- Feb 1, 2020
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Hey everyone,
Wondering if anyone can help me. I'm new to all this but basically I inherited a PC from my mate when he bought a new one, and I'm looking for ways to easily update it on the cheap.
These are it's specs:
i5 2500k -3.3 ghz
GIGABYTE P67A-UD3-B3
8 GB DDR3 1600MHz
AMD Radeon HD 5570
750w PSU
I've already bought an SSD that I'm going to replace the HDD with and getting Windows 10 so that I can speed it up in that regard, but as you can see the main issue I have is the ancient graphics card that's in the system. I mostly play strategy games, TF2, Skyrim, that sort of thing, but I'd really like to be able to play more modern games better. So basically I have a couple questions: Are there any used sub £50 cards that will seriously improve my performance (I mean with the age of this thing there's probs also sub £30 cards on ebay that will improve on it haha)? Also are there any sub £100 cards that will improve it better still (at this price point though I'd prefer to buy a new card)? And also I would like something like an RX580 eventually when I have the cash, but for the current spec of this PC is that a bit of an overkill, will it just bottleneck massively?
(Also one last unrelated random question regarding another part of the system, that I may as well ask while I'm here. I get 500Mb/s internet at home, but because of the age of the Ethernet port it's pegged down at 100MB/s and will not go higher. Are most Ethernet cards cross compatible with most motherboards or do I have to buy a specific type (my apologies for this nooby question but honestly this is the first time I've ever upgraded a PC, so just making sure I get the right stuff lol!).
Anyways thank you very much guys for any of your help
Much appreciated
Wondering if anyone can help me. I'm new to all this but basically I inherited a PC from my mate when he bought a new one, and I'm looking for ways to easily update it on the cheap.
These are it's specs:
i5 2500k -3.3 ghz
GIGABYTE P67A-UD3-B3
8 GB DDR3 1600MHz
AMD Radeon HD 5570
750w PSU
I've already bought an SSD that I'm going to replace the HDD with and getting Windows 10 so that I can speed it up in that regard, but as you can see the main issue I have is the ancient graphics card that's in the system. I mostly play strategy games, TF2, Skyrim, that sort of thing, but I'd really like to be able to play more modern games better. So basically I have a couple questions: Are there any used sub £50 cards that will seriously improve my performance (I mean with the age of this thing there's probs also sub £30 cards on ebay that will improve on it haha)? Also are there any sub £100 cards that will improve it better still (at this price point though I'd prefer to buy a new card)? And also I would like something like an RX580 eventually when I have the cash, but for the current spec of this PC is that a bit of an overkill, will it just bottleneck massively?
(Also one last unrelated random question regarding another part of the system, that I may as well ask while I'm here. I get 500Mb/s internet at home, but because of the age of the Ethernet port it's pegged down at 100MB/s and will not go higher. Are most Ethernet cards cross compatible with most motherboards or do I have to buy a specific type (my apologies for this nooby question but honestly this is the first time I've ever upgraded a PC, so just making sure I get the right stuff lol!).
Anyways thank you very much guys for any of your help
Much appreciated 
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