Worth it to upgrade?

[Clanscorpia]

My grandpa gave me an old HP p6745f and I was wondering if I should upgrade it or if it would not be worth it and I should just get a new PC. Thanks!

[bauer8cs]

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02752442

 

This should tell you everything you need to know to make an informed decision.

[Clanscorpia]

Sooo yay or nay?

[Amazingasian]

My grandpa gave me an old HP p6745f and I was wondering if I should upgrade it or if it would not be worth it and I should just get a new PC. Thanks!

What's your budget and location for an upgrade/new pc?  That will help us.

[zyntaxable]

Only if he needs it. Would be useless for him to spend money on something he does not need

[Clanscorpia]

I'm in Canada and my budget it $800 but using the old PC would save me a lot of money

[bauer8cs]

That site has all the information on the hardware currently in your PC. I don't know your budget or ideal specs. The socket and power supply, as well as the RAM acceptance and GPU acceptance for the motherboard are all listed for you there.

 

Now that I know your budget, it's definitely possible to upgrade this computer, but you'll likely never get past "okay". The socket is older, and if you're going to buy a new motherboard to accomodate a newer socket and faster RAM, you might as well just pick up a new case and PSU while you're at it. $800 CAD can get you a decent rig, you won't be running GTA V on Ultra at 4K, but you will definitely be able to game.

 

I will try to whip something up for you in the next 24 hours or so.

[Clanscorpia]

I already have a plan for under $800 CAD way above my needs with a 950 (Dont want to go lower) and 4460 but if you can make better that would be great

[Tranquill]

If the purpose of that computer is to play games than you will most likely want to consider building something and salvaging the HDD or something.

[HKZeroFive]

I'd try to salvage the HDD to save some money first. Here's my build recommendation:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.22 @ Vuugo) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.95 @ NCIX) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($263.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.88 @ Canada Computers) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.99 @ NCIX) 

Total: $812.99

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-27 22:59 EST-0500

[Clanscorpia]

 

I'd try to salvage the HDD to save some money first. Here's my build recommendation:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.22 @ Vuugo) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.95 @ NCIX) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($263.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.88 @ Canada Computers) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.99 @ NCIX) 

Total: $812.99

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-27 22:59 EST-0500

 

That GPU is way overkill for me, I don't AAA game  so even a 950 is overkill,

I'm just planning on getting it just in case I do start playing them. And this list has tons of parts I dont want. For 800 I'd like my build to look semi nice

[HKZeroFive]

That GPU is way overkill for me, I don't AAA game  so even a 950 is overkill,

I'm just planning on getting it just in case I do start playing them. And this list has tons of parts I dont want. For 800 I'd like my build to look semi nice

 

The price gap between the 950 and 380 is worth the increase in performance. As for your other parts, I don't know what to say. They're all essential parts of a PC to be honest. Are you more focused on aesthetics?

[Clanscorpia]

I just dont want a crappy looking PC.I also hate the look of Trident DDR3 RAM.

[Clanscorpia]

I think I'm going to raise my budget to have the athsetics I want and high quality parts. What can I improve?

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/bRPKf7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/bRPKf7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($248.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($54.22 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card  ($279.75 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($97.00 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $928.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-28 11:37 EST-0500