GPU for I7 2600k not OC

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Putting together a couple of older PC's for Lan gaming when the kids have friends round.
Currently games like Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, Rocket League etc.

One of the systems:
I7 2600k
H61 (I think) no OC
16GB
Antec 450W (very light usage)
Kolink Satellite (so space is tight)
RX550 2GB

Will be 1080p, 60 fps if possibe and the RX550 is pretty limitted.
I have a RX6600 I could slot in but thought that would be better with a more recent CPU / platform as it's x8 PCI-E which is even more restrictive.
RTX 3050 is also x8 PCI and still expensive used.

Was thinking grabbing a used GTX 1660 or similar for 6GB VRAM.

Seems the sweet spot.... any better suggestions?

 

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Thanks for the comments. Seems I'm at least in the ball park.

PSU quite solid, was clearance a few years ago on the shelf of a superstore for £20 BNIB. Too cheap to walk past. (Much to the wife's dismay) Has 400W @ 12V and likely less than 200 hours run time.

1070 likely to big for the case and could be hard to cool in a small case though a mini would be nice.

Not after every single FPS, just a reasonable balance for a 12 yo CPU. 1660 seems similar price to 1060 and a bit cheaper than RX5600XT / 1660 Ti/Super...

Expect will depend on what comes up but should be a nice upgrade on the RX550.

 

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Practically anything that isn't really old would be a good upgrade on the 550

Just to clarify though, I assume you have an alternative use for the 6600? Otherwise, it is better than pretty much all those cards (equal to the 5600), even when used on an old PC and it has relatively low power usage too.

The RX550 is better than the iGPU... just but really showing it limits.

Putting together a number of older PC's for that Lan experience (on an isolated subnet) with the kids and their friends. They are still under 10 so no hardcore gamers who will notice occasional dropped frames.
Have a right mix of stuff I never got around to getting rid of which should be good enough but trying to keep costs down as shiny hardware is too easy to buy...

Have a R5 2600 or R7 3700X with a B550 that will likely get the 6600.
Also a 4590S H81 (ITX) & 2500k Z68 (ATX) that may get similar treatment with a 1660 class.

Right now the little Sattelite box just needs a better GPU while the others all need a budget case + GPU.

Keeping my options open to add to the pool

 

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So a quick update for anyone else reading later.

I remembered that Sandy Bridge 2xxx series is only PCI-E 2.0, While Ivy Bridge 3xxx series is PCI-E 3.0.

It's already proven that cards such as the Radeon 6500XT (4 lanes PCI-E v4.0) perform signifincatly worse on PCI-E 3.0 as 4 lanes of PCI-E v3.0 is not enough bandwidth.
Any PCI-E x8 card will have the same issue on Sandy Bridge as x8 PCI-E 2.0 is approx equivalent x4 PCI-E v3.0.

This means any x8 card... 5500 XT, 6600 XT, RTX 3050 etc. will likely experience an exagerated bottle neck if paired with Intel 2xxx chips.
x8 Lower performance cards RX 550, RX 460, RX 560 probably minor impact as their performance is likely below that requirement.

x4 cards such as 6400XT and 6500XT would be near completely crippled vs their potential on 2xxx chips.

Cards which use x16 should be fine, such as GTX 1050, GTX 1060, GTX 1070, GTX 1650, GTX 1660, RTX 2060, Radeon RX 5600, RX 5700, RX 6700

One solution is to throw in a 3xxx chip which solves this problem, but at the time or writing an i7 is ~£30 and an I5 £10, which may or not be worth it when you can avoid the problem selecting a different GPU.

 

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Xeon 1230v2 is £15, a little slower than the top i5 or i7, but still respectable 3.3ghz/3.7ghz turbo and importantly still has the 8 threads of the i7

Sadly my board only has Bios support for Xeon V1 (Sandy) though it supports 2xxx and 3xxx.
I guess it could work but if not on the list, may not be recognised.