Question What kind of GPU can my i5-4430 handle? Please Help me guys.

[punksteph4]

I'm planning to upgrade my graphics card. Got this pc a couple weeks ago. And these are the specs of the computer. I was planning on getting a gtx 1650 but i checked bottleneck calculator said it would have a 28% bottleneck. I noticed that people said don't trust the bottleneck calculator thing. That's pretty much it.I would really appreaciate it if someone could help me. Thanks

 

[Lutfij]

I wouldn't go for anything above a GTX1050Ti(or a GTX750Ti). Regardless of what GPU you get, you will not be able to tax the GPU optimally.

To note, did you buy an HP prebuilt system? If so, include the SKU. If possible what's the age of the PSU inside the system and what is it's wattage?

 

[punksteph4]

I wouldn't go for anything above a GTX1050Ti(or a GTX750Ti). Regardless of what GPU you get, you will not be able to tax the GPU optimally.

To note, did you buy an HP prebuilt system? If so, include the SKU. If possible what's the age of the PSU inside the system and what is it's wattage?

That I don't know. My step-dad got this computer from one of his friends who work on computers. He gave it to me. the sku i dont know but the PSU is a 400w SilverStone SST-ST40F-ES.

 

[punksteph4]

Anybody reading this can you please help me?

 

[beers]

400w SilverStone SST-ST40F-ES

You could probably get away with a slot powered 1650 as those max out at 75w. Otherwise I feel like that side should also be upgraded.

The bottleneck won't be too horrendous, the most bottleneck side will be games with >4 threads that are CPU intensive. Then that's less of a CPU<->GPU bottleneck and just a CPU-game-thread resource contention type of bottleneck.

 

[punksteph4]

You could probably get away with a slot powered 1650 as those max out at 75w. Otherwise I feel like that side should also be upgraded.

The bottleneck won't be too horrendous, the most bottleneck side will be games with >4 threads that are CPU intensive. Then that's less of a CPU<->GPU bottleneck and just a CPU-game-thread resource contention type of bottleneck.

So that means I might need a new PSU? And that my cpu can handle the 1650 gtx? Sorry I'm new to this. I was planning to get this.
https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForc...ddr5&qid=1591173055&s=electronics&sr=1-2&th=1

 

[punksteph4]

I have a silverstone SST-ST40F-ES 400w PSU
My specs are
OPERATING SYSTEM: WINDOWS 10 HOME 64-BIT
Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.00ghz
Ram : 12.0 GB Dual Channel DDR3 @666mhz (9-9-9-24)
MOBO :AsRock h87m pro4
GRAPHICS: HP 2009 1600X900 @ 60HZ
2047MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 640 (EVGA)
STORAGE: 931GB Seagate ST1000DM010-2EP102 (SATA)
111GB Crucial CT120BX500SSD1 (SATA (SSD)
OPTICAL DRIVES: ASUS DRW-24B1ST J

 

[punksteph4]

I thought alot of people would answer this? Seems most people just ignore it.