Question Need help with deciding which GPU should I get?

[adam_thewanderer]

Hello fellow users! So I opened this thread because im not sure about my PSU
My PSU is Valx vl-012 430W power supply unit
I know it is a really bad psu(some might call it the explosives that used on SpaceX's rocket launch) but I dont have enough money to get a good psu and a gpu

So... My main question is Which GPU should I get(I have no pci-e power cables. I checked 3 times)

My Setup is :
CPU : i7 3770
GPU : AMD R5 220
Storage : Kingston SKC600 and Toshiba DT01ACA050
Mobo : Gigabyte H61M S2PV

My Current GPU bottlenecks my CPU about 50% too!

 

[hotaru.hino]

Save your money then, so you can replace the thing you know is bad on top of the GPU upgrade. And even then, I would suggest a whole computer upgrade at this point.

You can get away with a decent entry-level gaming computer for around $700 USD these days, but where you live will obviously affect how much you'd actually have to pay.

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

I'd agree. There isn't going to be much of an upgrade path for a 10 year old PC.

Save your money and build a new system. Entry level isn't all that expensive.

 

[Eximo]

My Current GPU bottlenecks my CPU about 50% too!

No it doesn't. The R5-220 is barely a graphics card and the i7-3770 when it was the latest and greatest would have been paired with cards like the HD 7970 which had 2048 stream processors.

The r5-220 is essentially a rebranded HD 6450 which came out in 2011. (a whole 160 stream processors)

 

[adam_thewanderer]

Save your money then, so you can replace the thing you know is bad on top of the GPU upgrade. And even then, I would suggest a whole computer upgrade at this point.

You can get away with a decent entry-level gaming computer for around $700 USD these days, but where you live will obviously affect how much you'd actually have to pay.

I thought that before but in my country these prices are so high that's why I want to get GPU so I can play games a bit smoothly but yes you're right I should save some money and get a decent pc and by the way can you give me an entry build some pieces could be secondhand too.

 

[Eximo]

If I had to force a GPU into that system, RX 550 512, no external power required. (yes, 512 stream processors, and 4 generations of hardware improvement)