Upgrade my computer help

[kallenyman]

Hey, my buddy looking to upgrade their computer. He has an old Dell computer 

(Dell vostro 470 Ci7 3.4 8GB/1000 Gt620 W7p)

I'm not sure if it's better to buy a new computer when most are right worthless. He has a budget of around 500 dollar, he plays games that are not so demanding like Lol and CS . If I am right, then the processor is good but it is difficult to find new motherboards to the fitting socket and correct PCIe . Because I assume that the PCI is not compatible with newer graphics cards . Grateful for all the answers

[Altecice]

Your issue with upgrading that build will most likely be the Power Supply in that build being absolute rubbish. It would be better to do a new build.

[Fictionvl]

its a 3rd gen CPU meaning its either a Sandy bridge or an Ivy bridge CPU and I'm leaning towards it being an Ivy bridge

 

look for H77 or Z77 motherboard, reuse the old ram, and buy a better PSU and a new graphics card and a case

[johnny5c]

I've worked on one of those before that had a 3770 on a H77 motherboard with the GT620.  If I remember right it had a 350 watt PSU so if you don't want to do a full build I would spend maybe $250 on a decent 500 watt PSU and something like a r9 380.  The 3770 is still very capable of running modern games and even if the motherboard has a older PCIe 2.0 slot it will still work with newer GPU's.

[kitkatcam]

hey, i would recommend just going for a brand new computer, it should be able to handle LOL and CSGO no problem at mid to high graphic settings

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kdtGyc

Component   Selection Price   CPU

AMD FX-4350 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

$89.99 Buy Motherboard

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard

$55.89 Buy Memory

G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

$35.99 Buy Storage

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

$22.90 Buy Video Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card

$179.99 Buy Case

Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case

$29.99 Buy Power Supply

Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

$19.99 Buy Total: $434.74  

in all it comes out to $504 without mail in rebates 

after rebates its down to $434

 

Hope this helped

[johnny5c]

hey, i would recommend just going for a brand new computer, it should be able to handle LOL and CSGO no problem at mid to high graphic settings

The i7 in that Dell runs circles around a FX-4350 so it would be better to reuse the CPU, RAM, and maybe even the motherboard in a new build.  The motherboard may not be the best but good socket 1155 boards are hard to find for a reasonable price.