Should i upgrade my I3?

[maximuzz]

I have a i3 2120 @3.30

8gb ram

a POS gpu

a dell optiplex 790 MT (i think :3)

265W psu

i want to play pubg

its black friday there are nvidia geforce 1050ti 4gb cards for 130 today... should i buy this? the 1050 thats for 100... or can i not upgrade my optiplex to these cards? ive heard mixed reviews

what should i do? i want to play pubg and not spend a fortune

 

[maximuzz]

so am i... i guess i lag a little on medium settings... still i have it on ultra right now and it mainly only lags at the start of the match.. id say its running nicely now... me so happy

 

[maximuzz]

been running pubg for a few hours now... it runs pretty damn good on medium... and not too shabby on ultra considering..... pubg is so fun.... damn thx a lot

 

[volkgren]

Nice. The game is doesn't run as well as other games, but it is fun.

I got my first win in PUBG on Thursday. Check it out if you want. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9nE_d1Uss

 

[william p]

Just about every Optiplex has a 95W CPU limit. With a 75W GPU that's 170W. The MTs don't usually have the 35W PCIe slot, the SFF usually has those. Does it say 35W next to the PCIe slot on the MB?
Here are several thousand of them running all kinds of GPUs. No 35W cards in sight.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-OptiPlex-790/3864
I also saw some i5-2500K running there. You might get an overclock out of it.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/throttlestop-overclocking-desktop-pcs.235975/
If the GTX 1050Ti is what you want I would try it with the Dell PSU.

 

[volkgren]

Just about every Optiplex has a 95W CPU limit. With a 75W GPU that's 170W. The MTs don't usually have the 35W PCIe slot, the SFF usually has those. Does it say 35W next to the PCIe slot on the MB?
Here are several thousand of them running all kinds of GPUs. No 35W cards in sight.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-OptiPlex-790/3864
I also saw some i5-2500K running there. You might get an overclock out of it.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/throttlestop-overclocking-desktop-pcs.235975/
If the GTX 1050Ti is what you want I would try it with the Dell PSU.

He already bought the 1050 Ti and it's working.

 

[william p]

My ISP was down, I'm late to the party.
BTW there is info. about upgrading the i3 there also.