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Upgrade or refresh?

cbranson
By cbranson
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Hi, the last PC I built was probably in 2013. My now 15yr old son is wanting to move  some of his gaming from Xbox One to PC. My question is, could I just add a better PCIE2.0 graphics card and maybe some more/different RAM to our existing rig, or better to just start over with a new modern build? He says he wants to play Destiny 2 and possibly Ark, as well as other smaller games like Among Us and Minecraft. 

 

I am in the US, and can budget about $500 US in upgrades to existing rig. New build budget needs to stay at or under $1,500 US. 

 

Current System:

MBoard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 rev1.2 (socket AM3+)

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 2.7ghz

Video: Gigabyte Nvidia Ge force 210 1gb ddr3 rev 3.0  GV-N210D3-1G1

Ram: 16Gb DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9

PS: Thermaltake TR2.  600W

Case: Corsair Mid-Tower Carbide Spec-02

Display: 2x AOC E2462Vwh

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