gt 1030

[Epicxcrafter]

i have a hp Compaq so its psu is 260 watt because its a small form factor so the gt 1030 will work in this pc so is it worth it because i have a AMD a4 5300 b apu so it has AMD radeon hd 7480d graphics. i do not do much heavy gaming but stuff like minecraft unturned and other small titles so no big aaa titles (well i do play cod 1 and older battlefields) so do i get the 70 gpu. p.s. what rgb keyboard and mouse is ok and cheap. i have this membrane nonbacklight keyboard and it has no flare

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

42 minutes ago, Epicxcrafter said:

i have a hp Compaq so its psu is 260 watt because its a small form factor so the gt 1030 will work in this pc so is it worth it because i have a AMD a4 5300 b apu so it has AMD radeon hd 7480d graphics. i do not do much heavy gaming but stuff like minecraft unturned and other small titles so no big aaa titles (well i do play cod 1 and older battlefields) so do i get the 70 gpu. p.s. what rgb keyboard and mouse is ok and cheap. i have this membrane nonbacklight keyboard and it has no flare

I wouldn't bother, for 70 bucks, you're not getting your moneys worth in terms of increased performance. Search Amazon for off-brand keyboards if you want a cheap RGB one. I'm currently in the midst of purchasing a cheap mechanical keyboard from Amazon for 40 bucks. For RGB off-brand mechanical keyboards, you could be looking at 60 bucks CAD. Convert to your local equivalent. 

[Jurrunio]

eh, with a AMD A4 5300 not even the best graphics card can make Minecraft run well.

[Epicxcrafter]

ok its not worth it thats what i thought becuse its not that much performance boost  from what i can see on paper for what i want out of it thanks it nice too know

 

 

[Running Raptors]

If you have a little more money I think MSI has a half height gtx 1050 that would fit in a ssf case. Like what others have said there are the 700 series half height cards as well, but with a low power supply I think a gt 1030 wouldn't be the worst decision ever. It may not be the best price to performance but it will do what you want. The processor might hold it back a little, so keep that in mind.

 

[Epicxcrafter]

9 hours ago, Running Raptors said:

If you have a little more money I think MSI has a half height gtx 1050 that would fit in a ssf case. Like what others have said there are the 700 series half height cards as well, but with a low power supply I think a gt 1030 wouldn't be the worst decision ever. It may not be the best price to performance but it will do what you want. The processor might hold it back a little, so keep that in mind.

 

ya i knew that my processor would be a bottleneck but i was thinking of a diffrent cpu but at the point of doing that i might as well sell it and build one

[thejackalope]

I had a Dell SFF Inspiron with a similar weak power supply, and got a low end ATI 7750 card. It worked for older games! 

 

It often does make sense to get a low power usage card, because otherwise you have to spend a lot more money upgrading the power supply, then you're also upgrading the case to fit the normal ATX power supply, and so on. 

[incorrect]

I didn't wanted to open a new thread, so i want to post here, if it's not a problem. I'm building a PC from scratch, and i am interested in GT 1030. I have 2 questions :

 

• Will it bottleneck with Ryzen 3 1200 ?
• Is this card worth money ?

I've seen some folks on YT playing games i have , like GTA V, CSGO  and some, and performance is really impressive. Witcher 3 runs butter smooth on it, so i'd like to know your opinion, guys. 

[thejackalope]

Bottlenecks in this context are a myth. Different games use different amounts of processing power and graphics. Some games will have their performance bottlenecked by your GPU, some by the CPU.

 

And that Ryzen 3 is pretty powerful https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+3+1200

[incorrect]

Some people say on Game Debate that i can't run GTA V on R3 lul, thanks, i'll definitely get Ryzen 3. 

[thejackalope]

1 hour ago, incorrect said:

Some people say on Game Debate that i can't run GTA V on R3 lul, thanks, i'll definitely get Ryzen 3. 

Well that may be... I've never played that game but isn't it really badly optimized?

[incorrect]

15 hours ago, thejackalope said:

Well that may be... I've never played that game but isn't it really badly optimized?

It's not, just their assumptions are b-s. They measured i can't run 80% of my library, yet i run them smooth lul. Don't trust benchmarks.