109 Dollars; What to do?

[MrFlickR]

I currently have an Inspiron 3000 series desktop with

i5-4460
12 GB DDR3-1600 Mhz RAM
and an EVGA GT 710 1 GB

I'm getting around 110 dollars on paypal very soon, what should I do? My desktop has a "300w" power supply but I wouldn't trust it. Should I buy a GT 1030? GTX 750? GTX 750 and a new PSU?

 

[theonerm2]

Save it up until you have money to get something good. If you keep spending your money as soon as you get it like that you'll never have anything good.

 

[Alan Caldwell]

Get a GT 1030. Should work fine as it has a TDP of just 30w and goes on to 34w on stress testing. No worries on the PSU side, it will suffice.

 

[delaro]

A used 750 Ti for around $70 on fleabay it's a little faster than a 1030 GT and will par fine with the 300W supply and your I5.

Or

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $49.99

And used 760/770/R9 280 for $60-$110 used.

 

[Alan Caldwell]

Wouldn't recommend getting old gen graphics cards as it's not good for the long run. Eg: Driver support, performance gets worse due to lack of optimization in new drivers for Maxwell architecture.

Source: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/831639/nvidia-is-deliberately-downgrading-kepler-gpus-performance-in-favor-of-maxwell-/

 

[delaro]

Wouldn't recommend getting old gen graphics cards as it's not good for the long run. Eg: Driver support, performance gets worse due to lack of optimization in new drivers for Maxwell architecture.

Source: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/831639/nvidia-is-deliberately-downgrading-kepler-gpus-performance-in-favor-of-maxwell-/

Legacy hardware receives optimization patches much slower if at all,k the funny thing here is it isn't Nvidia that provides the patches it's the game provided that decides if they want to work with Legacy hardware. If your at a point where you feel a 750Ti is being taxed guess what you are already past the needed performance of a 1030GT since the 750 TI even unoptimized is still faster than a 1030.

 

[william p]

I would advise saving up for a GTX1050. Your Dell PSU is good quality. The rest of your system is up to it. Another $30-40 and you're there.