What should I do?

Abrakababra · July 12, 2017

So I finally got a pc. It has an i7 870,4gb ram and a 300w psu. Now, do I replace the dusty old GeForce 210 with 1050ti and spend the rest on a cheap 75hz 1080p monitor ,mechanical keyboard ,some ram, cooler and case fan( stock ones are really loud )and maybe an ssd. Or buy a new pc with a 1050ti also (1060s are SUPER expensive right now) a i3 7100 ,ssd cheap backlit keyboard and my old 1023x768 no hdmi monitor will have to do for now. Now here comes the maybe really stupid maybe just sorta stupid noob questions come in. The motherboard and CPU only support sata2 and pcie 2, is this a huge problem if I want to put a fancy new gpu? Is the pc just straight up obsolete? Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Jurrunio · July 12, 2017

So you are asking whether you should upgrade the old PC with some new hardware or buy a new one? That depends on your budget

Tauwer · July 12, 2017

6 minutes ago, Abrakababra said:

So I finally got a pc. It has an i7 870,4gb ram and a 300w psu. Now, do I replace the dusty old GeForce 210 with 1050ti and spend the rest on a cheap 75hz 1080p monitor ,mechanical keyboard ,some ram, cooler and case fan( stock ones are really loud )and maybe an ssd. Or buy a new pc with a 1050ti also (1060s are SUPER expensive right now) a i3 7100 ,ssd cheap backlit keyboard and my old 1023x768 no hdmi monitor will have to do for now. Now here comes the maybe really stupid maybe just sorta stupid noob questions come in. The motherboard and CPU only support sata2 and pcie 2, is this a huge problem if I want to put a fancy new gpu? Is the pc just straight up obsolete? Any help would be hugely appreciated.

upgrade to a 1050ti then get whatever you want (screen etc) and save up for a new cpu platform (AM4 or 1051 2066) and also maybe get a new psu (500 +)

Herman Mcpootis · July 12, 2017

9 minutes ago, Abrakababra said:

So I finally got a pc. It has an i7 870,4gb ram and a 300w psu. Now, do I replace the dusty old GeForce 210 with 1050ti and spend the rest on a cheap 75hz 1080p monitor ,mechanical keyboard ,some ram, cooler and case fan( stock ones are really loud )and maybe an ssd. Or buy a new pc with a 1050ti also (1060s are SUPER expensive right now) a i3 7100 ,ssd cheap backlit keyboard and my old 1023x768 no hdmi monitor will have to do for now. Now here comes the maybe really stupid maybe just sorta stupid noob questions come in. The motherboard and CPU only support sata2 and pcie 2, is this a huge problem if I want to put a fancy new gpu? Is the pc just straight up obsolete? Any help would be hugely appreciated.

the i7 870 can still hold it's own in gaming with a 1050ti, an upgrade to the 1050ti and another 4gb of ram should be fine. sata is unrelated to your gpu and pci-e 2.0 won't bottleneck your gpu.