Hardware HP Pavilion p7-1414

[malaken]

hey there was wandering if this comp can be upgraded with this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00847TOLC/ref=psdc_284822_t2_B0049MPQA4
i have the stock integrated card that came with the pc but i want to upgrade it a bit for gaming

 

[sarkwalvein]

Yes, but that graphics card is very bad, so bad it hurts.

 

[malaken]

what would you recommend? willing to spend around 50

 

[sarkwalvein]

I am kind of rusty regarding GPUs, but I think you should never go below a GT630, and a GT630 is already bad (just passable).
You should ask someone else to be sure of what is good for price, I stopped looking at cards in the era of the GT470.

PS: And I don't think you will get anything passable for under $50, get a little more budget or don't buy (or look for something used). Probably with $100 it would be enough for something passable.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Take a look at this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html
The equivalent for a GT630 nowadays seems to be this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-2.html
For $70 http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Profile-Graphics-01G-P3-3731-KR/dp/B00L5GZOOK
Don't go below that, please.

 

[malaken]

that 70$ one will that work with my pc? if so thank you very much i might just get that 70$ one

 

[sarkwalvein]

that 70$ one will that work with my pc? if so thank you very much i might just get that 70$ one

Yes, it will work. But your PSU (if you have the original one that came with that HP) is on the limit, 300W just as required by that card, and for sure it is just a generic barely-passable-quality PSU.
It will work, but in the future you may want to change that PSU if you find some instability. It will probably never happen anyway.

 

[malaken]

thx man