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Is this 'old girl' worth upgrading?

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Hi Guys,

 

Long time listener (YouTube), first time caller...

 

I built this PC quite a few years now at the time it was fairly decent but i'm out of touch since then i have been mainly using a Macbook and the PC got forgotten. Till now... My business is growing and i need a office/home/very light once in a blue moon gaming PC. My budget is low so i would like to use as much as i can from my old rig.

 

Things i want...

 

Dual 4k displays (i have already ordered one display and will order the next one when i upgrade)

I would possibly up that to 3 displays and a 4k wall mounted TV in the future but not at this time.

Able to multitask typical work flow would be... Streaming audio / displaying YouTube/Live TV etc, Displaying live weather feeds, Displaying news and stock feeds, chrome with loads of tabs, email, large PDF drawings, large excel sheets, google apps and some CAD.

 

The spec of the 'old girl' as follows...

 

Windows 7 Ultimate

AMD FX 4350 Quad core at 4.2GHz

ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3

2x 4GB DDR3-1600

AMD Radeon R9 270 (2gb mem)

Crucial 256gb M500 SSD1

Coolermaster case (small/medium size)

EVGA 500w PSU

 

Till i started writing this i couldn't remember the spec, so it looks like a new graphics card, two more 4gb rams and maybe a new PSU?

Budget is around £300

 

Thanks in advance 

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Which gpu is that? The r9 290?

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If the gpu is a r9 290(x) you could just upgrade to a i5 4690k and a new motherboard.

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Which gpu is that? The r9 290?

 

tbh i have no idea, i just went on the AMD settings... All it says is R9 200 series... Memory is 2gb not 4 GDDR5 @1400Mhz

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CPU and Mobo needs to be upgraded..

something like an i5 and a z97 mobo

PC SPECS :

cpu: intel i3-6100 @ 3.70 Ghz (stock) gpu: Sapphire Nitro OC R9 380 4GB motherboard: Gigabyte H110M-DS2-CF

Case: NZXT S340 (glossy black) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 @ 2133 Mhz Storage: WD 1TB hard drive PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W

 

(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)  o baby yis....

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Update,

 

I have upgraded slightly... 

 

Added 8gb of ram and replaced the stock cooler with a coolermaster liquid cooler and switched to windows 10.

I am overclocking the gfx card as much as i can with the gigabyte oc tool and have the CPU @ 4.9Mhz 1.45v solid as a rock. 

 

Running two 4k displays no problems. Not really tried any games apart from CS 1.6

 

To conclude, there is definitely a bit of life in the old girl yet :)

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