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Bruce said:
ok, so to go back to your opening post, adding a GPU will only help if the programs you will be running be benefit from it.
so if you want to get into gaming, crypto mining, photoshop, AutoCAD etc then Yes., it will help.
if your PC needs aren't going to differ, then No, it won't help.
if you do want to 'add a bit of speed' to the ageing PC, then for me a SSD would be the better upgrade path.
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What GPU should I get? @Bruce
 
vger said:
Depends on what you are wanting to do with your new graphic card and budget. Then we can go from there,matching your spec's from your mobo and power supply.
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I am kind of leaning towards the GTX 1050 2GB D5 Video Card
 
Bruce said:
good choice, buy that one then.
but we are still..., still..., none the wiser as to your reasoning, budget or purposes for such a choice.
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I didn't get your last part of your comment "none the wiser as to your reasoning, budget or purposes for such a choice"
 
pokesquid said:
I didn't get your last part of your comment "none the wiser as to your reasoning, budget or purposes for such a choice"
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I suppose he was curious as to why and what you were going to use the card for. Anyway it seems you chose a good graphics card.
 
vger said:
I suppose he was curious as to why and what you were going to use the card for. Anyway it seems you chose a good graphics card.
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I would like my computer to be a good gaming computer and a good work computer.
 
pokesquid said:
I am kind of leaning towards the GTX 1050 2GB D5 Video Card
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There are a lot of fake cards out there atm, do you have a link to the card that you are considering so we can check it out for you.

Two things that I noticed in Speccy, your RAM is only running at 1333MHz when it should be running at 1600MHz and one of your hard drives is flagged up as having issues.


ST32000542AS
Manufacturer: Seagate
Form Factor: 3.5"
Heads: 16
Cylinders: 243,201
Tracks: 62,016,255
Sectors: 3,907,024,065
SATA type: SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type: Fixed
ATA Standard: ATA8-ACS
Serial Number: 9XW0ADTS
Firmware Version Number: CC34
LBA Size: 48-bit LBA
Power On Count: 3780 times
Power On Time: 178.6 days
Speed: 5900 RPM
Features: S.M.A.R.T., APM, AAM, NCQ
Max. Transfer Mode: SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode: SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Interface: SATA
Capacity: 1863 GB
Real size: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes
RAID Type: None
S.M.A.R.T
Status: Warning
 
phillpower2 said:
There are a lot of fake cards out there atm, do you have a link to the card that you are considering so we can check it out for you.

Two things that I noticed in Speccy, your RAM is only running at 1333MHz when it should be running at 1600MHz and one of your hard drives is flagged up as having issues.


ST32000542AS
Manufacturer: Seagate
Form Factor: 3.5"
Heads: 16
Cylinders: 243,201
Tracks: 62,016,255
Sectors: 3,907,024,065
SATA type: SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type: Fixed
ATA Standard: ATA8-ACS
Serial Number: 9XW0ADTS
Firmware Version Number: CC34
LBA Size: 48-bit LBA
Power On Count: 3780 times
Power On Time: 178.6 days
Speed: 5900 RPM
Features: S.M.A.R.T., APM, AAM, NCQ
Max. Transfer Mode: SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode: SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Interface: SATA
Capacity: 1863 GB
Real size: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes
RAID Type: None
S.M.A.R.T
Status: Warning
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Can you please give me some good websites that are cheap and trustworthy?

For the RAM, what do I do for that?
 
GPU prices are on the high side atm but Newegg and Outlet PC have the GTX 1050 in stock, purchase direct from them if you can and expect to pay $150+.

Not sure why your RAM is running at 1333MHz, check your MB manual as you may need to use the MSI OC genie to get the RAM to run at 1600MHz. you should be more concerned about losing the data on the hard drive that is shown to have issues.
 
Any update for us pokesquid? This thread will be closed if not replied to within 48hrs.
 
Thread marked as pending to avoid us repetitively asking for updates, if we don`t hear back from you after a couple of weeks to keep the forum tidy we will close the thread, you will still be able to reply but will need to ask for a member of staff to re open the thread.
 
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