Would like help upgrading old PC

[MOK8]

I've owned an emachines el1850-01e desktop for a few years (It was a birthday present). 

 

During highschool I began working with Photoshop and playing a few simple PC games, and it became evident that my desktop was not good enough to catch up. 

 

I soon got a laptop that ran much faster, but now that's beginning to fill up with a large number of programs that I use for art (Photoshop, After Effects, Blender, and other tools). 

 

I would like to bring my desktop back to life to make it my main work/gaming computer, but I know almost nothing about computers.

 

I just need assistance picking out parts that I could replace in the PC. I want to use the upgraded PC for Painting, video editing, and games (don't need super high quality graphics, just stable and reliable).

 

Budget: ≈<$700

[Delicieuxz]

You current PC sounds well dated, and you'll likely want to build a new one from scratch. Upgrading that PC isn't going to bring you to modern standards.

 

You current power supply might also not have support for certain modern connection standards, and may need replacing. If you can take a photo of it, we can verify what its usefulness is.

 

You're likely looking at getting a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and case. Depending on what graphics card you have in there, you might be able to continue using it, though it will be a major bottleneck on your PCs gaming capabilities - but if you keep using it, you can upgrade the rest of your PC right away, while you save up some money for a decent graphics card.

 

Is your budget USD or CND? You should be able to build a pretty decent computer base for your budget, if it's USD.

[jnvqc]

With that budget buy a new one, there's almost nothing worth upgrading. Maybe sell it for parts keep the hard drive. You can make a file server or some other interesting project.

[dragoon20005]

with you current budget

 

you will be better off with a brand new PC

 

even thou the old PC is LGA775 and based on the G41 chipset

 

upgrading to Q6600 may be possible but program you use will still be limited to the old hardeware

[MOK8]

47 minutes ago, Delicieuxz said:

Is your budget USD or CND?

It is USD and I think I will just buy a newer desktop

[MOK8]

50 minutes ago, jnvqc said:

You can make a file server or some other interesting project.

That's something I hadn't thought about thank you