Upgrading my PC

[Sebsauce]

Hello this is my PC rn:

Geforce GTX 550 ti

AMD FX(tm)-8120 8-core

EVGA 750 B3 

8GB of RAM

SSD drive

 

I have a few things that might help with your advice:

1. My budget is around $200  CAD

2.I want to play the new mount & blade 2 game

3. my current pc does shutdown while I play games unless I put a fan outside of the PC to help with ventilation.

 

Thanks in advance for the help!

[Fasauceome]

15 minutes ago, Sebsauce said:

my current pc does shutdown while I play games unless I put a fan outside of the PC to help with ventilation.

Then you need to fix your thermals. It's possible that the thermal paste has gone bad, or that the cooler is gunked up with dust, or the CPU is overclocked too much, but if it's doing thermal shutdowns, it needs fixing.

 

For $200 CAD,  you can afford an RX 570 new or an RX 580 used.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/tF648d/xfx-radeon-rx-570-4gb-rs-xxx-video-card-rx-570p427d6

[Sebsauce]

10 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Then you need to fix your thermals. It's possible that the thermal paste has gone bad, or that the cooler is gunked up with dust, or the CPU is overclocked too much, but if it's doing thermal shutdowns, it needs fixing.

 

For $200 CAD,  you can afford an RX 570 new or an RX 580 used.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/tF648d/xfx-radeon-rx-570-4gb-rs-xxx-video-card-rx-570p427d6

Do you think the CPU needs upgrading as well? I would say my budget would be like $200 CAD for each part If its needed

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, Sebsauce said:

Do you think the CPU needs upgrading as well? I would say my budget would be like $200 CAD for each part If its needed

The RX 570 itself is the whole budget, if you want to upgrade the CPU as well you'll need to save up quite a bit of money, as you'll need a new motherboard and ram to accompany it.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/wZ3dyX

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Newegg Canada
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.94 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$92.99 @ Newegg Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$397.92
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$372.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 18:31 EDT-0400

 

[Sebsauce]

5 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

The RX 570 itself is the whole budget, if you want to upgrade the CPU as well you'll need to save up quite a bit of money, as you'll need a new motherboard and ram to accompany it.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/wZ3dyX

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Newegg Canada
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.94 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$92.99 @ Newegg Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$397.92
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$372.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 18:31 EDT-0400

 

 If I get the RX 570 do you think I would I be able to play mount & blade 2? And thanks for giving me a stepup for a new CPU and stuff

 

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Sebsauce said:

 If I get the RX 570 do you think I would I be able to play mount & blade 2? And thanks for giving me a stepup for a new CPU and stuff

 

The RX 570 is pretty close to the recommended requirements for the game, and I've seen a couple videos of people playing on high or very high settings with some low end graphics cards like a GTX 970.