

The base system is an HP Compaq Elite 8000 SFF with a 3.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. I need help deciding on a GPU My goal is to "build" a really cheap 'Gaming PC'(with reasonable performance). I've use the stock Athlon cooler on these. You can get a Phenom that'll fit that AM2/AM3 socket for 20 bucks. More RAM and a cheap CPU upgrade with a graphics card and that toaster will run fine.Įven this for 50 bucks will work. With 12GB of RAM and a Pentium G2120 I am rolling face on Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and NV.

If you have a graphics slot spend the extra dough for a 730GT, R7 250 or at minimum R7 240. With a GT630 and 4GB it ran GTA IV and Skyrim with ease. I ran Oblivion on a Pentium 4 630 and a Radeon 3850. It's weak and for a few bucks more you can get something much more capable. So for $40 you get a card that costs $130 more.įorget the 610. so consider that the rx480 4gb cost around $200 Keep in mind they say that you MIGHT get that MB.īoth computers seem to be the same all around except for the GPU. Tigerdirect doesnt have questions section, so no idea there. Either PC without the GPU would only be able to run 1 monitor, as almost every single motherboard only has 1 video output, i dont think ive ever even seen one with more.Īs its common with prebuildts neither publication tells us the motherboard model, or the PSU they use.īUT the one in amazon has questions and answers and they say that you MIGHT get a b250 bazooka that apparently has DVI and HDMI outputs!! so it might be able to run 2 monitors even without gpu.
