Upgrade a PreBuilt?

[digitalmarine]

Ok so i have an old prebuilt desktop, Gateway DX4380. I'm looking to cheaply upgrade it just to run basic gaming like gta v or such. So the real question is, how would i figure out what the best cpu / graphics card i can get that this motherboard would support? Also, would it support a SSD to just run windows from that?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, digitalmarine said:

Ok so i have an old prebuilt desktop, Gateway DX4380. I'm looking to cheaply upgrade it just to run basic gaming like gta v or such. So the real question is, how would i figure out what the best cpu / graphics card i can get that this motherboard would support? Also, would it support a SSD to just run windows from that?

what's your budget and do you know what motherboard you have and how old the system is and is it running intel or amd 

[Jurrunio]

I doubt its PSU is powerful enough for any gaming worthy graphics card. It only comes with AMD FM2 APUs from what I can find

[digitalmarine]

that's kind of what i figured with the graphics card. I'm on a real low budget right now so this is gonna be saved for so options would be helpful. Plus there's some power supplies running around my area for a descent price.

[TetraSky]

From what I can gather

• CPU : AMD A10 6700 / 3.7 GHz
• GPU : AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Socket is FM2. So you could get the "best" FM2 CPU and put it in to replace it if you wanted... You'd probably need a BIOS update first, though. 

Dunno which one that is, can't be bothered to look it up... But I believe you're already quite up there with that CPU so you don't have much in terms of upgrade path... Also don't mistake FM2 and FM2+. FM2+ isn't backward compatible with FM2 boards.

 

As for your GPU, it's integrated, not dedicated.... Soooooo If you wanted a dedicated GPU, you'll NEED to change the Power supply. (They tend to cheap out on power supplies in pre-built... Maybe 300W at best and they aren't designed to play well with a power hungry dedicated GPU.)

 

It supports up to 32GB of RAM rated at 1600MHz and I believe you have like, 10GB installed if I believe this CNET article of that model (could be different, you didn't give the "exact" model, just the general one). If so... Well it's fine. Don't update that unless you run out of system memory while gaming.

 

You may also need to change the case itself if you wanted to add a GPU, if your pci-e slots are half-height.

 

Yes you should be able to add an SSD if you wanted without any real issues.

 

 

Personally I'd say just do a full system upgrade at this point. 

[Terabyte_272]

Depending on the PSU A low profile 1050 ti or 1050 could be your ticket without much bottleneck. A 750 Ti LP would also do the trick. The psu depending on power would likely need to be 250 Watt or 300 on the low end.

[digitalmarine]

Thanks guys for the info. I'd love to do a full build but I definitely don't see the funds for that in my future.