What can I do?

[bobdabiulder]

Hi!  About 13 months ago, I bought an $800 Asus computer.  It looked great, but I hadn't learned much about PCs by then.  Now, I know that my friend, who spent the same amount, got a better deal.  He got his from I Buy Power.  I should have built mine myself, tbh, but too late now   Anyway, my computer works pretty well for general stuff, and the 2 TB HDD is great.  However, being an OEM machine, they always cut it close with the PSUs.  Mine is 300w, and barely has enough power for the cheap and weak R7 240 GPU.  I can't run GTA V or many other games on high settings without experiencing stuttering.  CS:GO is not that good on it either.  GTA V can't even have MSAA x2.   What can I do with this situation?  Specs: 2TB HDD, AMD FX 8310, 8GB dual channel RAM, AMD Radeon r7 240.

 

 

[App4that]

Sell the prebuilt computer or repurpose it by giving it to someone else in your family. Not worth trying to upgrade a prebuilt. You'll spend more money in the end than just building from scratch. 

[bobdabiulder]

Thanks man, I'd keep the HDD tho b/c it's so nice and I don't want to transfer it

[App4that]

6 minutes ago, bobdabiulder said:

Thanks man, I'd keep the HDD tho b/c it's so nice and I don't want to transfer it

A SSD boot drive is one of the best bang for the buck upgrades out there. Keep it for mass storage but keep a SSD in mind. My PC boots faster than my monitor  

[Dmitry]

You can easily buy a better PSU, Graphics card and computer case on ebay and transfer your MOBO/CPU/RAM to a new case. depends on what kind of deal you can get.

 

[bobdabiulder]

1 hour ago, App4that said:

A SSD boot drive is one of the best bang for the buck upgrades out there. Keep it for mass storage but keep a SSD in mind. My PC boots faster than my monitor  

Daaannggg, how much space is one your boot drive?  Cuz a 65 GB game might not be at home on a boot drive...  GTA would stay on the 2tb hdd regardless.

[App4that]

15 minutes ago, bobdabiulder said:

Daaannggg, how much space is one your boot drive?  Cuz a 65 GB game might not be at home on a boot drive...  GTA would stay on the 2tb hdd regardless.

I have a 500g boot, 1T storage, and 120g Fallout drive. Cuz mods