Old pc upgrade

[Bigloldog01]

Hey there, I am seeking help.

I have an oldish computer that I have wanted to sort of upgrade.

Here are the specs:

CPU: Core2 Quad Q8200 2.33ghz

Motherboard: LGA 755

RAM: 2g x 2 of ddr2

GPU: NVidia GeForce 9500gt

PSU: 300w - 400w (Guessing)

Storage: 2 x 500g HDD

 

As you see here, it is about 7-9 years old.

I have been wanting to buy a different graphics card for it, so I will be able to play basic games well, but I can not decide what to buy.

I am not wanting to spend an insane amount of money on it and I want a graphics card that is not too power hungry or will be suitable for the PSU I have listed above.

I have been looking at gt 710, but not sure.

PLEASE HELP!!!

Bigloldog01

 

 

 

[manlykeweaver465]

2 minutes ago, Bigloldog01 said:

Hey there, I am seeking help.

I have an oldish computer that I have wanted to sort of upgrade.

Here are the specs:

CPU: Core2 Quad Q8200 2.33ghz

Motherboard: LGA 755

RAM: 2g x 2 of ddr2

GPU: NVidia GeForce 9500gt

PSU: 300w - 400w (Guessing)

Storage: 2 x 500g HDD

 

As you see here, it is about 7-9 years old.

I have been wanting to buy a different graphics card for it, so I will be able to play basic games well, but I can not decide what to buy.

I am not wanting to spend an insane amount of money on it and I want a graphics card that is not too power hungry or will be suitable for the PSU I have listed above.

I have been looking at gt 710, but not sure.

PLEASE HELP!!!

Bigloldog01

 

 

 

whats your budget and what brand is your PSU 

[R3ep3r]

2 minutes ago, Bigloldog01 said:

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You could try some of the 400-500 or 600 series from nVidia. I've used a 430 2gb DDR3 for like 5 years and it even let me run GTA V on normal settings which is pretty good and it was not that power hungry.

[Bigloldog01]

It is a FSP group inc. PSU and it may be 250 watts?

[Sadleast]

14 minutes ago, Bigloldog01 said:

Hey there, I am seeking help.

I have an oldish computer that I have wanted to sort of upgrade.

Here are the specs:

CPU: Core2 Quad Q8200 2.33ghz

Motherboard: LGA 755

RAM: 2g x 2 of ddr2

GPU: NVidia GeForce 9500gt

PSU: 300w - 400w (Guessing)

Storage: 2 x 500g HDD

 

As you see here, it is about 7-9 years old.

I have been wanting to buy a different graphics card for it, so I will be able to play basic games well, but I can not decide what to buy.

I am not wanting to spend an insane amount of money on it and I want a graphics card that is not too power hungry or will be suitable for the PSU I have listed above.

I have been looking at gt 710, but not sure.

PLEASE HELP!!!

Bigloldog01

 

 

 

if you want a low spec GPU then better take a GT 730 with GDDR5 and 1 GB it will be much better then the 710. Also buy it used so you get a better price on it. If you don´t want to upgrade your motherboard then keep the CPU and just take the GT 730

[Bigloldog01]

10 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

whats your budget and what brand is your PSU 

It is a FSP group inc. PSU and it may be 250 watts?

my budget is up to 100 aud, but I can go higher if nessacery

[Mi26]

Get a 1060 3GB n while u are at it might as well upgrade the power supply

[Bigloldog01]

1 minute ago, Sadleast said:

if you want a low spec GPU then better take a GT 730 with GDDR5 and 1 GB it will be much better then the 710. Also buy it used so you get a better price on it.  

Ok, does it consume much power

[Bigloldog01]

2 minutes ago, Mi26 said:

Get a 1060 3GB n while u are at it might as well upgrade the power supply

Depends if the motherboard is compatiable 

[HelpMeOrIWillSuffer]

1 minute ago, Bigloldog01 said:

It is a FSP group inc. PSU and it may be 250 watts?

my budget is up to 100 aud, but I can go higher if nessacery

Can you like give us the model number for the PSU? And I'd recommend maybe a 550Ti or something for the system.

[Sadleast]

1 minute ago, Bigloldog01 said:

Ok, does it consume much power

No it doesn´t. It even dont need a power cable. 23W !!

[HelpMeOrIWillSuffer]

2 minutes ago, Bigloldog01 said:

Ok, does it consume much power

No , it doesn't.

[HelpMeOrIWillSuffer]

1 minute ago, Sadleast said:

No it doesn´t. It even dont need a power cable. 23W !!

25W for GDDR5.

[Sadleast]

I found one 2GB GDDR5 with 23W. Anyway this is still very low.

1 minute ago, HelpMeOrIWillSuffer said:

25W for GDDR5.

 

[Bigloldog01]

Thanks all for helping!! Much appreciated!!

[Shiv78]

I would aim for a used 750 Ti, the 730 and 710 are trash and the 710 is a re branded 210

[ProjectBox153]

As mentioned by @Shiv78, I'd try to get a 750 Ti. These older Core 2 systems can benefit greatly from them.

[Bigloldog01]

Thanks for your ideas

[SPARTAN VI]

It's a long shot, especially since I don't know your technical aptitude, but if you're willing to give it a shot then I'd recommend grabbing a LGA-771 Xeon and sticker modding it for your LGA-775 motherboard. I did this to my old Q6600 machine with a Gigabyte-P35-DS3L motherboard to breathe new life into an ancient machine. An overclocked Xeon E5450 is roughly equivalent to a Haswell i3 and i5 in performance and a mere $20 USD on ebay. So on top of slotting in a relatively newer GPU, if you have a few bucks to throw at upgrading the CPU, you can't beat $20 for Haswell level performance.

 

Sorry for the potato pic, but the E5450 @ 4.2GHz is the green bar, and the yellow and purple bars are Haswell i3's and i5's respectively:

 

The full guide for this can be found here: http://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/

[Shiv78]

5 hours ago, spartanvi said:

 

It's a long shot, especially since I don't know your technical aptitude, but if you're willing to give it a shot then I'd recommend grabbing a LGA-771 Xeon and sticker modding it for your LGA-775 motherboard. I did this to my old Q6600 machine with a Gigabyte-P35-DS3L motherboard to breathe new life into an ancient machine. An overclocked Xeon E5450 is roughly equivalent to a Haswell i3 and i5 in performance and a mere $20 USD on ebay. So on top of slotting in a relatively newer GPU, if you have a few bucks to throw at upgrading the CPU, you can't beat $20 for Haswell level performance.

 

Sorry for the potato pic, but the E5450 @ 4.2GHz is the green bar, and the yellow and purple bars are Haswell i3's and i5's respectively:

 

Damn, that's value.