best gpu for old pc

[holdithoncho]

My friends gpu kicked the bucket this week his looking to spend about 150 euro.
Specs:cpu-AMD Phenom II
MB-asrock M3A UCC
ram-8G
PSU -450
Mainly used for gaming and internet.

 

[Kaisa_Sosa]

Most likely your friend will have to upgrade his power supply, up to at least 550W, so that almost all graphics cards can be supported. And from there I would recommend obtaining a GTX 750ti. They price at around 120 Euros, so spend about 30 euros on a power supply so that the graphics card wont be damaged by a lack of power.

 

[rcald2000]

GTX 950

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=evga+gtx+950

 

[rcald2000]

I may have spoken too soon. Normally a GTX 950 would work on a 450 watt PSU, assuming it's of decent quality. But the new graphics cards are PCIe 3.0, while it looks like the Asrock M3A UCC supports PCIe 1.x. I don't know if the card will work or not. Your choice is either to buy the GPU from a somewhere with a no-hassle return policy; Amazon for instance. Or find an older PCIe 2.x GPU which will assuredly be backwards compatible with PCIe 1.x.

What is the manufacturer and model # of your friend's power supply?

 

[holdithoncho]

Its a super flower 80plus bronze. So il probably going to have to factor in a psu as well

 

[Epicness937]

gtx 750 ti or a 950 if you are not over clocking

 

[holdithoncho]

Yea i think il go with a 750ti considering the machine dosent have many years left in it .There isnt much point putting too much money in it.