Is this worth upgrading?

[supafiya]

I don't have a lot of money but I really like to game, so I had some old PC's and I took them apart and found a Gateway GT5628 Motherboard(775 slot) with an Intel Core 2 quad 2.6ghz Q9300. I have a 500 Watt power supply, case and fans, Is it worth spending 20 bucks on an SSD and 40-80 on a graphics card? What would you guys suggest for a graphics card? I want to play Tomb Raider, is there any way I will get the power out of this to be able to play it? Any other tips is welcome. Thank you. 

[3 Lions]

Budget?

[supafiya]

budget is around 100 dollars, 150 if the value is really worth it, but I would like to spend less.

[3 Lions]

2 hours ago, supafiya said:

budget is around 100 dollars, 150 if the value is really worth it, but I would like to spend less.

I would hold off upgrading this and just save up to do a full rebuild.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$94.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$74.88 @ OutletPC
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$54.84 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$84.99 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$41.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$49.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$436.48
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$401.48
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-26 12:43 EST-0500

 

 

Edited January 26, 2019 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[supafiya]

That looks good,. I will revisit once I have higher budget but right now I was hoping to get something that I could use for now. but is this even worth upgrading? I would be using it for a long time, maybe a year. I don't have disposable income so this is the only time I will have money to spend for a while.

[mayonnaiseblackhole]

1 minute ago, supafiya said:

That looks good,. I will revisit once I have higher budget but right now I was hoping to get something that I could use for now. but is this even worth upgrading? I would be using it for a long time, maybe a year. I don't have disposable income so this is the only time I will have money to spend for a while.

Where do you live? This will determine the pricing. Also are you comfortable buying used

 

[supafiya]

1 minute ago, DustierDolphin said:

Where do you live? This will determine the pricing. Also are you comfortable buying used

 

I live in north carolina and I'm fine with used.

[kontex]

I'm building a simmilar system rn for sale and since you already have the mobo ,psu and cpu I think you would be best of buying an HDD and a GPU and selling it

[supafiya]

8 minutes ago, NoobKing said:

I'm building a simmilar system rn for sale and since you already have the mobo ,psu and cpu I think you would be best of buying an HDD and a GPU and selling it

I have a few HDD but I was thinking of getting an ssd for boot and using hdd for space. I would use it and sell it when I'm done with it maybe. What gpu would you suggest?

[kontex]

I'm looking for a GTX 650/560 but you might be able to go a bit higher and SSD's are nice but HDD's are still the budget option and a decent drive won't affect anything important on the PC so just in case you need to cut down on cost...

[supafiya]

2 minutes ago, NoobKing said:

I'm looking for a GTX 650/560 but you might be able to go a bit higher and SSD's are nice but HDD's are still the budget option and a decent drive won't affect anything important on the PC so just in case you need to cut down on cost...

just want the ssd a bit faster and I can buy a cheap one for around 20 dollars for the boot, and use my other HDDs for space. do you think I could put a gtx 1030 in this? is about 80 bucks on amazon, 2gb ddr5. I don't really know much about computers I've never built one but I want to fix this up so I can have something usable while I save for a better build. From what I read it should work? but I don't really know about bottlenecks etc.

[kontex]

It shouldn't bottleneck it but of course you don't have to take my word for it so if you can do research-do it

And btw if you don't mind getting used and the extra 2x6pin pcie connectors try finding a gtx 560 2gb

[supafiya]

22 minutes ago, NoobKing said:

It shouldn't bottleneck it but of course you don't have to take my word for it so if you can do research-do it

And btw if you don't mind getting used and the extra 2x6pin pcie connectors try finding a gtx 560 2gb

I really don't know what those are? I am very noob to building PC's. I wouldn't mind I guess? not sure. What is better a gtx 560, or a gt 1030? Both are 2gb, and ddr5 ram on it? I want the best bang for the buck, so value is very important here for me. Thank you for your help so far.

[kontex]

I'm pretty sure the 560 has better raw performance but you are giving up thermals ,audibility and some nvidia software but then again perf is perf(compared to a 1030)