Hi First time posting here!

[kole3310]

Hi everyone!

I was thinking about upgrading my old PC with something better for gaming and light video and photo editing. I thought about getting i7-2600, 8GB of RAM, nVidia GT 530, and 1TB of storage space. I don't know if this configuration is good for anything so i came here for help. 

 

Thank you in advance

-Kole3310 

 

[Corrupt_Liberty]

I wouldn't waste your money on a GT 530 unless you already have one.  Just use Intel graphics on the 2600 until you can afford a GPU a little better.  Save your pennies and get something like an RX 560 or a GTX 1050.

[SupaKomputa]

21 minutes ago, kole3310 said:

Hi everyone!

I was thinking about upgrading my old PC with something better for gaming and light video and photo editing. I thought about getting i7-2600, 8GB of RAM, nVidia GT 530, and 1TB of storage space. I don't know if this configuration is good for anything so i came here for help. 

 

Thank you in advance

-Kole3310 

 

how much money are we talking about?

[FlamezGaming]

Along with all these great suggestions, you may want to consider getting an SSD, it will help you run faster and booting times will shorten.

[kole3310]

3 minutes ago, FlamezGaming said:

Along with all these great suggestions, you may want to consider getting an SSD, it will help you run faster and booting times will shorten.

Thank you! I was thinking about getting like a ~200GB boot ssd after some time. 

[kole3310]

14 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

how much money are we talking about?

Around 300-500$

[kole3310]

22 minutes ago, Corrupt_Liberty said:

I wouldn't waste your money on a GT 530 unless you already have one.  Just use Intel graphics on the 2600 until you can afford a GPU a little better.  Save your pennies and get something like an RX 560 or a GTX 1050.

Thank you! I have a GT 730 in my old PC so I might use that one for time being... 

[Vishera]

45 minutes ago, kole3310 said:

GT 530

The GT 530 was crap when it was released 8 years ago,nowdays the GT 530 can't run games at 2019

8 minutes ago, kole3310 said:

Around 300-500$

There you go:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$117.59 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$111.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$239.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$584.45
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$549.45
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-27 12:10 EDT-0400

You can overclock the 1660 to 1660 Ti performance level.

This triple fan cooler is really good.

[SupaKomputa]

With that money you can have a new system.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($100.85 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($82.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston A400 120 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($21.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($29.88 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: GameMax Expedition MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.14 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA BR 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $509.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-27 12:11 EDT-0400

 

[LogicalDrm]

-> Moved to New Builds & Planning

 

Please take a note where to post your threads.

[Vishera]

2 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Case: GameMax Expedition MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.14 @ Amazon) 

How did you find this case? 

[kole3310]

11 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

With that money you can have a new system.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($100.85 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($82.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston A400 120 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($21.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($29.88 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: GameMax Expedition MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.14 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA BR 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $509.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-27 12:11 EDT-0400

 

This is quite helpful thank you!

[kole3310]

13 minutes ago, Vishera said:

The GT 530 was crap when it was released 8 years ago,nowdays the GT 530 can't run games at 2019

There you go:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$117.59 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$111.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$239.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$584.45
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$549.45
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-27 12:10 EDT-0400

You can overclock the 1660 to 1660 Ti performance level.

This triple fan cooler is really good.

Very helpful as well, thank you!

[SupaKomputa]

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

How did you find this case? 

I just randomly picked anything cheap in pcpartpicker. To hell with the quality, all cheap case should be the same anyway. 

[SupaKomputa]

To be honest this is not bad for $30 case. haha.

[kole3310]

Just now, SupaKomputa said:

To be honest this is not bad for $30 case. haha.

I actually really like the design and for 30$...

[Vishera]

5 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

To be honest this is not bad for $30 case. haha.

It even has blue LED fan to match the color.

When you think about it,it's RGB just without the R and the G