Used parts PC needs an upgrade

[EricSartor]

Budget (including currency): $300 CAD

Country: Canada

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ericsartor/saved/H7zZZL

 

Above is the PC in its current state.  I built this for a friend who had a very low budget entirely out of local used parts.  It is obviously not a perfect build, but lately she has been noticing CPU usage bottlenecking her, especially when trying to stream on Discord with for her friends while gaming/voice chatting.

 

I feel like the GTX1060 is fine for what she's using it for, but it seems like maybe the CPU is bottlenecking her a bit.  The problem is this motherboard only appears to support 6/7 series Intel CPUs, so I'm thinking I might have to upgrade both the motherboard and the CPU, which is probably out of her budget, even if I try to go the used route again.

 

Any thoughts/suggestions? To my knowledge, the "bottlenecking" has been apparent since I fresh installed Windows, so I don't THINK it's a software issue, but I suppose it's possible.

 

[mdtaUK]

7 minutes ago, EricSartor said:

I feel like the GTX1060 is fine for what she's using it for, but it seems like maybe the CPU is bottlenecking her a bit.  The problem is this motherboard only appears to support 6/7 series Intel CPUs, so I'm thinking I might have to upgrade both the motherboard and the CPU, which is probably out of her budget, even if I try to go the used route again.

 

I think I would agree, the 1060 works fine for Discord and light 1080p gaming.  Although you have the 1060 with 3GB of RAM, when there was also a version available with 6GB (I currently use one).

The complication with changing out the CPU would be the stuff that goes with it.  You would need a slightly better cooler if you go for a newer/higher end CPU.  It would likely need a new motherboard, which may also mean moving to using DDR4 RAM.  Your motherboard says it supports DDR4 but the RAM you list is DDR3.  Maybe adding an additional 8GB of RAM may be a help also.

Your specs also don't include the Power Supply - depending on the wattage, you would need to make sure it could accommodate the newer components.

[Ryuikko]

I'd probably monitor the cpu usage and see if it hits 100% when doing tasks first.

If so you can probably get something like this

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

 

[Gazereths]

Well only options are the i7 6700 or 7700 (normal or K series though you can't overclock on that motherboard) or an new platform. Both will be relatively expensive, used 6th/7th gen i7's are over priced still, full platform upgrade will require new ram as well. 

[person123456789]

save up for am4

[GeorgeMKane]

1 hour ago, EricSartor said:

Budget (including currency): $300 CAD

Country: Canada

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ericsartor/saved/H7zZZL

 

Above is the PC in its current state.  I built this for a friend who had a very low budget entirely out of local used parts.  It is obviously not a perfect build, but lately she has been noticing CPU usage bottlenecking her, especially when trying to stream on Discord with for her friends while gaming/voice chatting.

 

I feel like the GTX1060 is fine for what she's using it for, but it seems like maybe the CPU is bottlenecking her a bit.  The problem is this motherboard only appears to support 6/7 series Intel CPUs, so I'm thinking I might have to upgrade both the motherboard and the CPU, which is probably out of her budget, even if I try to go the used route again.

 

Any thoughts/suggestions? To my knowledge, the "bottlenecking" has been apparent since I fresh installed Windows, so I don't THINK it's a software issue, but I suppose it's possible.

 

If you can do a little over $300 CAD, then I would recommend this.

 

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