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PC Upgrades for Budget Gaming

Tamaki49
By Tamaki49
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Hi guys, I want to ask if this Upgrade is good for budget gaming 
well there's no high expectations here, just hoping that I could play recent games in low/med and old ones in high

Processor : Intel i3 2100 Sandy Bridge
MOBO : ECS H61H2M12                             -->  Asus H61MA-USB 3 intel Socket 1155

HDD : WD 300GB ( I forgot which one )      ++ Seagate SATA III 1TB 7200RPM 
VGA : Nvidia GT220                                    --> MSI R7 260x 2GB DDR5

PSU : (250w I forgot which brand)               --> Cooler Master GX 450W 80 Plus

RAM : Apogee DDR3 4GBx2 

 

I only have around 400$ budget (Rp 5.000.000) for upgrading and since I'm from indonesia, parts are a bit expensive here

Tell me if you need more information about my PC, and thanks in advance for helping me :3

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If your current motherboard has a PCIe-2.0 slot, then I would suggest you keep it. Get a better PSU and upgrade the GPU to a 750Ti or R7-260X or 265.

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I'd say stick to your mobo and get a better gpu. 

I agree with this. Is there a particular reason you want a new mobo? If I were you I'd skip the mobo and pick up a R7 270x or a GTX760 with the extra cash.

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I agree with this. Is there a particular reason you want a new mobo? If I were you I'd skip the mobo and pick up a R7 270x or a GTX760 with the extra cash

Mainly USB3 ports .__.

Okay without mobo upgrades I can manage to get these with my current budget 

MSI GTX 760 -Twin Frozr

Seagate 1TB Sata III

Cooler Master G500 80+ Bronze

Bafo PCI Express to 3.0 4 port

Is it good enough now ? thanks guys for your advices :3

 

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