Gaming pc

[UbeLover]

So I was on Craigslist and I saw this pc and these were the parts in side and I was wondering if these parts would be good for 1080p gaming medium to high performance would I need to upgrade anything to play most AAA titles and the monitor and speakers comes with the pc the person wants $359 USD for it
 

 

This is the whole pc thanks 

CPU: Intel i5 3550 3.3Ghz quad core

Memory: 12GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz

Video Card: MSI GTX 970 4GB

Motherboard: MSI H77MA-G43

Hard Drive: 256GB SSD Intel and 2.5TB SATA III Hitachi

Corsair TX650M Gold

Case: Corsair 300R

DVD-ROM



BenQ 24" LED LCD Gaming Monitor

Model: GL2450-B, RL2455HM

Refresh Rate: 60Hz

Response Time: 1ms

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Max Resolution: 1980x1080

https://www.amazon.com/BenQ-24-Inch-Gaming-Monitor-Disc...



Logitech 2.1 Stereo Speakers

Model: LS21

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-LS21-Stereo-Speaker-Sys...

[Happycowdance]

that pc looks like a relatively good deal enough to pump out 100+ frames in competitive titles like overwatch, csgo, fortnite

[mxk]

I might be very wrong, so someone correct me if I am, but I don't think it'll do the best for most AAA games unless you lower the settings down a notch. It'll work fine for esports games though.

[Canada EH]

3 minutes ago, Happycowdance said:

that pc looks like a relatively good deal enough to pump out 100+ frames in competitive titles like overwatch, csgo, fortnite

Agreed, but have to price out the cost of that gpu.

[trufret]

For $360 that should get you a pretty decent 1080p 60 Hz gaming experience in all but the most CPU bound games for a couple years yet.

The CPU is getting a little dated now but if you plan it out you can save up during that time and replace the Mobo, CPU, Ram and GPU as you find them lacking in what you want to play. 

 

You should be able to reuse the Case, PSU, and SSD in the new PC as well.

 

[UbeLover]

1 hour ago, trufret said:

For $360 that should get you a pretty decent 1080p 60 Hz gaming experience in all but the most CPU bound games for a couple years yet.

The CPU is getting a little dated now but if you plan it out you can save up during that time and replace the Mobo, CPU, Ram and GPU as you find them lacking in what you want to play. 

 

You should be able to reuse the Case, PSU, and SSD in the new PC as well.

 

So what would you recommend for motherboard and cpu change and ram thanks 

[trufret]

42 minutes ago, UbeLover said:

So what would you recommend for motherboard and cpu change and ram thanks 

Without knowing your total budget it's hard to say.

If you're looking used then I imagine bang for the buck is something that is important to you.

Right now, I'd be waiting to see what AMD does with their Ryzen 3000 series CPUs and GPUs at CES.

 

If you had to buy right now, I'd probably be looking at a Ryzen 2600, 16 GB DDR4 3000+ Mhz ram and a decent B450 Motherboard and a RX580/590 or Vega 56 GPU paired with a 1080p Freesync capable monitor. 

 

 

That should be a sweet spot for a very capable PC at a reasonable price.