beanboy89 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 It's been about a year and a half since I've built my PC. I currently have an Ivy Bridge i5-3450, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, 128 GB SATA3 SSD, and a GeForce 210. I really skimped on the graphics card and SSD to cut costs. I am not that concerned about the SSD and it's low storage space. I have 1.5 TB of USB3 drives at my disposal. I am considering a GPU update, however. I am not a gamer, but on the rare occasion that I want to play a PC game, the GeForce 210 is just not sufficient. Even games that aren't very graphic intensive lag horribly and have low frame rates on the lowest settings. I am pretty sure this is my GPU. I want something that can adequately handle most modern games but I don't need anything too insane. I don't want to spend more than maybe $60-80 US. I'm sure that there is something better than my current card at that price. I know that I probably can't get a lot for that price, but on the rare occasion that I do want to play a game, I want to actually be able to play it and not have to worry about dropped frames. Also, and a minor thing that I want to take care of while I'm upgrading is that I want a new wireless card. My current card is a carryover from my previous build. It's really old. 802.11g old. I want at least an 802.11n card, but an 802.11ac card would be preferable. Any recommended internal 802.11ac cards? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlobb2 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Do you have an AC class router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhearted Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Hoenstly... $80 isn't going to get you very far if you want to play modern games with good performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanboy89 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 I do not have an ac router, but I plan on getting one at some point. I realize $80 isn't going to get me far, but almost anything will be better than what I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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