What should I upgrade on my desktop computer?

[PakOne]

I've got a 2 months old prebuilt desktop computer with these specs:

i3-3220 (3.3 GHz)
8 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

I would like to know if I upgrade only the graphics card if it will be okay for playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Crysis 3, and upcoming games at medium resolution and settings at least.

I was thinking to buy the cheapest but acceptable graphics card for example an ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 that costs 70€ because I've got very little money.

Is my processor good or acceptable to play this kind of games? Can I upgrade my graphics card? (I don't know what motherboard I've got) Is 8 GB of RAM good?

 

[Supahos]

The processor is "okay" for gaming nothign special but should be able to play most of them at medium settings/lower resolution.


The video card is bad, and the one you're looking at is not a lot better. Save you're money until you can buy at least a GTX650 (pretty much bottom rung for the games you mentioned) and honestly a 650Ti or 650 Ti boost really for those games with any kind of decent settings. Anything under a regular 650 is not intended to run games and may very well run very hot while attempting to do so. 8gb of ram is plenty.


What kind of powersupply do you have? most decent video cards do eat up a bit more juice and can eat more power than your supply can... well... supply

 

[silentplanner]

I've got a 2 months old prebuilt desktop computer with these specs:

i3-3220 (3.3 GHz)
8 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

I would like to know if I upgrade only the graphics card if it will be okay for playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Crysis 3, and upcoming games at medium resolution and settings at least.

I was thinking to buy the cheapest but acceptable graphics card for example an ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 that costs 70€ because I've got very little money.

Is my processor good or acceptable to play this kind of games? Can I upgrade my graphics card? (I don't know what motherboard I've got) Is 8 GB of RAM good?

processor and ram is more than fine but u have a weak graphic card if you don't have budget switch to AMD as they are cheaper than NVIDIA

 

[PakOne]

The processor is "okay" for gaming nothign special but should be able to play most of them at medium settings/lower resolution.


The video card is bad, and the one you're looking at is not a lot better. Save you're money until you can buy at least a GTX650 (pretty much bottom rung for the games you mentioned) and honestly a 650Ti or 650 Ti boost really for those games with any kind of decent settings. Anything under a regular 650 is not intended to run games and may very well run very hot while attempting to do so. 8gb of ram is plenty.


What kind of powersupply do you have? most decent video cards do eat up a bit more juice and can eat more power than your supply can... well... supply

Ok, thank you, I don't know what kind of powersupply I've got, how can I know it?

 

[PakOne]

I've got a 2 months old prebuilt desktop computer with these specs:

i3-3220 (3.3 GHz)
8 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

I would like to know if I upgrade only the graphics card if it will be okay for playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Crysis 3, and upcoming games at medium resolution and settings at least.

I was thinking to buy the cheapest but acceptable graphics card for example an ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 that costs 70€ because I've got very little money.

Is my processor good or acceptable to play this kind of games? Can I upgrade my graphics card? (I don't know what motherboard I've got) Is 8 GB of RAM good?

processor and ram is more than fine but u have a weak graphic card if you don't have budget switch to AMD as they are cheaper than NVIDIA

Ok, thank you, I will look for AMD graphics cards.

 

[Supahos]

Look in the case and see what you can tell from it usually there is a sticker on the side, or on the bottom (or top if its bottom mounted) that will tell you its rated voltage, and what brand it is.

 

[silentplanner]

The processor is "okay" for gaming nothign special but should be able to play most of them at medium settings/lower resolution.


The video card is bad, and the one you're looking at is not a lot better. Save you're money until you can buy at least a GTX650 (pretty much bottom rung for the games you mentioned) and honestly a 650Ti or 650 Ti boost really for those games with any kind of decent settings. Anything under a regular 650 is not intended to run games and may very well run very hot while attempting to do so. 8gb of ram is plenty.


What kind of powersupply do you have? most decent video cards do eat up a bit more juice and can eat more power than your supply can... well... supply

Ok, thank you, I don't know what kind of powersupply I've got, how can I know it?

u can see your power supply by opening your cpu's casing where you will find all the information on your PSU.

 

[PakOne]

Well, I've opened the case and looked at the sticker on the side of my PSU and I can tell that it is an HP PSU, Model: PCB230 and its rated voltage is 200-240V

 

[silentplanner]

how much watts?

 

[PakOne]

how much watts?

I'm not sure because it says: Total 103W, Total 260W Max 50º and Total 300W Max 35º

 

[silentplanner]

so your PSU is 300 watts max before buying new graphic card also know what power supply it requires.

 

[beyondlogic]

I've got a 2 months old prebuilt desktop computer with these specs:

i3-3220 (3.3 GHz)
8 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

I would like to know if I upgrade only the graphics card if it will be okay for playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Crysis 3, and upcoming games at medium resolution and settings at least.

I was thinking to buy the cheapest but acceptable graphics card for example an ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 that costs 70€ because I've got very little money.

Is my processor good or acceptable to play this kind of games? Can I upgrade my graphics card? (I don't know what motherboard I've got) Is 8 GB of RAM good?

for 70 euro youll be hard pressed and gt 630 ddr3 will not play games any better then gt 620


cheapest logical upgrade is corsair cx 500w psu or evga 500w which evers cheapest

7790 amd ddr5
or 650 ti ddr5
which evers cheaper

those are only 2 thins youll need to upgrade

should reach medium easily

if i knew your location i could help more with a exact price

 

[PakOne]

I've got a 2 months old prebuilt desktop computer with these specs:

i3-3220 (3.3 GHz)
8 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

I would like to know if I upgrade only the graphics card if it will be okay for playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Crysis 3, and upcoming games at medium resolution and settings at least.

I was thinking to buy the cheapest but acceptable graphics card for example an ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 that costs 70€ because I've got very little money.

Is my processor good or acceptable to play this kind of games? Can I upgrade my graphics card? (I don't know what motherboard I've got) Is 8 GB of RAM good?

for 70 euro youll be hard pressed and gt 630 ddr3 will not play games any better then gt 620


cheapest logical upgrade is corsair cx 500w psu or evga 500w which evers cheapest

7790 amd ddr5
or 650 ti ddr5
which evers cheaper

those are only 2 thins youll need to upgrade

should reach medium easily

if i knew your location i could help more with a exact price

Ok, I live in Spain

 

[beyondlogic]

I've got a 2 months old prebuilt desktop computer with these specs:

i3-3220 (3.3 GHz)
8 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

I would like to know if I upgrade only the graphics card if it will be okay for playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Crysis 3, and upcoming games at medium resolution and settings at least.

I was thinking to buy the cheapest but acceptable graphics card for example an ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 that costs 70€ because I've got very little money.

Is my processor good or acceptable to play this kind of games? Can I upgrade my graphics card? (I don't know what motherboard I've got) Is 8 GB of RAM good?

for 70 euro youll be hard pressed and gt 630 ddr3 will not play games any better then gt 620


cheapest logical upgrade is corsair cx 500w psu or evga 500w which evers cheapest

7790 amd ddr5
or 650 ti ddr5
which evers cheaper

those are only 2 thins youll need to upgrade

should reach medium easily

if i knew your location i could help more with a exact price

Ok, I live in Spain

http://www.pixmania.es/alimentacion-pc/corsair-alimentacion-para-pc-cx500-80-plus-bronze-500-w-cp-9020047-eu/19127976-a.html


7790

http://www.pixmania.es/tarjeta-grafica/vtx3d-tarjeta-grafica-radeon-hd-7790-x-edition-1gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-vx7790-1gbd5-dhx/21326429-a.html

or

7770 lower performance but should manage gaming

http://www.pixmania.es/tarjeta-grafica/vtx3d-radeon-hd-7770-x-edition-1-gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-vx7770-1gbd5-2dhx/17303427-a.html

either should game better then gt 620

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7770-vs-GeForce-GT-620

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7790-vs-GeForce-GT-620

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7790-vs-VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7770

 

[PakOne]

I've got a 2 months old prebuilt desktop computer with these specs:

i3-3220 (3.3 GHz)
8 GB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

I would like to know if I upgrade only the graphics card if it will be okay for playing games like Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, FIFA 14, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Crysis 3, and upcoming games at medium resolution and settings at least.

I was thinking to buy the cheapest but acceptable graphics card for example an ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 that costs 70€ because I've got very little money.

Is my processor good or acceptable to play this kind of games? Can I upgrade my graphics card? (I don't know what motherboard I've got) Is 8 GB of RAM good?

for 70 euro youll be hard pressed and gt 630 ddr3 will not play games any better then gt 620


cheapest logical upgrade is corsair cx 500w psu or evga 500w which evers cheapest

7790 amd ddr5
or 650 ti ddr5
which evers cheaper

those are only 2 thins youll need to upgrade

should reach medium easily

if i knew your location i could help more with a exact price

Ok, I live in Spain

http://www.pixmania.es/alimentacion-pc/corsair-alimentacion-para-pc-cx500-80-plus-bronze-500-w-cp-9020047-eu/19127976-a.html


7790

http://www.pixmania.es/tarjeta-grafica/vtx3d-tarjeta-grafica-radeon-hd-7790-x-edition-1gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-vx7790-1gbd5-dhx/21326429-a.html

or

7770 lower performance but should manage gaming

http://www.pixmania.es/tarjeta-grafica/vtx3d-radeon-hd-7770-x-edition-1-gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-vx7770-1gbd5-2dhx/17303427-a.html

either should game better then gt 620

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7770-vs-GeForce-GT-620

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7790-vs-GeForce-GT-620

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7790-vs-VTX3D-Radeon-HD-7770

Thank you.