Upgrade Help

[Larrycrawford]

Greetings, I am new to PC stuff so bear with me.

I recently purchased a used computer but I am finding it hard to play some games, like Rise of the Tomb Raider.

How should I upgrade this 'Liquid cooled i7 GAMING EVGA system' i purchased for $380

 

Specifications (according to the guy i bought it from):

i7-860

EVGA CLC 120 CL11 CPU cooler
EVGA P55 Classified 200

EVGA Superclocked 2x4GB DDR3 RAM

EVGA GTX 580 Classified

Western Digital Blue 1TB

EVGA 450 GD Power Supply

EVGA DG-73 case

 

[Fasauceome]

Well i'll be the first to tell you that the seller added "liquid cooling" to the title as a gimmick, and also i7, because it's a tiny liquid cooler and an ancient i7. The graphics card is also super old, weaker than a GTX 1050.

 

My recommendation is to get a 1050 ti, then upgrade the motherboard and CPU later, maybe to something like an i7 4770 and a B85 motherboard, or get yourself some Ryzen and new ram as well. Also, you'd like an SSD in there if anything. That motherboard is a serious overclocker, so if your CPU is at stock clocks, learn how to overclock and throw on a few extra MHz.

[dizmo]

Performance:

Better video card; RX570

 

Improvement to feel:

Cheap SSD

 

Honestly I wouldn't invest much. It's a very old system, and honestly most of it needs replacing.

Welcome to the forum.

 

 

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Well i'll be the first to tell you that the seller added "liquid cooling" to the title as a gimmick, and also i7, because it's a tiny liquid cooler and an ancient i7. The graphics card is also super old, weaker than a GTX 1050.

 

My recommendation is to get a 1050 ti, then upgrade the motherboard and CPU later, maybe to something like an i7 4770 and a B85 motherboard, or get yourself some Ryzen and new ram as well. Also, you'd like an SSD in there if anything. That motherboard is a serious overclocker, so if your CPU is at stock clocks, learn how to overclock and throw on a few extra MHz.

The 1050Ti is such a weak card compared to the RX 570 though.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

 

 

The 1050Ti is such a weak card compared to the RX 570 though.

That's true, I was thinking on the low power end of things but yeah an RX 570 would also be an excellent upgrade.

[Larrycrawford]

 

28 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

That motherboard is a serious overclocker, so if your CPU is at stock clocks, learn how to overclock and throw on a few extra MHz.

thanks guys, i guess i'll read up some guides on overclocking and hope things don't go tits up.

i'll definitely purchase an SSD and an RX 570 as soon as possible.