OLD PC Upgrade questions

[pilsdoughboy]

Hello,  I am an old school computer guy who has lost touch with many of the newer technologies.  I am looking to upgrade my computer for casual gaming, and learning how to program, as well as minor 3D modeling.  I tend to play World of Tanks/Warships, CS:GO, Surviving Mars, Frostpunk, and SubNautica.  None of these games are very system intensive but my system has trouble keeping up.  I am on a fixed income so money is tight and if I can keep this old Gateway going for another few years it would be awesome.  I bought the computer in 2008 or so.  The Specs are as follows from the program Speccy.

 

Operating System - Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
        CPU         - Intel Core i3 2120 @ 3.30GHz    80 °C   Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
        RAM         - 6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-24)
        Motherboard     - Gateway IPISB-VR (CPU 1)    52 °C
        Graphics     - E320-B2 (1920x1080@60Hz)   2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (Gigabyte)    41 °C
        Storage
            931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADX-22TDHB0 (SATA )    44 °C
            931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EARS-22Y5B1 (SATA )    44 °C
            223GB SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB (SATA (SSD))    45 °C

 

 

any ideas would be helpful.  I have recently started watching the recent builds and wish that I had the funds to just build my dream rig, but disability says no to the funding.

 

Thank you,

 

PilsDoughBoy (AKA Michael)

[Adorable Cat]

If you don't feel like spending a on a new MOBO, you could get a used i7 2600 and used RX580 4Gb and that'd probably be fine for what you want.

[grss1982]

On 2/5/2019 at 6:27 AM, pilsdoughboy said:

Hello,  I am an old school computer guy who has lost touch with many of the newer technologies.  I am looking to upgrade my computer for casual gaming, and learning how to program, as well as minor 3D modeling.  I tend to play World of Tanks/Warships, CS:GO, Surviving Mars, Frostpunk, and SubNautica.  None of these games are very system intensive but my system has trouble keeping up.  I am on a fixed income so money is tight and if I can keep this old Gateway going for another few years it would be awesome.  I bought the computer in 2008 or so.  The Specs are as follows from the program Speccy.

 

Operating System - Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
        CPU         - Intel Core i3 2120 @ 3.30GHz    80 °C   Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
        RAM         - 6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-24)
        Motherboard     - Gateway IPISB-VR (CPU 1)    52 °C
        Graphics     - E320-B2 (1920x1080@60Hz)   2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (Gigabyte)    41 °C
        Storage
            931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADX-22TDHB0 (SATA )    44 °C
            931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EARS-22Y5B1 (SATA )    44 °C
            223GB SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB (SATA (SSD))    45 °C

 

 

any ideas would be helpful.  I have recently started watching the recent builds and wish that I had the funds to just build my dream rig, but disability says no to the funding.

 

Thank you,

 

PilsDoughBoy (AKA Michael)

The processor is your biggest weakness if those are the only games that you play.  Used second gen i7s are usually cheap nowadays but it depends on what country you're from. That could be a viable option for you if you want to spend less instead of more at this point. Make sure though to check you motherboard supports an I7 seeing as it's a Gatway. OEM's sometimes lock down a motherboard's supported processors.

 

I'm actually rocking an i7-3770 + 16GB DDR3 RAM + 660 Ti combo myself and I can comfortably stay on this rig with the current games I'm playing i.e. CSGO, DOTA 2, XCOM: EW and XCOM 2.  Only the last game has so far been a challenged for my rig with its fire and particle effects.