Will a RX 470 work on this system ?

[neillove1978]

Hi everybody

I have just bought a red devil rx470 4gbfor my sons pc which is quite old .Its running a MSI P4M900M3 MOBO with an E7500 CPU 3gb of ram 500w psu . Will this system run this gpu or do I need to upgrade mobo , ram , cpu ?

 

[ArchitSahu]

What PSU exactly?

An upgrade is definitely required as that GPU will be severely handicapped by those specs. What is your budget?

 

[neillove1978]

What PSU exactly?

An upgrade is definitely required as that GPU will be severely handicapped by those specs. What is your budget?

I have $1000 roughly , I am South African so the exchange rate ain’t great . Been saving going to spend

 

[ArchitSahu]

$1000 South African Rand, that is $83 USD.

If $1000 USD:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6KVzMZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6KVzMZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($179.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($108.45 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($152.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $585.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-19 18:33 EDT-0400

Included an SSD if you do not have one. You can reuse your case.