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I upgraded an office PC....

Whenever I was getting into PC gaming, I was looking for an affordable PC. I found a refurbished Office PC, a HP Elite 8200 SFF. The Specs in the system were not bad:

Intel i5 2400 Quad-core clocking at 3.1 GHz

Some generic HP motherboard, x2 PCIe Slots, x2 PCI.

4 SATA ports

A HP Branded PSU, putting out 250 watts, from what I can read it is 80+ certified.

Four RAM slots, all holding a 2gb DDR3 1333Hz

A 500GB 7200RPM HDD

Windows 10 Home was included.  

 

I added a budget GPU, the GT1030 GDDR5 2GB vRAM, back when they were still $70 for that version.

I don't have any benchmark numbers, but for me it is working very well. I can run most games at decent frame rates, including my current favorite, For Honor, at 80-90 FPS on low to medium settings.  

 

Now why am I posting this? Well I just want to ask for upgrade suggestions.  

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Add an SSD to make it more responsive.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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SSD is a sure bet, maybe a better GPU, like a RX 570 or similar, but I wouldn't go much over this, maybe a second hand RX 480 if the price is right. 

 

really depends on the budget you have.

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  • CPU
    Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-GAMING 5
  • RAM
    32GB DDR4 3200
  • GPU
    Inno3D 4070 Ti
  • Case
    Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P
  • Storage
    Western Digital Black 250GB, Seagate BarraCuda 1TB x2
  • PSU
    EVGA Supernova 1000w 
  • Display(s)
    Lenovo L29w-30 29 Inch UltraWide Full HD, BenQ - XL2430(portrait), Dell P2311Hb(portrait)
  • Cooling
    MasterLiquid Lite 240
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From least to most expensive...

 

SSD first,  can be done for ~$20 if a 120gb drive is enough and you can keep the HDD for storage/games.

 

E3-1230 (~$25 on ebay) or better to get hyper threading.  (make sure its not V2/V3/V4, vanilla E3-1230 should be 3.2ghz)  If you can catch the E3-1280 for cheap, its also a good option but may need an upgraded heatsink.

 

PSU and GPU would be the final upgrade.  You may have to get a PSU adapter if the system uses custom plugs for the MB.  Total cost for this upgrade would be ~$150, cheap 500w PSU from a decent manufacturer for ~$35 and RX 570 for ~$120.

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