A really due upgrade...

[NotAcid]

Hi!
Let me start off with a disclaimer:
I know that this PC is old but it does what it needs to, sort of, almost...

The things that i would like to keep is the Motherboard and the CPU...

Here are the specs:

Motherboard:

Motherboard Model: ASUS P5N-D (chipset: nVidia nForce 750i SLI (C72P) + MCP51)

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (2.8 GHz)

GPU: Gainward GeForce GTX 550 Ti (1Gb GDDR5 192-bit) [needs a change]

RAM: AENEON 2x2GB and 2x1GB total of 6 Gigs [needs change]

Storage: don't matter, im having 2 hdd's and getting an ssd

 

I know, the PC is out dated, reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly out dated... I hope that there are some people around who can give me some advice what to get..

 

[MVPernula]

What will you use it for?

[NotAcid]

Just now, MVPernula said:

What will you use it for?

i sort of want to make it streaming ready

like the games i play already run okay-ish

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, NotAcid said:

i sort of want to make it streaming ready

like the games i play already run okay-ish

You'll be fine playing at 720p high,  as for 1080p medium. What is your budget? you could get an AMD R9 380. 

[Moonzy]

10 minutes ago, NotAcid said:

i sort of want to make it streaming ready

like the games i play already run okay-ish

well if you wanna stream and not tax your cpu, use nvidia's shadowplay

750Ti, 950 or 960 are all decent options for their price

 

edit: also, nvidia cards are better suited for your rig since the cpu overhead isnt as high as amd cards
and you also get shadowplay as a plus, so i dont see why not lol

[MVPernula]

Just now, NotAcid said:

i sort of want to make it streaming ready

like the games i play already run okay-ish

So basically you SHOULD upgrade everything.. Streaming softwares (like OBS and XSplit) usually goes in CPU usage, I don't know about yours but it just might do as long as you don't play CPU heavy games. I would mainly suggest upgrading your RAM and GPU (and with upgrading your GPU make sure your PSU has enough cream to run it).

Budget? ^^

[NotAcid]

1 hour ago, MVPernula said:

So basically you SHOULD upgrade everything.. Streaming softwares (like OBS and XSplit) usually goes in CPU usage, I don't know about yours but it just might do as long as you don't play CPU heavy games. I would mainly suggest upgrading your RAM and GPU (and with upgrading your GPU make sure your PSU has enough cream to run it).

Budget? ^^

TBF i dont have a budget since its an old platform (ddr2 and socket 775) and the motherboard supports up to 8 gigs of ram.

So i'd go with something that you guys suggest and accumulate the money for it over the weeks and then do the upgrade cause ye, life bills rent etc...

 

edit: i checked the price for the 750ti its hovering around £100 so i guess its pretty reasonable and i cant argue.