Specs

[XtPlayz21]

so don't know much about computers, and I don't really know which forum to use but are these specs decent or is there something a little better I can get?

[NineEyeRon]

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/athlon-ii-x4-640.c787 

 

What do you intend to do with this system? Can't advise until we know.

[svmlegacy]

It's fine for daily use, but not great for modern gaming or productivity workloads.

[BondiBlue]

For basic web browsing? Yeah, it'll do fine. It won't do too well for a whole lot more than that though. 

 

What are you looking to do with this computer? 

[XtPlayz21]

1 minute ago, NineEyeRon said:

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/athlon-ii-x4-640.c787 

 

What do you intend to do with this system? Can't advise until we know.

i want something that's able to play some games i know these specs can't because I cant even open Assassin's Creed

[NineEyeRon]

Just now, XtPlayz21 said:

i want something that's able to play some games i know these specs can't because I cant even open Assassin's Creed

What games other than AC? Loads of games on GoG that would run, old point and click adventures for example.

[BondiBlue]

2 minutes ago, XtPlayz21 said:

i want something that's able to play some games i know these specs can't because I cant even open Assassin's Creed

Older and lighter games should run alright, but it definitely won't do well with modern games. I own a system with an Athlon II X4 630 (so just a slightly slower version of the 640 in your screenshot), and it handled Minecraft alright with the settings turned down quite a bit. 

 

Are you looking to upgrade this computer? 

[Middcore]

Does this system have any discrete graphics card?

[XtPlayz21]

1 minute ago, NineEyeRon said:

What games other than AC? Loads of games on GoG that would run, old point and click adventures for example.

gta, the division, fallout 4, and splinter cell: blacklist are the main games

[XtPlayz21]

1 minute ago, BondiBlue said:

Older and lighter games should run alright, but it definitely won't do well with modern games. I own a system with an Athlon II X4 630 (so just a slightly slower version of the 640 in your screenshot), and it handled Minecraft alright with the settings turned down quite a bit. 

 

Are you looking to upgrade this computer? 

yes

[BondiBlue]

Just now, XtPlayz21 said:

yes

What sort of budget do you have? Also, what are the other components in your system (particularly the motherboard)? AM3 doesn't really have a whole lot of options that would be that great of an upgrade. 

[XtPlayz21]

1 minute ago, BondiBlue said:

What sort of budget do you have? Also, what are the other components in your system (particularly the motherboard)? AM3 doesn't really have a whole lot of options that would be that great of an upgrade. 

very low until income tax comes in then I can work toward something

[Downkey]

8 minutes ago, XtPlayz21 said:

very low until income tax comes in then I can work toward something

Then just wait till you have the money until you can ask about what upgrades you should make. The market changes alot in very short time spans.
 

[Boomwebsearch]

25 minutes ago, XtPlayz21 said:

so don't know much about computers, and I don't really know which forum to use but are these specs decent or is there something a little better I can get?

 

RAM should be fine, processor is somewhat outdated, although at least it is a quad-core. Please include your other system specifications, if your system doesn't already have an SSD for the OS at least then that's one of the first upgrades I would recommend making.

[XtPlayz21]

1 minute ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

RAM should be fine, processor is somewhat outdated, although at least it is a quad-core. Please include your other system specifications, if your system doesn't already have an SSD for the OS at least then that's one of the first upgrades I would recommend making.

Other system? i only have this computer

 

[Middcore]

Just now, XtPlayz21 said:

Other system? i only have this computer

 

 

The rest of the specifications for your system. The ones you posted are not complete. We don't know the motherboard model, we don't know the storage, we don't know the GPU...

[kelvinhall05]

Not the worst system but modern Windows will chug on it. I'd suggest a lightweight Linux distro or ChromeOS (since imo all it's good for is web browsing and light office work) and an SSD if it doesn't already have one.

[XtPlayz21]

2 minutes ago, Middcore said:

 

The rest of the specifications for your system. The ones you posted are not complete. We don't know the motherboard model, we don't know the storage, we don't know the GPU...

where do i find all of that

 

[Middcore]

OK.

 

Just save up your cash with an eye toward building an entirely new system in a while when prices will have hopefully normalized some and you can head over to the New Builds & Planning subforum with your budget and your goals and people will advise you on a list of parts.

 

There is nothing that can be done to an Athlon II X4 system that will make it any good for modern games and spending any money on upgrading it for that purpose would be setting the money on fire. 

[XtPlayz21]

2 minutes ago, Middcore said:

OK.

 

Just save up your cash with an eye toward building an entirely new system in a while when prices will have hopefully normalized some and you can head over to the New Builds & Planning subforum with your budget and your goals and people will advise you on a list of parts.

 

There is nothing that can be done to an Athlon II X4 system that will make it any good for modern games and spending any money on upgrading it for that purpose would be setting the money on fire. 

well thank you for helping anyways

[Boomwebsearch]

5 minutes ago, Middcore said:

The rest of the specifications for your system. The ones you posted are not complete. We don't know the motherboard model, we don't know the storage, we don't know the GPU...

Yeah, this is what I was trying to say.

 

2 minutes ago, XtPlayz21 said:

where do i find all of that

Windows can show you a lot of your hardware specifications, take a look at this video that shows you a few different ways to find this information:

 

[XtPlayz21]

3 minutes ago, Middcore said:

OK.

 

Just save up your cash with an eye toward building an entirely new system in a while when prices will have hopefully normalized some and you can head over to the New Builds & Planning subforum with your budget and your goals and people will advise you on a list of parts.

 

There is nothing that can be done to an Athlon II X4 system that will make it any good for modern games and spending any money on upgrading it for that purpose would be setting the money on fire. 

also what would be a good price range so i dont overspend on something i could get at a more reasonable price

 

[Boomwebsearch]

9 minutes ago, Middcore said:

There is nothing that can be done to an Athlon II X4 system that will make it any good for modern games and spending any money on upgrading it for that purpose would be setting the money on fire. 

At least you could get an SSD if your current system doesn't have one, will make a huge difference in overall system responsiveness, you can always move the SSD over to your new build/s in the future. 

 

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5 minutes ago, XtPlayz21 said:

also what would be a good price range so i dont overspend on something i could get at a more reasonable price

I would say around $350 USD would be a reasonable budget to aim for, as long as you aren't planning to do anything too resource intensive.

[XtPlayz21]

4 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

Yeah, this is what I was trying to say.

 

Windows can show you a lot of your hardware specifications, take a look at this video that shows you a few different ways to find this information:

 

[Middcore]

11 minutes ago, XtPlayz21 said:

also what would be a good price range so i dont overspend on something i could get at a more reasonable price

 

 

If you goal is to play Assassin's Creed (by which I assume you mean the recent ones like Valhalla) and other current AAA titles then expect to spend at least a thousand USD. That would be the minimum I can see being plausible any time in 2021 and that is assuming the current inflated prices drop a fair bit. I'd like to be wrong but I don't see the current inflated prices going down any more than that.

 

6 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

At least you could get an SSD if your current system doesn't have one, will make a huge difference in overall system responsiveness, you can always move the SSD over to your new build/s in the future. 

I would say around $350 USD would be a reasonable budget to aim for, as long as you aren't planning to do anything too resource intensive.

 

An SSD won't let him play those games though. And $350 right now won't turn his PC into a gaming PC, and also will never be a plausible budget for a new build.

 

Since OP seems to have very little hardware knowledge I don't want him to misunderstand what we're talking about here.

 

A person who has $300 and just wants to play games now should buy an Xbox Series S.