Please Help, I need help for upgrading

[Abhinew]

Hello Friends,
Someone built a system for me and Its specifications are:-
Intel Pentium G3220
Motherboard :- ASUS H81M-V3 Intel H81
Graphics :- Intel Hd Graphics( No dedicated graphics)
Ram:- 8 Gb DDR3 dual channel
PSU :- 250 Watts( came With I ball piano 126 cabinet)
Cabinet:- I ball Piano 126

I am a noob regarding computer assembly, So I am thinking of buying an external graphics card such as Gtx 1050, and Rx 470,Gtx1650,etc.. and I will also buy a new psu If required. What I want to know is are my graphics card compatible with my motherboard or not ?

 

[Abhinew]

Please Help

 

[ehume]

To look for PSU go here. Don't know about GPUs.

 

[SamMaster]

Your motherboard can accept any card with PCIe x16. If the graphics card you choose has extra power pins required, then you will need to replace the power supply, else the PCIe slot should provide enough power.

 

[DrMrLordX]

This topic has nothing to do with CPUs or Overclocking, so a moderator may wish to move it to a different forum.

@Abhinew

So your case is:

https://www.iball.co.in/Product/Piano-126/276

?

If that's the case, you should be able to use any ATX 2.0 standard power supply. A cheap Bronze unit should do well as a replacement for what you've got right now. Here is a decent list:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/power-supply/#e=2&sort=price&page=1

If I were you, I'd either get the Seasonic S12III if you want standard cables or the Seasonic M12II 520 Bronze if you want a modular cable system (modular means you get to take out the cables you don't need. Cool, huh?).

Then you can find a graphics card in your budget and get one of those.

 

[ehume]

This topic has nothing to do with CPUs or Overclocking, so a moderator may wish to move it to a different forum.

@Abhinew

So your case is:

https://www.iball.co.in/Product/Piano-126/276

?

If that's the case, you should be able to use any ATX 2.0 standard power supply. A cheap Bronze unit should do well as a replacement for what you've got right now. Here is a decent list:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/power-supply/#e=2&sort=price&page=1

If I were you, I'd either get the Seasonic S12III if you want standard cables or the Seasonic M12II 520 Bronze if you want a modular cable system (modular means you get to take out the cables you don't need. Cool, huh?).

Then you can find a graphics card in your budget and get one of those.

Follow the link I gave you and see what the PSU-heads think of the S12-III.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Hmmm S12-III was farmed out to someone else. It's not an in-house Seasonic design. Group-regulated, doesn't support some sleep states . . . fah! Well still better than whatever 250W unit he had in there before. Probably.

@Abhinew

Okay so let's try the Inwin Commander III instead:

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/in-win-commander-iii-600w/5.html

This time with a review! Might seem overkill, but if you want quality, you've got to go Gold. This unit stays above 90% efficiency above 20%, has good voltage regulation, and mostly looks like it isn't terrible. It's $60 right now instead of the $32 of the cheapest Seasonic unit I linked. I'm fairly certain you can get by with that Seasonic unit anyway (again, probably better than what you get included with a case) buuuuut it has some ugly parts about it. I would definitely take the Inwin over the modular Seasonic M12II 520 Bronze.

 

[ehume]

@DrMrLordX - I appreciate the effort you have put in, but OP would be better served by going to the Power Supply forum on jonnyguru.com to correspond with people who spend a lot of time with PSUs.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Yeah probably. Figured this thread shoulda been moved anyway.

 

[Shmee]

If this is for gaming, I would recommend upgrading the CPU if possible as well, to at least an i5.

 

[moonbogg]

If you upgrade the CPU as suggested above (which is recommended for most games really) make sure to check the compatibility between your motherboard and the CPU you are looking at. Don't rely on PC part picker or whatever that stupid site is called. They sold a friend of mine some "new" components for a gaming build. They gave him what I believe was a B360 motherboard with an i5 6600K CPU and it didn't boot. His CPU was too old for that motherboard, so he bought a new CPU (i5 9600K) and that didn't boot either because now his CPU was too new for his motherboard. A BIOS update would have worked, but he needed a slightly older CPU (i5 8400) to post first then install a BIOS update, so he had to return the motherboard for an actual new one and not a middle generation one like PC part picker sold him.
He showed me the compatibility checklist from that website and it had all green check marks next to all the components, including a B360 board and a god forsaken quad core dinosaur aged i5 6600K. Check the compatibility or you risk suffering a horrendous nightmare of endless intel compatibility issues and you'll have no idea what you could have possibly done wrong.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I thought that PC Part Picker was just an intermediate listing site, that got revenue off of affiliate purchases. PCPP doesn't actually SELL anything.

 

[DrMrLordX]

He showed me the compatibility checklist from that website and it had all green check marks next to all the components, including a B360 board and a god forsaken quad core dinosaur aged i5 6600K. Check the compatibility or you risk suffering a horrendous nightmare of endless intel compatibility issues and you'll have no idea what you could have possibly done wrong.

Problem is that PCPartpicker gets confused by same-socket chips/boards that aren't compatible with one another. It's quite useful in some areas (like enforcing compatibility between cases, motherboards, and HSFs/AiOs). It's also not going to know that you need an updated UEFI on a board for a particular CPU (so for example, it'll sell you an old B350 board with an R5 2600 even if the board hasn't been flashed).

I thought that PC Part Picker was just an intermediate listing site, that got revenue off of affiliate purchases. PCPP doesn't actually SELL anything.

That is correct. They just refer you to other vendors.

 

[VirtualLarry]

That is correct. They just refer you to other vendors.

@moonbogg fail. Oh, and make sure that you do your own homework, for a build. Don't rely on some automated-compatibility web site.

 

[swilli89]

Hello Friends,
Someone built a system for me and Its specifications are:-
Intel Pentium G3220
Motherboard :- ASUS H81M-V3 Intel H81
Graphics :- Intel Hd Graphics( No dedicated graphics)
Ram:- 8 Gb DDR3 dual channel
PSU :- 250 Watts( came With I ball piano 126 cabinet)
Cabinet:- I ball Piano 126

I am a noob regarding computer assembly, So I am thinking of buying an external graphics card such as Gtx 1050, and Rx 470,Gtx1650,etc.. and I will also buy a new psu If required. What I want to know is are my graphics card compatible with my motherboard or not ?

I would say grab an Intel i5 4690k (ebay has some good used i7-4770k), a 450+ watt PSU, and something like a GTX 1060 or RX 480. You could also just leave as-is, put a GTX 1050 in (this shouldn't require a new PSU), and see how it performs on the games you want to run!

Thing is.. even the used 4000 socket 1150 i5's and i7's on Ebay are close to $200 which is ABSURD for a 2013 quad core these days. AMD is dropping some awesome new products in a few days.. but of course this quickly balloons cost as new mobo/ram is needed.