I have an ancient desktop, what parts could/should I reuse

[Bigsmiles]

I have a 10~ year old desktop that we use mostly to watch movies, my girlfriend would like to use it for some light gaming (low setting 1080p is ok), not sure what i could/should reuse other than the case

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD

Country: Paraguay, but can buy the parts from amazon/newegg

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

Other details existing parts: 
Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CML8GX3M2A1600C9)

Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE120BW

Asus Z87 PRO LGA 1150 Motherboard

Intel Core i5-4670K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.4 GHZ 6 MB Cache - BX80646I54670K

 

Gigabyte GTX 760 GDDR5-2GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP OC WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Cards GV-N760OC-2GD REV2.0

 

Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003

Seasonic M12II 620 BRONZE ; SS-620GM  80Plus Power Supply

 

The computer is old enough that it doesnt support windows 11, It ran all the games fine until now, but Baldurs gate 3 was a big nope, even on the lowest settings, thought about maybe just buying a newish graphics card, but not sure whats the better upgrade path

 

[Zomeguy]

You could get by just upgrading the graphics card to meet the min specs requirements for Baulders Gate 3.

 

If you want to upgrade then you can keep the case, the PSU depending on how power hungry parts you get and the storage drives if still working would work though some what limited storage.

[YoungBlade]

Unfortunately, not much is really usable from that apart from bringing forward the SSD and hard drive. Even then, I'd recommend buying a new 1-2TB SSD boot drive if you can fit it in your budget.

 

Here's a potential AMD build, with re-using the storage:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/b9d8MV

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($218.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M Pro RS Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card  ($429.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $977.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-18 15:27 EDT-0400

 

Here's one with a 2TB SSD included, but a downgraded graphics card to fit it in the budget:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DjMf9c

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($218.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M Pro RS Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($359.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $970.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-18 15:29 EDT-0400

 

Here's an Intel option, as well:

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($239.49 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B760M Pro RS Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($359.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $976.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-18 15:31 EDT-0400

[filpo]

1 hour ago, Bigsmiles said:

I have a 10~ year old desktop that we use mostly to watch movies, my girlfriend would like to use it for some light gaming (low setting 1080p is ok), not sure what i could/should reuse other than the case

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD

Country: Paraguay, but can buy the parts from amazon/newegg

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

Other details existing parts: 
Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CML8GX3M2A1600C9)

Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE120BW

Asus Z87 PRO LGA 1150 Motherboard

Intel Core i5-4670K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.4 GHZ 6 MB Cache - BX80646I54670K

 

Gigabyte GTX 760 GDDR5-2GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP OC WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Cards GV-N760OC-2GD REV2.0

 

Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003

Seasonic M12II 620 BRONZE ; SS-620GM  80Plus Power Supply

 

The computer is old enough that it doesnt support windows 11, It ran all the games fine until now, but Baldurs gate 3 was a big nope, even on the lowest settings, thought about maybe just buying a newish graphics card, but not sure whats the better upgrade path

 

Try this edited version of @YoungBlade's build

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($188.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($47.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Red Dragon OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($489.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1049.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-18 16:27 EDT-0400