Gtx 1050ti on i3 2100

[Legendary_2]

Hi i am planning to buy a dell vostro 260 which has i3 2100 8gb ram 300w PSU and i want ti add gtx 1050ti in this system I want to know will it work and will i get a decent gaming performance out of it on new games is it a good ise of my money or am i wasting money on i3 2100 am getting the vostro for 100$

 

[BringerOfTea]

id say waste of money... and the cpu is already 6 years old... as is the rest of the system i guess... and the powersupply is more likely to fail when it has reached that age... are you buying it used?

 

[R3PLAY]

It'll work, you will see a little performance loss due to the CPU. But the PSU only has 300W, your build will use +/- 250. So you're on the edge of what the PSU can handle. Do you know which one it has?

 

[ARICH5]

decent gaming performance? absolutley not. 720p and low details, 30fps.

 

[guanyu210379]

1. your proc is way to old and it was also not even one of the middle class proc at that time.
2. branded PCs has always very limited PSU specially fit only for the original setup. Any further GPU upgrades is not really recommended. Plus, the PSU aged already after all those time.

All in all, I would rather keep the money and plan to build/buy a complete new PC.

 

[Legendary_2]

id say waste of money... and the cpu is already 6 years old... as is the rest of the system i guess... and the powersupply is more likely to fail when it has reached that age... are you buying it used?

Yes am buying it used

 

[Legendary_2]

It has dell stock PSU

 

[Legendary_2]

I have seen videos of people using this setup and they are getting 60 fps at high 1080p

 

[Legendary_2]

What if i get i5 2400 cpu or update the PSU of i3 2100 ?

 

[BringerOfTea]

still wouldn't buy a 6 year old used pc

 

[Legendary_2]

What are my options then can't build a new one is very expensive
Dell systems has i5 2400 but their PSU is only 250w someone suggested me to stick with my current setup and its oerfevt with your cpu and everything
Am very confused

 

[guanyu210379]

What are my options then can't build a new one is very expensive
Dell systems has i5 2400 but their PSU is only 250w someone suggested me to stick with my current setup and its oerfevt with your cpu and everything
Am very confused

Stick with it, don't spend any single extra penny on it.

 

[Legendary_2]

So 1050ti will work fine with it ? Will i be able to play latest games ?

 

[BringerOfTea]

in order for that question to be answered... what is your current system?

 

[Legendary_2]

Dell vostro 260 is my cirrent setup option
I3 2100
8gb ram

 

[BringerOfTea]

that was also a poor choice, wait and save up more money to buy something better.. as we all suggested the cpu is poor and the psu that is preinstalled there is also poor. as for the i5 system as well, 6 year old psu of non-brand... I would not even bother installng anything new in either.

 

[Legendary_2]

What if i get a system with i5 2400 processor like optiplex 990 MT

 

[spdragoo]

If you already have the system & have a limited budget, then you might as well see what you can upgrade on it.

From the owner's manual (http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_vostro_desktop/vostro-260_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf), the 260 has a 300W PSU, & the 260S has a 250W PSU. Neither is going to be great, but they should be able to handle lower-power GPUs (i.e. ones that don't require PCIe power connectors). I would stick more with a GTX 1050 instead of the 1050TI,because a) it'll be a lot cheaper, b) the 1050TI is more powerful but not decidedly so for its cost, & c) it's a lot easier to find GTX 1050 cards that don't need PCIe power connectors. If you have the 260S with the lower PSU, you could also consider the GT 1030 (it only draws ~25W from the PSU).

CPU-wise, you're limited in 2 ways. First, as per the manual, your motherboard won't take Core i7 CPUs. Second, because the motherboard is only compatible with Intel HD 2000 graphics from the CPU, you can't use any Intel CPUs that use higher-level graphics. That means no Ivy Bridge CPUs, & even the i5-2500K is unavailable (as it has Intel HD 3000 graphics on it). That being said, you might be able to install an i5-2500 (the locked or non-"K" version). It's faster, it'll perform better (4C/4T CPU vs. a 2C/4T CPU), & it moves you from a 3rd-tier CPU to a 2nd-tier CPU (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html). It's not a great upgrade, but to be honest as a CPU it's actually not going to be too far behind Skylake or Kaby Lake Core i5s (probably on par with an i5-6500 or i5-7400 in performance).