Trying to help a friends kid to upgrade his PC to be a bit less crappy. Not sure if its even feasible...but hell it's worth a try.
HP Pavillion 500-424
AMD A8-6410 APU 2.0 GHz / Radeon R5 Graphics
8GB DDR3
Win10 64
So a laptop CPU in a desktop, he wants to add a video card. Clearly any decent GPU is gonna be bottle necked, he said he could put $200 toward a GPU upgrade but I'm really not sure what makes sense and what would just be wasted potential.
Also wondering if there are any possible upgrades for that CPU? If so could $200 split between CPU, GPU and possibly a PSU get him anywhere worth bothering?
Also, he's currently using a TV for a monitor which limits him to 1360x768 (ouch).
If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. Let's help Erik get his game on ; )
SB
HP Pavillion 500-424
AMD A8-6410 APU 2.0 GHz / Radeon R5 Graphics
8GB DDR3
Win10 64
So a laptop CPU in a desktop, he wants to add a video card. Clearly any decent GPU is gonna be bottle necked, he said he could put $200 toward a GPU upgrade but I'm really not sure what makes sense and what would just be wasted potential.
Also wondering if there are any possible upgrades for that CPU? If so could $200 split between CPU, GPU and possibly a PSU get him anywhere worth bothering?
Also, he's currently using a TV for a monitor which limits him to 1360x768 (ouch).
If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. Let's help Erik get his game on ; )
SB