Graphics Card for AMD 64

[sgunnery87]

I currently have an old machine that is living in the garage I am looking to breath some new life into it I have be looking into getting a new case to transfer the contents of the old machine (it was a shop bought pc is about 7 years old) I was looking into getting a graphics card for the machine the motherboard is an ATX one it has a PCI-E slot would any PCI-E graphics card work I am not thinking of a GTX680 was thinking of a HD 5850 only £24 would it work or would it throttle the CPU?

 

[seumasbeathan]

Are you saying you can get a 5850 for £24, if you are then go for it, its a great card

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

5850 for 24£ that a great bargain, whats the mobo?

 

[Jadarite]

what mobo and prossers have you got?

or the brand and model number of the pc?

 

[Master&Puppet]

Another option would be to get a fairly decent gpu (560/570/7850) and keep it as you upgrade the machine if you have any plans to do that...

 

[sgunnery87]

I stand corrected it isn't a 5850 its a 5450 still looks decent enough the machine is a Compaq Presario SR1000 (specs here http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=402657&prodTypeId=12454&objectID=c00496280)

 

[Jadarite]

After looking at the specs a 5450 for £25 is worth a go and i dont see their being a problem

 

[sgunnery87]

Thanks for the advice after looking at the specs would swapping the mobo out and putting into a new ATX be ok you think??

 

[Jadarite]

I would like to say yes but i have had a problem in the past swapping hp mobo in to a new case i would say have a good look at the screws placement on the mobo and as long as they are standard then i dont see why not and just use the screws that come with the new case,

 

[sgunnery87]

Ok will look into it cheers.