How to upgread my set up?

[The_Notsoslimshady]

Hi every one,i dont know how to star hahah this is my lil  Pc lol 
is a dell xp380 but with a twist a Nvidia Gt640 1 GB ddr3




i think is better work with this, that just buy another better ,(has memorys) cause had , tombraider ,a lot of indies like 2d plataform hd  and, overwatch  this look soo good in medium hahah. 
but am student  too in architecture and i use a lot of illustration cs6, autocad etc  

So that is the problem i want a better experience in games cause seriusly 30 fps v 60 damn a lot of change  
and too have a good computer to make work , even render without fear to kill my pc


so? some ideas on change the, motherboard and star from there or what? , please help u.u

  

 

 

 

 

 

[alexhelvetica]

4 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

New power supply, i7 2600 and an RX 570.

Why would you touch the PSU?

[The_Notsoslimshady]

3 hours ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Why would you touch the PSU?

 

3 hours ago, Genwyn said:

Its a lower wattage model that doesnt have a 6 pin to power a stronger GPU. No point in spending 20$ less on a 1050ti if you can get an rx 570 and a decent psu

thanks i

sea a good price lol 
but my question is the motherboard dont needs a change?

[The_Notsoslimshady]

Just now, Genwyn said:

If you wanted to move to a whole new platform you could, but at that point you might as well just build a whole new PC. For the games you want to play, in 1080p, sandy bridge i series is still pretty decent.

You could by all means though just put a whole new system inside the opitplex's case, but that becomes a much bigger ordeal and at that point you might as well just get a new case anyway and have a whole new PC.

all right thanks, i think gonna star with the graphic card, then ram and some crazy rgb lol 
i tried to make it good to posted here,

[The_Notsoslimshady]

22 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

If you wanted to move to a whole new platform you could, but at that point you might as well just build a whole new PC. For the games you want to play, in 1080p, sandy bridge i series is still pretty decent.

You could by all means though just put a whole new system inside the opitplex's case, but that becomes a much bigger ordeal and at that point you should just get a new case and build a complete new PC.

 another question why change the power supply is a difference between 80$ to 20$?

[hollyh88]

1 hour ago, The_Notsoslimshady said:

 another question why change the power supply is a difference between 80$ to 20$?

some handle gpu's better than others. some are more efficient than others. 

upgrading your pc all depends on how much your budget is, people can give you a better upgrade path if you tell us your budget. 

[The_Notsoslimshady]

12 hours ago, hollyh88 said:

some handle gpu's better than others. some are more efficient than others. 

upgrading your pc all depends on how much your budget is, people can give you a better upgrade path if you tell us your budget. 

mmm was thinking like 250$ 

[hollyh88]

16 hours ago, The_Notsoslimshady said:

mmm was thinking like 250$ 

if you don't mind dabling in the used market you could get a better cpu if it fits with your mobo and gpu for 250. i mean personally i would say.. save up and then upgrade your pc.but that's my personal opinion. 

 

[Animal901]

The case is fine but you need more fans.  You need to upgrade the bios from Dell so you can move to ivy bridge. Get an i7 3770. 3770s would be ok. They are fair used right now.  Get 16gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram. If your bios is uefi then get an m.2 pciex1 adapter off ebay. It's faster than sata ssd by a few hundred mbps. If its ahci bios then get a sata solid state drive. Install your OS on that.  Use the disk hard drive as a secondary back up. I've got a gtx 645 in an old phenom 2x4 build. I over clock it with MSI afterburner. Set you monitor hz as high as possible.  Nvidia driver control panel will let you over clock your hz/ refresh rate.... after you do all this and you do not feel the fps is ok... get the best video card you are willing to buy that is pcie gen 3. Which you'll come back here again because something else will be deemed better by then probably. I know gtx 645 OC peaks minecraft fps around 320. Csgo plays fine.

 

Used market this upgrade will cost:

 

Pciex1 M.2 mkey adapter is about 6 to $30 depending who you get it from

 

Ssd $30 to $100 depending on brand and capacity.

 

I7 3770 $80 to $125. If you dont want to spring for ivy then the i7 2600 sandy might be had for 60 to 100....

 

Ddr3 1600mhz 16gb ram  $50 to $60

 

Power supplies worth owning will cost about $50 to whatever you will do. Get a Corsair or a thermaltake. Rosewill is suposed to be ok.

 

You'll want to upgrade to a 5ghz ac wifi card if your router does that. Which i still run a 2.4ghz n+ with a 2.4 and 5ghz ac wifi router so idk what im talking about it's fine for a game. 

 

You'll want to come up with a later budget for the video card, because you should do this to your computer before you consider buying a new video card. You can't get good frames on time spy with a gtx 645 but i have gotten 1st on a csgo deathmatch  with a gtx 645.

 

I'm still running a gtx 760. It would be a waste to go to a gtx 960 for myself... people are happy running 1060 1070 still.   Rx 400 and rx 500 series get raving reviews. 

 

That would be a cool dell though..... 

[The_Notsoslimshady]

On 9/2/2019 at 9:39 PM, Animal901 said:

The case is fine but you need more fans.  You need to upgrade the bios from Dell so you can move to ivy bridge. Get an i7 3770. 3770s would be ok. They are fair used right now.  Get 16gb of ddr3 1600mhz ram. If your bios is uefi then get an m.2 pciex1 adapter off ebay. It's faster than sata ssd by a few hundred mbps. If its ahci bios then get a sata solid state drive. Install your OS on that.  Use the disk hard drive as a secondary back up. I've got a gtx 645 in an old phenom 2x4 build. I over clock it with MSI afterburner. Set you monitor hz as high as possible.  Nvidia driver control panel will let you over clock your hz/ refresh rate.... after you do all this and you do not feel the fps is ok... get the best video card you are willing to buy that is pcie gen 3. Which you'll come back here again because something else will be deemed better by then probably. I know gtx 645 OC peaks minecraft fps around 320. Csgo plays fine.

 

Used market this upgrade will cost:

 

Pciex1 M.2 mkey adapter is about 6 to $30 depending who you get it from

 

Ssd $30 to $100 depending on brand and capacity.

 

I7 3770 $80 to $125. If you dont want to spring for ivy then the i7 2600 sandy might be had for 60 to 100....

 

Ddr3 1600mhz 16gb ram  $50 to $60

 

Power supplies worth owning will cost about $50 to whatever you will do. Get a Corsair or a thermaltake. Rosewill is suposed to be ok.

 

You'll want to upgrade to a 5ghz ac wifi card if your router does that. Which i still run a 2.4ghz n+ with a 2.4 and 5ghz ac wifi router so idk what im talking about it's fine for a game. 

 

You'll want to come up with a later budget for the video card, because you should do this to your computer before you consider buying a new video card. You can't get good frames on time spy with a gtx 645 but i have gotten 1st on a csgo deathmatch  with a gtx 645.

 

I'm still running a gtx 760. It would be a waste to go to a gtx 960 for myself... people are happy running 1060 1070 still.   Rx 400 and rx 500 series get raving reviews. 

 

That would be a cool dell though..... 

a very cool dell lol 
so i upgrade the bios with the i5 running and then later put the i7 in?

the gtx 645 even gtx760 are similiar to the gt640 im running overwatch low/medium and go 126 fps 
isnot more cheap and good the 1050 ti ?

i did not understand about the adapter? i need it to can put i7 and the new card?

 and another think u thing is better change the cpu cooler ? or put watercooler?(i think this is too much hahaha) but the cpu coller i dont know , dont want to burn a used cpu so quickly  

thanks for the help all (sorry for my english too haha)

[Animal901]

4 hours ago, The_Notsoslimshady said:

so i upgrade the bios with the i5 running and then later put the i7 in?

the gtx 645 even gtx760 are similiar to the gt640 im running overwatch low/medium and go 126 fps 
isnot more cheap and good the 1050 ti ?

i did not understand about the adapter? i need it to can put i7 and the new card?

 and another think u thing is better change the cpu cooler ? or put watercooler?(i think this is too much hahaha) but the cpu coller i dont know , dont want to burn a used cpu so quickly.

Yeah the dell site has the bios update

 Dell updates the bios from a desktop program. Ive done it on a few.  Dells always run faster after a bios update. Update before you switch to i7.  

 

Gtx 1050 would be alright. I'd lean more towards a gtx960, or gtx 1060. Other people on this forum would think you should get something like an rx 470, rx480, or rx580 those are fine too. 

 

The pcie adapter is only for m.2 nvme or ahci solid state drives. A standard sata solid state drive would be fine but m.2 drives can move faster.   The adapter can be found on Ebay or Amazon just search for "pcie m.2 adapter" you do not need it for the i7 cpu or gpu card. 

 

Sandy and ivy bridge motherboards you have to remove the board from the case and remove the bracket for the stock cooler off the back of the board. The dell one is ok.  You will not be overclocking with that motherboard so i wouldn't worry too much about the cooler.

[Animal901]

Get this adapter if your motherboard doesn't have m.2, pcie x4 or x8.  You'll have to get a nvme m.2 ssd as well.           https://www.ebay.com/itm/NVMe-PCIe-x4-x2-M-2-NGFF-SSD-to-PCIe-x1-converter-card-adapter-PCIe-x1-to-M-2-SM/383070604782?_mwBanner=1&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2F0%2F0%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F383070604782%26rvr_id%3D0%26rvr_ts%3Dfcdcd30216c0ac3c07f2d007fff0e5b0&ul_noapp=true&pageci=67b03574-2db2-474e-a421-c1077331a8a1