Which graphics card for Phenom x2 560?

Sl
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I bought a PC for 20 euro with these components via eBay classified ad: 1. Asrock N68c gs fx 2. Phenom x2 560 3. 420watt power supply (🍁) 4. 1 x 4gb RAM 5. 500 GB HDD. I want to buy a graphics card now. Does a GTX 550 ti make sense? And are 420 watts enough?

PS.: the PC is used eg for minecraft. It should run at least halfway smoothly if that is possible (> 30 fps, low settings)

PPS.: ssd is also installed and ram also expanded to 8gb

Me

The whole system is more than borderline, even for Minecraft.

You should have bought an Intel i5-2500 for 65 euro on eBay (complete system). Then the basis would be good.

But never mind.

No, a GTX550 is a bad idea.

Try cheaply to get a GTX750ti 2GB or an RX460.

With both graphics cards, your system is then at its maximum performance.

You should also take a total of 8GB RAM.

Sl

What would be a good price for one of the two graphics cards? I only find offers for a minimum of 60 euro. Will the CPU not bottleneck? Or can you overclock it as it is?

Sl

By the way, the CPU is currently being used: N3710 πŸ˜‚

Me

Although the prices are not justified for a GTX750ti, 50-60 euro are quite common.

An RX460 4GB is around 70-80 euro.

The CPU can still take off a GTX750ti, although this is also a limit value. But there are also games that are more GPU-heavy than CPU-heavy.

Sl

How do I know that a game is more annoying gpu or vice versa?

Ps.: the PC should not cost more than 50 euro in total (drive can be sold). If I set everything back to 0, how should I go about it, so what should I buy?

Me

What CPU or GPU heavy can googling.

50 euro are really thin.

Sl

The Internet said that the HD 6850 was already slightly bottlenecked, but that's clear. And it's about as good as the GTX 550ti (can't find the page anymore, I saw that yesterday)

Me

That's a good side to compare…

https://www.gpucheck.com/de-eur/compare/amd-radeon-hd-6850-vs-nvidia-geforce-gtx-550-ti/intel-core-i7-975-3-33ghz-vs-intel-core-i7-2600k-3-40ghz/