Upgrading my Prebuilt

[Waluzz]

Budget (including currency): 300 usd or less preferably

Country: USA 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Homeschool student who plays forza horizon, forza motorsport, eafc 24, hunter cotw. Also do some light video editing

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): i run a 24 in lg monitor at 75fps, and here is my rig: https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Legion-T5-Desktop-Computer/dp/B09Y7XC3YD I've had it for a year, took it apart put it back together, used a 1060 ASUS phoenix in it to test for another build. I don't have access to mommy/daddy's money so I'm at a tight budget since I mow lawns for car insurance and to fuel my hobbies and pay for my own clothes and other stuff, so I can't afford bleeding edge tech, I bought it 2 years ago unknowing that prebuilt pc's are more expensive than one's you build yourself. I've started to notice that it struggles with playing games like forza motorsport(takes a bit to render things in like the track the stands and the prerace takes forever to render in opponents cars sometimes. I don't mind playing at 60-75 fps as long as it's smooth. warrantee is important to me and i prefer to but from amazon for the shipping and the support if I need to return something. I'd like to take advantage of the deals black weekend and cyber monday deals.  

 

[PcBeExpensive]

5 minutes ago, Waluzz said:

Budget (including currency): 300 usd or less preferably

Country: USA 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Homeschool student who plays forza horizon, forza motorsport, eafc 24, hunter cotw. Also do some light video editing

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): i run a 24 in lg monitor at 75fps, and here is my rig: https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Legion-T5-Desktop-Computer/dp/B09Y7XC3YD I've had it for a year, took it apart put it back together, used a 1060 ASUS phoenix in it to test for another build. I don't have access to mommy/daddy's money so I'm at a tight budget since I mow lawns for car insurance and to fuel my hobbies and pay for my own clothes and other stuff, so I can't afford bleeding edge tech, I bought it 2 years ago unknowing that prebuilt pc's are more expensive than one's you build yourself. I've started to notice that it struggles with playing games like forza motorsport(takes a bit to render things in like the track the stands and the prerace takes forever to render in opponents cars sometimes. I don't mind playing at 60-75 fps as long as it's smooth. warrantee is important to me and i prefer to but from amazon for the shipping and the support if I need to return something. I'd like to take advantage of the deals black weekend and cyber monday deals.  

 

https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Speedster-SWFT309-Graphics-RX-67XTYJFDV/dp/B08YKCC8XD/ref=sr_1_2?crid=G3GIJRAFNMOD&keywords=6700+XT&qid=1700785524&sprefix=6700+xt%2Caps%2C677&sr=8-2

you could get a 6700 XT, I think that is the best option since the CPU isn't terrible. That's also a $400 card but it is $100 off.

[Waluzz]

5 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Speedster-SWFT309-Graphics-RX-67XTYJFDV/dp/B08YKCC8XD/ref=sr_1_2?crid=G3GIJRAFNMOD&keywords=6700+XT&qid=1700785524&sprefix=6700+xt%2Caps%2C677&sr=8-2

you could get a 6700 XT, I think that is the best option since the CPU isn't terrible. That's also a $400 card but it is $100 off.

do you think my psu can handle it, i didn't remove it to check, but i think they give you some extra headroom but i'm not sure

[PcBeExpensive]

On 11/24/2023 at 11:32 AM, Waluzz said:

do you think my psu can handle it, i didn't remove it to check, but i think they give you some extra headroom but i'm not sure

your right. any chance you could check what wattage it is? If you don't want to you could swap the 6700 XT with a 6600 XT.

[Waluzz]

On 11/26/2023 at 5:05 PM, PcBeExpensive said:

your right. any chance you could check what wattage it is? If you don't want to you could swap the 6700 XT with a 6600 XT.

400w

[PcBeExpensive]

2 hours ago, Waluzz said:

400w

oh that's a bit low, I would swap out the PSU to a 650w and then grab a 6600 XT.

[Waluzz]

29 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

oh that's a bit low, I would swap out the PSU to a 650w and then grab a 6600 XT.

I just went on a trip and I'm low on cash rn, but thanks for the advice, in the future I'll look into a new PSU and GPU combo. other than upgrading the gpu there isn't much I can  do to improve performance right? I also have a 1060 3g and i5-6500 I'd like to put together in a rig my for my little sister, is there a way i could do that under $150 I have been burned before on ebay so unless the part cost a negligible amount I'd like to buy on amazon 

[PcBeExpensive]

2 hours ago, Waluzz said:

I just went on a trip and I'm low on cash rn, but thanks for the advice, in the future I'll look into a new PSU and GPU combo. other than upgrading the gpu there isn't much I can  do to improve performance right? I also have a 1060 3g and i5-6500 I'd like to put together in a rig my for my little sister, is there a way i could do that under $150 I have been burned before on ebay so unless the part cost a negligible amount I'd like to buy on amazon 

WDYM by burned on ebay? They have refunds if the item doesn't work. TBH for your case I would save to about $400 or $450 then add in a new PSU then buy the 6600 XT. For your sister I would grab a Motherboard+ram+storage+PSU of ebay or marketplace. Ram you can get from eBay or marketplace since ram is hard to break. I wouldn't usually advice getting used storage but you cant find all of that for under $150 with a new storage device.

[Waluzz]

On 11/27/2023 at 10:30 PM, PcBeExpensive said:

WDYM by burned on ebay? They have refunds if the item doesn't work. TBH for your case I would save to about $400 or $450 then add in a new PSU then buy the 6600 XT. For your sister I would grab a Motherboard+ram+storage+PSU of ebay or marketplace. Ram you can get from eBay or marketplace since ram is hard to break. I wouldn't usually advice getting used storage but you cant find all of that for under $150 with a new storage device.

Correction "my parents were burned by eBay" this has been many years ago so if I can find the parts cheap enough I'll try it. For myself I'll just keep saving, but since I'm taking care of my own car insurance it'll be a slow accumulation. So by then i will be able to afford a bigger upgrade for less. Thanks for all your advice, I really appreciate it 

[PcBeExpensive]

6 hours ago, Waluzz said:

Correction "my parents were burned by eBay" this has been many years ago so if I can find the parts cheap enough I'll try it. For myself I'll just keep saving, but since I'm taking care of my own car insurance it'll be a slow accumulation. So by then i will be able to afford a bigger upgrade for less. Thanks for all your advice, I really appreciate it 

Yeah keep on saving! It might be slow but better than never. If you want you could go around your neighbourhood (if you an adult this might be harder) and offer to do stuff like washing cars/mowing the lawn etc.

[Waluzz]

On 11/30/2023 at 7:53 PM, PcBeExpensive said:

Yeah keep on saving! It might be slow but better than never. If you want you could go around your neighbourhood (if you an adult this might be harder) and offer to do stuff like washing cars/mowing the lawn etc.

Thanks for the advice, I got a power color rx6600xt red devil for $120 on marketplace and it's been running well, also I have bought some other stuff on eBay and it works well. 

[PcBeExpensive]

On 7/28/2024 at 5:29 AM, Waluzz said:

Thanks for the advice, I got a power color rx6600xt red devil for $120 on marketplace and it's been running well, also I have bought some other stuff on eBay and it works well. 

That's great, the Red Devil cards are amazing. I personally have a 6700 XT Red Devil and haven't ever ran into any issues (except driver issues). I also bought that of FB. Have a great day/night.