Upgrading the cobwebs...

[sicksd9]

Budget (including currency):$ 200.00

Country: US of A

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Oculus Quest 2, 32gb Kingston 2133 ram DDR4, GTX970, i5-6500, Asus q170 m-cmotherboard, and EVGA 600 watt power supply.

 

Hi everybody. I wanted to upgrade my old computer for my son to game on with his Oculus Quest 2. He received it last year for Christmas from his grandparents, and over a year later, it is full of games with no more room. I suggested to my wife that we give him my computer since it works fine and she spilled the beans to my son about the upgrade. I don't know the difference between bus speeds or LGA1151 and I'm in the need for some help, but within a small budget. I just want everyone inside the ATX case to play nice. I was thinking about upgrading the motherboard and keeping the ram, since i have 32 gigs of 2133 of DDR4. Video card would stay. And CPU will be upgraded from an i5-6500. Someone please help.

 

Thanks in advance!!

 

Lenny

[RONOTHAN##]

The cheapest you can upgrade the system to that's actually worth getting would be an i3 12100F and a cheap H610 board. That would be just over your $200 budget, and the motherboard you'd get would be pretty bad (only 2 DIMM slots, very few USB ports, etc.). If you want the board to not just be the absolute cheapest thing you can get and actually have some features, you'd have to go for a B660 or H670 board, but be warned that you'll have to spend an extra ~$50 to get that.

 

That said, you can probably resell the board and CPU you currently have for ~$100-150, so it's not like that extra $50 would be too bad all things considered.

[MadAnt250]

3 minutes ago, sicksd9 said:

$ 200.00

Not much you can do with that budget right now, maybe more storage, or some upgraded peripherals would be the way to go. This system can still play games, just don't expect to run all the new AAA games well or at all.

[sicksd9]

If i get a plan of attack knowing what my goal is to save for (or put it on a card) i can then move forward. Like right now, I'm taking Ron's reply about the i3-12100F and I'm doing the leg work to search for the best deal to aquire it.