Upgrading an Ancient

[ZeetoVW]

For quite awhile, I've been running on a relatively old PC. For the majority of it, I salvaged things from other broken down computers. Slowly, I upgraded parts, modernized others, and am in the home stretch of completing my somewhat budgeted project.

 

So, what can you guys recommend? 

At the moment, I need:

-A processor (preferably with a non-stock cooler)

-A motherboard (Something with a large amount of USB 2.0 ports [8 or more] and support for USB 3.0 is pretty much required in my eyes- I have been looking at the Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0

-A graphics card

-Another stick of 4gb memory

-Wireless adapter, running off PCI express (not USB)

-Maybe a power supply, my current is an Antec Basiq Power 550 Plus.

 

My case is an ATX Full Tower, the Crafted Series Phantom by NZXT. 

My budget is around $500 for all of this, but I am willing to spend up to $600 if it means I either get something really good for cheap, or if I have to buy a power supply. 

 

Thanks for your help!

[scaryjam823]

We need to know the size of your case and what motherboard sizes it supports to even begin.

[ZeetoVW]

We need to know the size of your case and what motherboard sizes it supports to even begin.

Sorry, totally meant to put that in there and I forgot. Will edit in a sec.

[TheKDub]

For a wireless adapter I use this: http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-SG1005D-1000Mbps-Gigabit-Capacity/dp/B000N99BBC/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1411251724&sr=1-1&keywords=5+port+switch

 

It is a great adapter and has given me no problems so far.

[rmac52]

You want 8 usb 2 ports?

Your pretty much asking just for a build recommendation without a case or power supply.

Is the 1 4GB stick or ram DDR3?

[ZeetoVW]

You want 8 usb 2 ports?

Your pretty much asking just for a build recommendation without a case or power supply.

Is the 1 4GB stick or ram DDR3?

For the USB, yeah, at least 8. My current board has 8 and I almost always have 6 to 7 things plugged in. It gets complicated when I want to record music and have to plug in even more stuff.

 

The case is on there now, and I couldn't post the power supply because I wasn't at home when I wrote that. I was on a laptop. Now that I'm home, it's a Basiq Power 550 Plus by Antec.

 

And I don't know about the ram, which is why I didn't list it. It depends on which motherboard you recommend. 

 

I'm not really asking for anything specific, as I doubt I will follow any one person's recommendations. I just want some good ideas for that price range.

[NumLock21]

All processors come with a stock cooler, if you're not going to OC the stock cooler is fine. The money saved can used that to put towards something else. Retail CPU has 3 years warranty, OEM only has 1 year. Them only retail CPUs that does not come with a cooler are Intel 2011 cpus.  At $500 to $600 you can basically build yourself a decent new PC. Where are you buying from, any particular site you perfer? Do you need a OS?

What are your currenty specs?

[ZeetoVW]

All processors come with a stock cooler, if you're not going to OC the stock cooler is fine. The money saved can used that to put towards something else. Retail CPU has 3 years warranty, OEM only has 1 year. Them only retail CPUs that does not come with a cooler are Intel 2011 cpus.  At $500 to $600 you can basically build yourself a decent new PC. Where are you buying from, any particular site you perfer? Do you need a OS?

What are your currenty specs?

I don't mind any particular site, as long as shipping is cheap to the U.S.

No OS, I'm good there. I'm basically just upgrading a decent chunk of my computer.

The only things I can really tell spec-wise about what I am upgrading (other than what I have already stated) are what the processor is (Intel Duo) and that I have 4 gigs of unbranded RAM at the moment. My GPU is a cheapo unbranded 9800gtx I salvaged from a friend, and I can't for the life of me remember the number on the motherboard, but it is a Gigabyte.

 

From here, I just want to hear some suggestions on the parts I mentioned, keeping in mind my budget for everything listed.

[NumLock21]

Download CPU-Z, click on mainboard and it should tell you the model of your board, but based on Intel Duo (which doesn't exist on desktops), maybe Core 2 Duo? This runs on socket 775, majority of them runs on DDR2, but there are a few expensive boards that ran on DDR3.

The total parts here uses about 384w, your PSU should be able to handle it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($185.91 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N900PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $537.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-02 23:53 EDT-0400