Looking for a deal on a video card that's at least 4 GB

[JR Tyner]

17 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Ya...I'd probably just replace it if it has all those limitations and issues. Get on AM4 most likely so you can upgrade to a Ryzen 5 2600 or whatever is out next year and a $200-300 GPU next year as well. Looks like your PSU is a standard ATX one.

The A8 will do alright running more modern games at like 720p, the iGPU is going to be better than intel's in any event. I ran on APUs for a while, they really weren't that bad

 

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First, you are awesome, thank you! Second, I'd like to see what parts I already have that I can use so I don't have to buy. How much more would it cost and be able to run games like H1Z1 at full 1080P at 60FPS?

 

This is the memory in my current system: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5751RA1990

 

Current Power Supply: Seasonic S12 II Bronze 620W 80Plus Power SupplyPSS12II620

 

Parts just sitting:

Tower: Cooler Master N400 No Power Supply ATX Mid Tower (Midnight Black)CA-400KKN2

Video Card: 1EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2GB SuperSC GDDR5 DVI/HDMI/3DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card w/ ACX 2.0+ CoolerEV-960G2SC

Motherboard: 1ASRock H97 PRO4 LGA1150/ Intel H97/ DDR3/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, JR Tyner said:

 

If you already have a 960 lying around then just get an R3 1200 system going
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bTHynn
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bTHynn/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $244.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-26 23:42 EST-0500

[JR Tyner]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

If you already have a 960 lying around then just get an R3 1200 system going
Memory: ADATA - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg)

 

 

What's wrong with my current memory? Will I still be able to upgrade to the Ryzen 5 2600 next year?

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, JR Tyner said:

 

What's wrong with my current memory? Will I still be able to upgrade to the Ryzen 5 2600 next year?

Can't use DDR3 on AM4

AM4 is supposed to be supported until 2020, the VRM on that board is acceptable, so you should be fine so long as you put a fan on it when overclocking.

[JR Tyner]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

AM4 is supposed to be supported until 2020, the VRM on that board is acceptable, so you should be fine so long as you put a fan on it when overclocking.

 

 

I'd rather spend more and not settle for "acceptable", if acceptable was acceptable then I'd buy a new PC at Walmart. Since this has progressed beyond just adding some cards, I'm going to make a new thread in "New Builds and Planning":

 

[Streetguru]

Just now, JR Tyner said:

 

Acceptable meaning it will be fine with a fan

 

I run an 8 core ryzen chip on it and can do 3950mhz but at 1.425V. Daily is 3800mhz at 1.35V

If not an ASUS PRIME PRO X370 is the next step up and is $120+
 

 

[JR Tyner]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

an ASUS PRIME PRO X370 is the next step up and is $120

 

 

 

That would be a lot better and still in my budget. Probably should move to that new thread since we've gone off the top of just Graphic Cards?