Hp6300 gaming?

[Jiboogirl]

Help ?!  Bought this computer for my son to game for Xmas thinking it’d work. I know zero about this.  Apparently graphics card stinks- I’ve been given 3 compatible ones radiA 6350, 7450 or a Nvidia 300.  Will these even make a difference for him or should I get a different computer.  He doesn’t play fortnite anymore but think games similar to that need to work.   Thanks so much. !!!- Gwen 

[DGroves]

i have several of these systems,... and no they are not gaming systems you will need to replace it as it uses a custom 230 watt supply that can not be upgraded and the motherboard is a custom non standard design this system (6300 pro) is excellent for web browsing, word/excel banking  and other business tasks

the fastest affordable card that will work in your 6300 is a 

AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-r5-430-oem.c2893

there are other cards,.... but they cost over 100.00 and i think replacing the 6300 system at that price is the way to go

if buying a gaming system, avoid any  Small form Factor Case (SFF) or any All In One (AIO) systems

you want a bog standard "MINITOWER"  case that uses a ATX compatible power supply and motherboard, also this motherboard needs to have PCI-E 2.0 or better (current is pci-e 3/4)

for older systems Intel based ones are preferred, the link below shows a ATX case/motherboard i do not recommend any system that i link to, they are just examples

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thermaltake-Gigabyte-Ga-H67m-i5-2300-2-90GHz-16GB-500GB-Custom-Computer-PC/...

if buying a new motherboard/cpu then the second or third gen AMD ryzen MB/CPU based systems are preferred

example:

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Arsenal-Crossfire-Motherboard-Tomahawk/dp/B07WF6ZQST?ref_=Oct_BSellerC_10...

in basic/general terms you want a core i5 QUAD CORE cpu and 8GB ddr 4 (or ddr 3 for old systems) using a pci-e 2.0 or 3.0 bus for the card slots and you want the case/motherboard/power supply to be ATX compatible and have UEFI enabled BIOS

for gaming ,the system should be no older than 5 years as earlier systems are not uefi compatible and the video card should be a nvidia 1050/1060 or if you can afford it a 2060 super