Upgrading a crap pc :P need help

[pcbuilder2015]

I have a crappy old pc, it was working really good till the end of last year, now i guess its life is getting over. Its like 10-12 years old. I would like to know if i could upgrae this (i highly doubt i can cuz of the specs ). most probably i need to change all of the parts. so what do u guyz think i should do?

 

Current Specs:

CPU: Pentium 4 640 3.2GHz,single core, 2mb cache (has hyper-threading, really old, 90nm architecture, socket 775)

RAM: 2GB ddr2 (i dont know the speed though, i think its around 266-533 mhz

Storage: western digital caviar black 500gb (im gonna keep this, dont need recommendations for hdd)

PSU: Came with the pc, sketchy of course, low watts around 200 i think

Motherboard: Intel mobo, came with pc

Video card: none

Cooler: Stock 

Case: Came with pc,has really bad airflow, need a new one of course

 

My budget is 300-400$. I wanna build a gaming pc that can play at 768p/720p in medium to high settings. Games like gta v, bf hardline, etc.

[Wirbelfeld]

I recommend getting a video card first and adding some ram.

With such an old pc you should just get a new one and start fresh. I am not familiar with such old parts and I am not sure of compatability issues or bottlenecking that may occur.

[Demons Wrath]

@pcbuilder2015 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: Asus B85M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($132.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $375.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-21 13:03 EDT-0400

 

This can do 720p gaming easily I should think, and can do 1080 in less demanding titles.

[fracking4oil]

There is no point in upgrading a PC that old. Even the power supply will be incompatible with current hardware.

[TJStamp]

 

Motherboard: Asus B85M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

 

 

 

A really solid parts list by the looks of it though you would have to replace the HDD as the motherboard, and about 99% of all modern motherboards has no support for IDE/PATA drives.

[Demons Wrath]

A really solid parts list by the looks of it though you would have to replace the HDD as the motherboard, and about 99% of all modern motherboards has no support for IDE/PATA drives.

 

There are adapters one can use I believe. Even so if I was him I'd just get a new HDD too, they'll be faster.

[CharlieR1]

A really solid parts list by the looks of it though you would have to replace the HDD as the motherboard, and about 99% of all modern motherboards has no support for IDE/PATA drives.

Just curious, where is an IDE/PATA drive mentioned?