I found myself totally addicted (in a good way) to driving simulators such as American Truck Simulator, Mud Runner, Spintires Original, etc. Good news is they are pretty easy on GPU so I recently built myself a brand new budget gaming PC based on a AMD Ryzen 2400 with the built-in Vega 11 GPU and it makes the job perfectly at 1080P with "ultra" quality settings for American Truck Simulator which is the "heavier" of those 3 games so far. Unfortunately, I have another kind of problem with this gaming PC/gaming room which is that I have to share it with my two pre-teenagers (sigh)!
So today I want to build myself a second/backup "super-duper-budget" gaming PC using old computer & parts I already have at home (free) to install in my living room on my second television. My goal is to be able to play those three games (or similar) to the best quality setting possible (still at 1080P resolution). Good news is since I work in IT for nearly 20 years, you surely imagine that I have plenty of old spare computers and spare parts...
So the base for this "super-duper-budget" build is a 6-7 years old, corporate line, HP 6200 Pro "small form factor" deskop PC, it's powered by a Intel i3-2100 @ 3.1 Ghz, it have 8 GB RAM (upgraded from 4 GB), an Intel HD 530 built-in GPU and I just put a performance ADATA SU800 SSD drive (512 GB) I have spare at home to replace the factory 7200 RPM HDD and gives this old PC a very fast booting/loading time after performing a clean Windows 10 Pro install on it. This computer feature a low-profile PCIe 16x expansion slot (so as 2x more PCIe 4x low-profile slots).
So what I need now is to find a "super-duper-budget" graphic card, which is low-profile and who will be is safe for the factory 240W power supply that CAN'T be upgraded because it's custom sized (damn). This is why I need your help now. What do you suggest for graphic card that could fit my PC and allow me to run those games at the higher quality setting as possible? I am disposed to purchase it new since it would be my only expense on this build.
Thank you folks!!
So today I want to build myself a second/backup "super-duper-budget" gaming PC using old computer & parts I already have at home (free) to install in my living room on my second television. My goal is to be able to play those three games (or similar) to the best quality setting possible (still at 1080P resolution). Good news is since I work in IT for nearly 20 years, you surely imagine that I have plenty of old spare computers and spare parts...
So the base for this "super-duper-budget" build is a 6-7 years old, corporate line, HP 6200 Pro "small form factor" deskop PC, it's powered by a Intel i3-2100 @ 3.1 Ghz, it have 8 GB RAM (upgraded from 4 GB), an Intel HD 530 built-in GPU and I just put a performance ADATA SU800 SSD drive (512 GB) I have spare at home to replace the factory 7200 RPM HDD and gives this old PC a very fast booting/loading time after performing a clean Windows 10 Pro install on it. This computer feature a low-profile PCIe 16x expansion slot (so as 2x more PCIe 4x low-profile slots).
So what I need now is to find a "super-duper-budget" graphic card, which is low-profile and who will be is safe for the factory 240W power supply that CAN'T be upgraded because it's custom sized (damn). This is why I need your help now. What do you suggest for graphic card that could fit my PC and allow me to run those games at the higher quality setting as possible? I am disposed to purchase it new since it would be my only expense on this build.
Thank you folks!!