What Graphics Card would be better for my system?

[Blaxen Rider]

Hi, I have a HP 6005 Pro SFF and I'm wanting to know what graphics card is better and what's the differences between these: GT 740 2 GB SC, GT 430, and others that are budget orriented.


Here are my PC Specs:

Name: HP 6005 Pro Desktop PC

CPU: 3.0 GHz Amd Athlon 64 x2

RAM: 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM

HDD: 160 GB HDD 5400 rpm

OS: Windows 7 Professional

 

[DustinV]

I'd recommend a 750 ti, there will be some bottleneck, but the other cards arnt worth the money and the 750 ti will be really nice if you upgrade your cpu in the future or if you build a new PC

 

[Blaxen Rider]

How much is that card?

 

[DustinV]

About $100 USD

 

[Blaxen Rider]

About $100 USD

It's a good card, but that's out of my budget, anything cheaper that would do? (55-70 is my budget-USD)

 

[Dunlop0078]

For what? Gaming? What games? If so neither, there is a sweet spot when buying gpu's for gaming and the gt crads like the 740 are not in it, those things are slugs which barely out perform integrated graphics in modern cpu's. Like said above the gtx 750 ti is the cheapest card I would recommend for gaming. Depending on the games the rest of your system might not be up to the task.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt7060510m

 

[Dunlop0078]

About $100 USD

It's a good card, but that's out of my budget, anything cheaper that would do? (55-70 is my budget-USD)

I would save up then. It makes no sense to buy a gt card like than when you can get the 750 ti which literally performs three times better for 30 dollars more than your budget.

 

[Blaxen Rider]

For what? Gaming? What games? If so neither, there is a sweet spot when buying gpu's for gaming and the gt crads like the 740 are not in it, those things are slugs which barely out perform integrated graphics in modern cpu's. Like said above the gtx 750 ti is the cheapest card I would recommend for gaming. Depending on the games the rest of your system might not be up to the task


Well, the only gaming I will be doing is light, as this is a holdout PC, as in building another. Would the 740 be good for games like League Of Legends, MineCraft, CS:GO, and Sar Wars: The Old Republic??

 

[clarkjd]

The problems with the GTX 750ti is finding one that will fit in your small Form Factor PC, and you only have a 240 watt PSU. You are going to be limited in what graphics card you can update to unless you are willing to also upgrade your PSU.

 

[Blaxen Rider]

The problems with the GTX 750ti is finding one that will fit in your small Form Factor PC, and you only have a 240 watt PSU. You are going to be limited in what graphics card you can update to unless you are willing to also upgrade your PSU.

I forgot to mention I have a 400 watt PSU

 

[clarkjd]

The problems with the GTX 750ti is finding one that will fit in your small Form Factor PC, and you only have a 240 watt PSU. You are going to be limited in what graphics card you can update to unless you are willing to also upgrade your PSU.

I forgot to mention I have a 400 watt PSU

You are still limited by the SFF case. 🙁

 

[hdmark]

the 740 will be fine for VERY light gaming with lowered resolutions. I'm pretty sure my dell came with a gt 730 and i was able to play some games on it. i just had to turn everything down hard.

but it does seem like a bit of a waste to spend the money if youre building a new pc anyway soon. maybe look into a used gt 740 or gt 730 if you really wanna game now

 

[Blaxen Rider]

The problems with the GTX 750ti is finding one that will fit in your small Form Factor PC, and you only have a 240 watt PSU. You are going to be limited in what graphics card you can update to unless you are willing to also upgrade your PSU.

I forgot to mention I have a 400 watt PSU

You are still limited by the SFF case. 🙁

;-;

 

[Dunlop0078]

Yeah, I should have checked that case before I posted. Most GPU's will not physically fit in that case, unless you take the side panel off and take some tin snips to the side of the case, cut yourself a hole and make it fit. Obviously if you do this you will mangle your case and likely make it so you can never put on your side panel again.

 

[clarkjd]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%204814%208000%20600487565&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=48|14-127-836^14-127-836%2C14-125-680^14-125-680&percm=14-127-836%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-125-680%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24

Newegg has these two that would fit..

sorry, bad link 🙁

It lists these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125680
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127836