the RX 460 looks like and then decide.

[KaboomOrange]

2 minutes ago, BunnyLab said:

How much cash does he have to spend on a gpu?

250

[KaboomOrange]

Also how would I check if its PCIe x 16 2.0 or 3.0?

[BunnyLab]

3 minutes ago, KaboomOrange said:

250

ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti

$150

[KaboomOrange]

2 minutes ago, brcdncn said:

1 x PCI Express x16 (3.0 Ivy Bridge), (2.0 Sandy Bridge)

3 x PCI Express x1

1 x PCI Express half-length mini

Would all of these card just listed work on the post?

[Flowey]

10 minutes ago, BunnyLab said:

Tell him to get a nvidia card, not AMD.

Why though, and don't say fanboyism cause that's stupid. AMD cards are perfectly fine

[Flowey]

4 minutes ago, BunnyLab said:

ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti

$150

Wait and get a rx480 if the benchmarks hold true mate

[BunnyLab]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

Why though, and don't say fanboyism cause that's stupid. AMD cards are perfectly fine

We need to spend as much cash as we can on nvidia products.

[Demiqas]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

Why though, and don't say fanboyism cause that's stupid. AMD cards are perfectly fine

that dell has a 300 watt power supply, I don't think there's an amd card at low wattage that performs better than an nvidia equivalent.

[DarkBlade2117]

6 minutes ago, KaboomOrange said:

Also how would I check if its PCIe x 16 2.0 or 3.0?

Doesn't matter, 3.0 GPUs are compatible with 2.0.

Though, something no one mentioned is the Inspiron 660 is a mini tower, make sure the GPU will fit and DONT get a 750Ti.

You can get an R9 380 mini and a new PSU for $250 USD

RX 480 would be mucho better

[BunnyLab]

1 minute ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Doesn't matter, 3.0 GPUs are compatible with 2.0.

Though, something no one mentioned is the Inspiron 660 is a mini tower, make sure the GPU will fit and DONT get a 750Ti.

You can get an R9 380 mini and a new PSU for $250 USD

Nothing wrong with a 750 Ti

[KaboomOrange]

8 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Doesn't matter, 3.0 GPUs are compatible with 2.0.

Though, something no one mentioned is the Inspiron 660 is a mini tower, make sure the GPU will fit and DONT get a 750Ti.

You can get an R9 380 mini and a new PSU for $250 USD

RX 480 would be mucho better

http://imgur.com/0qv9CGi

[Flowey]

13 minutes ago, BunnyLab said:

Nothing wrong with a 750 Ti

Nothing wrong, nothing good neither, you can get much better for 50$ more

[Wolther]

14 minutes ago, BunnyLab said:

Nothing wrong with a 750 Ti

r7 370 > 750 ti

[KaboomOrange]

19 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Doesn't matter, 3.0 GPUs are compatible with 2.0.

Though, something no one mentioned is the Inspiron 660 is a mini tower, make sure the GPU will fit and DONT get a 750Ti.

You can get an R9 380 mini and a new PSU for $250 USD

RX 480 would be mucho better

He is getting a 500watt psu will that work?

[Wolther]

1 minute ago, KaboomOrange said:

He is getting a 500watt psu will that work?

Yep. Might even be a little bit over kill but that's perfectly fine

[BunnyLab]

15 minutes ago, Flowey said:

Nothing wrong, nothing good neither, you can get much better for 50$ more

No

[ivan134]

Ignore the moron telling you to buy Nvidia just because it's Nvidia. Tell your brother to get an rx 460 when it launches at the end if the month. 

[DarkBlade2117]

1 hour ago, KaboomOrange said:

He is getting a 500watt psu will that work?

So for $250 (USD ?)

Get a 400-500w PSU. XFX, EVGA B2 or SeaSonic are all nice and get an RX 480.

He wont regret waiting 13 days.

[BunnyLab]

1 hour ago, ivan134 said:

Ignore the moron telling you to buy Nvidia just because it's Nvidia. Tell your brother to get an rx 460 when it launches at the end if the month. 

What is your reasoning?