Old PC and new budget GPU

[Sladen2019]

My PC is about 8 years old and I'm thinking of putting a cheap budget card into it, but I'm not sure of it being compatible.  I just want to play Skyrim on it with low/medium settings. I am saving for a far superior PC and will get it around December.

My PC is the Gateway GX7022E running Windows 7 x86 and has 4 gb ram and has a dual core processor and 400 wat psu and a Geforce 6200 card.

Link to specs: http://www.cnet.com/products/gateway-gx7022e-media-center-pentium-d-830-3-ghz-2-gb-320-gb/specs/

 I found a decent low profile card for a cheap price but I dont understand the whole PCI Express thing

Seems it would work but I just might not get the whole benefit. The card is known for only needing 23 wats and takes up low space.

Link for card specs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127805&cm_re=Gt_720-_-14-127-805-_-Product

 

Should work ok no ? If not, can recommend a decent budget card that will ?

Pic of case innards attached.

 

[nitrobum]

over at newegg in the computer hardware tab ,(hover over it) to the far right youll see "tools and Resources" under that there is a power supply wattage calculator. i would start there .your PC ia 8 years old,so before you spend that money, see if you have enough wattage to run with that new card. give it all the info! low end motherboard in case you are wondering. now if it tells you an number within 100 watts of your power supply...well id replace that too. hope this helps. not trying to bring ya down ,just trying to help you NOT make my mistake!

[TheDude2014]

My god that computer looks old.. Anyways yea mate ur psu can handle the gpu. Now the pci express u dont got worry about u should be good. What u gotta worry about is if it will fit in case and or if motherboard will recognize it as pre built comps, motherboards are sometimes locked to work with only a set few gpus. Hope this helps GL HF!!

[ALostCog]

Think of your computer like a oil pipeline. You can upgrade pumping stations all along it to increase speed in certain areas a tad, but unless you upgrade everything you'll see little improvement.

 

What I'm getting at is that it might be worth upgrading several other components first. Notably, RAM and CPU. By doing this you avoid "bottlenecking" your entire system.

 

 

I can understand if money is an issue, so here's the answer your looking for in the first place:

 

PCI-E are all cross compatiable. The major difference is that bandwidth, or speed they transfer at. For example you look like you have a standard PCI-E 1.0 (that's first generation) for your current card.Pretty standard these days is the third generation PCI-E 3.0. Each has an increase in bandwidth. The card you will be putting into your system will run, but will run slower because it is PCI-E 2.0 in a PCI-1.0.  Hopefully this makes sense.

 

Your power should be fine. I run a power hungry card and eight core cpu on 550w so you should be alright.