core 2 duo e8400 + hd 4870 viable in 2018?

[27MaD]

GTX285+/470+/560+/650+/740+/950+/1030+ or any HD7770+

What is the 740 doing with those GPUs ?

 

[agent_x007]

It got lost. It happends sometimes

 

[kajson]

Hello everyone im new in the forums but i am reader since 2014 I am from Venezuela and I'm trying to buy a computer for gaming... that in this country is a very hard mission it only reaches me for the title PC then so this is the final product.

mobo: LGA-775 chip g41 gigabite or asrock
ram: 16gb ddr3 1600mhz this is fcking expensive here four months of job
gpu: amd radeon hd 4870 1gb gddr5 same here the cost is too high
hdd: os wd velociraptor 300gb 10k rpm and slave of 500gb seagate 7200 rpm
psu: 600w deluxe

Could I do something in 2018 or at least titles from 2015 to below? thanks for the help and sorry for my poor english

I think many here would like to help you out, a lot of the stuff you are thinking of buying is so old, our automatic response would always be not worth to pay a lot of money for.

Could you maybe tell us, which parts you already own, which ones you are thinking of buying, and maybe show us where you are planning on buying them, so we can see what is available to you.

If you have a grounded power outlet in your house, try buying a surge protected powerstrip with it, this will save your new computer parts from death.

 

[Papahyooie]

Some seriously important questions are not being asked.

What's your monitor resolution? (you may have to play at reduced resolution/settings)

What games are you planning on playing.

Beyond that, we need to know how much you're going to end up paying for these parts, because there's a good chance you could find something better for the same price. Phenoms, or even newer AMD stuff can be had for the same prices as a C2D.

 

[the ram]

good afternoon thank you for the help the pieces that I have right now are:

a core 2 duo e8400 i think i can buy a q9950 in the near future

psu 480w standard

radeon toxic hd 4870 1gb gddr5 believe me this is 10 times cheaper than a gtx 750ti ... here where I live and not to mention a gt 1030 ... then the actulizo when I can clear

hdd: Hard Disk Wd Velociraptor 10000 Rpm 32 Mb Cache 300gb / seagate 500gb 7200rpm

I plan to buy a mobo with the g41 chip on ebay and as you recommend 8gb ram ddr3 maximum

by the way the maximum that I aspire with this is to play something like 1366x768 @ 75hz


that is temporary in the end it would be like this

mobo: g41
gpu: gtx 550 ti
hdd: Hard Disk Wd Velociraptor 10000 Rpm 32 Mb Cache 300gb / seagate 500gb 7200rpm
psu: evga 500w 80 plus bronze
ram: 8gb 1333mhz ddr3

I really like something better like an i3 but this very expensive lol

this would be the update of the motherboard

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.v...-asus-p5k3-deluxe-wifi-ap-ddr3-775-socket-_JM

 

[Vya Domus]

I would rather wait and save up money for something more modern if I was you. It's just not worth it to invest into something this old.

 

[Durvelle27]

good afternoon thank you for the help the pieces that I have right now are:

a core 2 duo e8400 i think i can buy a q9950 in the near future

psu 480w standart

radeon toxic hd 4870 1gb gddr5 believe me this is 10 times cheaper than a gtx 750ti ... here where I live and not to mention a gt 1030 ... then the actulizo when I can clear

hdd: Hard Disk Wd Velociraptor 10000 Rpm 32 Mb Cache 300gb / seagate 500gb 7200rpm

I plan to buy a mobo with the g41 chip on ebay and as you recommend 8gb ram ddr3 maximum

by the way the maximum that I aspire with this is to play something like 1366x768 @ 75hz

Even if it is more cheaper the HD 4870 just won’t cut it in today’s games

DX10 only and 1GB VRAM. You’d be lucky to run anything at low settings

 

[Final_Fighter]

well actually at the resolution he plans to play at (1366x768) he will be ok on the gpu side for now. its the cpu that is the weakest spot for him now. i could play a surprising number of titles on an old igpu inside a i7 3770k. (cant remember the name at the moment) and i know for a fact the hd4870 was leaps and bounds ahead of it.

i think a lot of people are over looking the fact that the op is in venezuela and may not have access to more modern tech. not to mention unless the economy gets better soon it may be a while before he can get anything newer. his best bet may be to piece a system together. if you want my honest opinion tho i would be stockpiling food and resources in the vent things get worse, just my opinion.

 

[king of swag187]

Even my HD 3000 could play fortnite/GTA V, main bottleneck was dual core 1.7ghz i5

 

[Salty_sandwich]

if you can only get an old CPU + motherboard don't bother with any gfx card better than an 1050/ti even that will probs be limited by an old CPU I would of thought.

my daughters PC only has the E8400 CPU paired with an HD7870 it does play games old ones but modern games, unless they dont need high end stuff for get it.

 

[CloggedVenuole]

Even if it is more cheaper the HD 4870 just won’t cut it in today’s games

DX10 only and 1GB VRAM. You’d be lucky to run anything at low settings

HD4870 supports DirectX 10.1 which will run some DirectX 11 titles minus tessellation

 

[Shambles1980]

imo if you could get a HD5770 + a q9950 then thats about the balance level for something of that era. (unless you get a q6600 and a motherboard that has a 1600FSB. oc potential is exceptional then, but cooling for the cpu and In particular the mb vrms would need to be considered carefully)
but even then your Gpu selection is still in the same ball park.

But with a 5770 and a q9950 you would Probably play games like Fallout 3 - and new vegas at 30-50 fps If you set them up properly.
the new thief game is probably also playable..

Older games will obviously be better.

p.s

i see you were recommended a 550 ti.
This is also a good card to balance with a q9950 but anything above a 550ti or a hd 5770 is probably going to be wasted. And if they were the same price or almost the same price.. id get the 550 ti.
it slightly edges out the 5770 But only just.

 

[Voluman]

My opinion is: thats not really viable today. Cpu side if you can get any newer cpus like a celeron or athlon you are the same or better. (of course with newer motherboards too)
Its not bad just not really 2018, try stuff from its age or dont expect too much from newer ones.

 

[cucker tarlson]

how are you gonna afford games form 2015-18 if you can't get anything more than a 4870 and c2d ?

why not a used ps4 instead of an ancient pc that will run almost nothing these days ?

 

[NdMk2o1o]

3 month old thread and the op is long gone, not been on since December 28. I don't know how these new members always find these old threads and decide to register to post on them

 

[Komshija]

It might be a bit to late to respond, but someone might find it useful. Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad aren't suitable for modern gaming. I have an old back-up laptop with Core 2 Duo T9900 which is slightly more powerful than E8400 and it's nowhere near suitable for gaming. It can push Crysis 2 (2011), Far Cry 3 (2012), Skyrim (2011) at 1280x720 resolution with medium details @ 30 FPS, but that's pretty much it.

In other words, you will not see much gaming with E8400 + HD 4870, regardless if you have 8 GB or 16 GB RAM. Keep in mind that HD 4870 is DX 10 card, so you will not be able to play Crysis 3, Far Cry 4/Primal/5 and many other post-2013 games.

Core 2 Quad isn't much better either. People had difficulties playing newer AAA games with OC'ed Core 2 Extreme QX 9770 which is more powerful than any Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad. Even GPU's like R9 270 or GTX 760 are way too powerful for Core 2 Extreme.

 

[silentbogo]

mobo: LGA-775 chip g41 gigabite or asrock
ram: 16gb ddr3 1600mhz this is fcking expensive here four months of job
gpu: amd radeon hd 4870 1gb gddr5 same here the cost is too high
hdd: os wd velociraptor 300gb 10k rpm and slave of 500gb seagate 7200 rpm
psu: 600w deluxe

Several issues right off the bet:
1) No G41 board in existence can handle 16GB of RAM. Maximum for that platform is 8GB.
2) DDR3-1600 may not work at all. Over the years I've encountered numerous issues with Core2 laptops and desktops where they won't POST with newer 1600MHz RAM, because some modules lack DDR3-800 JEDEC profile in SPD (probably required for boot).
3) WD Velociraptors are no longer manufactured. The latest model was released back in 2011, which means you are probably buying a beat-up drive with worn-off mechanics and possibly corrupted surface (bad sectors)
4) Deluxe power supplies are awful. If you don't want to burn down your house - get something decent. I had 2 of those literally "explode" in prebuilt machines.
5) Get a newer GPU. Even something simple like GTX750Ti can give you nearly double the performance.

Since you don't have many choices in Venezuela, I suggest you look for a refurbished Lenovo Thinkcentre or HP Proliant (preferably 2nd or 3rd generation Core i5) and start working from there.

 

[cucker tarlson]

biigest issue here is compability,not performance. few (if any) modern games will run properly on a dual core and a dx10 card with 1gb of vram. that's why ps4 is the best option.

 

[Shambles1980]

great i replied to a stupid necro thread.

I really need to check post dates.