Building a PC

[Ducos]

Hello there,

I write today because I need your wisdom to make some decisions.

Just a week ago the gaming monkey hit me and now I want to play some games, like Apex Legends and Company of Heroes 2.

I thought I could use my old desktop that I built a decade ago haha, but unfortunately it doesn't work no more.

I can't decide if to recycle some stuff that seem to still be functioning.

Currently I have the following components

Mobo: Z68A-GD80(B3)

GPU: Intel i7 2600K

GPU:GTX 570 Twin Frozr and a GTX 680 Zotac AMP

PSU: Seasonic P-860XP Platinum PSU Modular Semi-Passive

Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB

 

I think the motherboard is busted because it doesn't send any video input to the monitor and doesn't give power to neither the motherboard nor to the mouse.

What do you think?Should I get a mobo and reassemble everything or should I just get a new system.

I'm not planning to game seriously but it would be nice If I can play smoothly when I can.

 

Thank You All!

[kelvinhall05]

Remove everything but the CPU, RAM, and obviously the cooler, PSU, and motherboard. Clear CMOS by removing the BIOS battery, waiting 30 seconds, then putting it back in. Then try turning it on.

 

 

If you're on a tight budget, just upgrading your GPU and maybe RAM, PSU, storage, cooling, etc. would be good.

[Ducos]

3 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Remove everything but the CPU, RAM, and obviously the cooler, PSU, and motherboard. Clear CMOS by removing the BIOS battery, waiting 30 seconds, then putting it back in. Then try turning it on.

 

 

If you're on a tight budget, just upgrading your GPU and maybe RAM, PSU, storage, cooling, etc. would be good.

I'd like to spend as little as possible: but are you telling me to practically buy everything anew?

It has been a very long time and I don't understand what is going around the market and what may be a good system to do what I want.

[kelvinhall05]

10 minutes ago, Ducos said:

I'd like to spend as little as possible: but are you telling me to practically buy everything anew?

It has been a very long time and I don't understand what is going around the market and what may be a good system to do what I want.

Lemme rephrase that. The minimum you need is a new GPU. You might need the other stuff I said.