Noob upgrading his useless PC needs help....

[marco-polo63]

Hello everyone, this is my first post on these forums so be gentle please

 

My current pc is as follows:

CPU: Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz (stock cooler)

Mobo: ASRock G31M-GS

RAM: 4GB DDR2

GPU: GeForce 210 1GB (awful i know....)

SSD: 120GB

HDD: 1TB

 

I have a few questions if I may,

 

A ) What upgrades could you buy with £50 (approx. US$80)?

 

or

 

B ) Would you save up to buy these to upgrade:

APU: A8 6600K Black Edition (£55/$86)

Cooler: CM Seidon 120V (£37/$58)

Mobo: Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2 (£33/$52)

(I have 4GB of DDR3 RAM lying about)

All for £130 ($205) and 

 

or

 

C ) Would you buy a used R7 250 1GB for £40 ($63) and then save some of the stuff in question B?

 

 

Thanks for any replies and i'm sorry if i'm being a noob but i really dont know what i'm doing... there are too many options to pick from....

 

Also i'm looking to be able to play games like SimCity and Minecraft, not exactly the most demanding games, but my pc still struggles with those....

[Guest]

No real point investing in a dead end build.

 

I HIGHLY recommend starting fresh (Option 2) 

 

@marco-polo63

[ZetZet]

A) Nothing that I would recommend, maybe 4 more gb of ram or a used gpu.

B ) No that's awful barely any gain

C) Look for a used gpu. But r7 250 is okay too.

 

No real point investing in a dead end build.

 

I HIGHLY recommend starting fresh (Option 2)  

 

@marco-polo63

it's barely faster  :mellow:

[Ketcchup]

You won't notice a big difference, overclocked Q6600 still rocks.

 

I'd get 4GB extra (or full 8GB if there's no more avaiable RAM slots), a decent CPU cooler for overclock that Q6600 and buy a GTX 750ti and save up for a true upgrade.

[ApolloX75]

Save your money for an i5 4460 and a B85 motherboard. You'll love the difference and it's far more worth it.

[Guest]

 

A) Nothing that I would recommend, maybe 4 more gb of ram or a used gpu.

B ) No that's awful barely any gain

C) Look for a used gpu. But r7 250 is okay too.

 

it's barely faster  :mellow:

 

But its not a dead chipset.

 

Although OP, id recommend the Pentium G and cheap GPU over A6.

[ZetZet]

But its not a dead chipset.

you aren't serious? fm2+ is about as dead as you can get.

[Clyne]

A.

Honestly just save up for something like a 750 TI or a used 7870. Those are probably the best performance upgrades that you can get.......other wise upgrade ram to 8GB and save. 

a Q6600 and R9 270X is still a good combo for gaming. 

[Guest]

you aren't serious? fm2+ is about as dead as you can get.

Nope there are meant to be new chips soon.

 

Although ive lost hope it was a thing!

[Lord_Karango17]

a used gpu is probs the best option (like 750ti, or 270x if you want more juice)... if you do option b, you might as well start all over

[ZetZet]

Nope there are meant to be new chips soon.

 

Although ive lost hope it was a thing!

new chips means more clockspeed updates... basically until they don't have new chipset with ddr4 you won't notice any real gains... Atleast it's not worth expecting it.

[Hero7750]

Start fresh or go the Intel route (or both)

[Nena Trinity]

If your goal is gaming get a i5+380! (save more money)

 

If anything else and stuff then FX+Whatever ya need of GPU.