Help Upgrading

[cfrost6]

Budget (including currency): $500 USD (flexible)

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft and some python scripting

Other details: A friend of mine recently gave me a desktop to take apart/ resemble for practice with handling/ building a PC. I have completely disassembled and reassembled the machine and successfully installed windows as the OS. I am now looking to upgrade it. These are the current specs:

 

CPU: Intel i5-2400 @ 3.1GHz

Ram: 16GB

Storage: Seagate 500GB HDD

Motherboard: hp 1497

 

What I'm wanting is a motherboard that has HDMI output/ at least one USB 3.0 slot (as this current board only has VGA and USB 2.0). Ideally the new board would be able to use the current processor/RAM/storage to cut on some cost.

 

I would also like a GPU/graphics card but don't know what to look for as far as they go.

 

Any suggestions?

[UpTheDons]

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XCKkQq

CPU: Intel Core i3-9100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B365M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ Walmart) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($66.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.40 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 8 GB GAMING 8G Video Card  ($169.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($50.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $556.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-02 14:34 EDT-0400

 

I would say this is a decent build which would be pretty well suited to your needs (i know its 50 over but i f you go down a notch the performance plunges- i have gone for 240gb ssd as that should be enough space for windows minecraft and a few other games- you can always spend 50 bucks later down the line on a 2tb hdd . This is good for now and you could also defiantly play some decent aaa games on the 580 on high-medium settings. I would suggest spending a little bit more on a 3100 or 3300x and a similar priced amd mobo as it will give you a performance boost in multi-tasking.

[Slottr]

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZT33YH

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($172.49 @ Walmart) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($169.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.93 @ Newegg) 
Total: $606.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-02 14:41 EDT-0400

[UpTheDons]

6 minutes ago, Intel Fanboy said:

@Ed-petit I'd add more ssd storage. Probably a 500gb drive should be good. Other than that, I like the build. Probably what I would have suggested to the op. Just add more ssd storage and maybe slap on some case fans. 

yeah i would suggest just going with my build above and starting again and keeping the ram from the other build if its ddr4. if he does op could maybe go for a 1660 super but isn't needed for his use case.

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, Ed-petit said:

yeah i would suggest just going with my build above and starting again and keeping the ram from the other build if its ddr4. if he does op could maybe go for a 1660 super but isn't needed for his use case.

I wouldn't touch that CPU. 

 

It's a horrible value with everything else that AMD is offering 

[Slottr]

6 minutes ago, Intel Fanboy said:

Few thoughts on your build: 

Go with ryzen 5 2600 because of the bios thing, and to save money, go ryzen 5 2600

Go with a gigabyte b450 board for the motherboard

GTX 1660 s for the video card. 

Where is the case in your build?

Why B450? Which board? Why the 2600? The price difference is minimal for a much better chip 

 

Case can be had by reusing OPs old one or by spending another 30$. 

 

How are you fitting a 1660 Super in there? 

[Oswin]

Just now, Intel Fanboy said:

Good point. OP can also reuse the 16gb ram from his old system. 

pretty sure 2nd gen i5s dont use ddr4

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, Intel Fanboy said:

 

 

That board sucks, the SSD is low value/performance, and the 2600 costs too similar to the 3600. 

 

You can't use DDR3 on modern boards 

[Oswin]

13 minutes ago, Intel Fanboy said:

Go with ryzen 5 2600 because of the bios thing,

tbh, you are paying almost the same for a 3600, and that thing is barely better than a 1600af

[Oswin]

Just now, Intel Fanboy said:

Look at the new pcpartpicker list I made: 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Y4QhzN

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($172.49 @ Walmart) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($66.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($55.95 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 8 GB GAMING 8G Video Card  ($169.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA BR 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Walmart) 
Total: $610.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-02 15:01 EDT-0400

not to be rude, this build doesnt make much sense to me. @Slottr's build is completely fine

[Slottr]

Just now, Intel Fanboy said:

I would go with rx 580 instead of the 1650

They're about par on performance so whatever's cheaper. 

[Oswin]

20 minutes ago, Intel Fanboy said:

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1650-vs-AMD-RX-580/4039vs3923

 

RX 580 performs better

 

you do realize @Slottr listed a 1650 Super  not a regular 1650

 

23 minutes ago, Intel Fanboy said:

Western Digital Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

doesnt seem to be a 500gb m.2 to me