Reviving old pc

[D-rky]

Hello everyone. 

 

I am considering reviving my old gaming pc. I have a newer one right now (store bought), but want to build my own in the future. Reviving this old PC wil be my first experiment with building PC's.

 

Current parts:

-p55-usb3 motherboard

-I3 550 3.2ghz

-4mb of ddr3 ram

-sz 400 dr power supply 

-some old 500gb hdd

The PC works right now, but its extremely slow. 

 

No idea what is the name of the current graphics card in it atm, but I have an old gtx760 that I will put in it. 

 

My goal is to run csgo at 60 pfs with at least medium settings in 1080p. 

 

I think i need:

-a new HDD (or ssd?)

-a new processor 

-a wifi connector

 

But I am totaly inexperienced. All I know is from watching some LTT video's. What parts would I need to upgrade? What parts do you guys advice?

The pc is currently running windows 7, but I lost the disk for it many years ago. Can I move the windows to a new hdd or would i need to buy a new key (i believe windows 7 keys go for 30 euros?) 

 

I have about 100 euro's to spend on this project and live in the Netherlands.

 

Thanks for any advice! 

 

 

 

[agent_x007]

8GB of RAM is a priority.
Then get a Core i5 750/760 or i7 860/870 (depending on $$).
After that, you can think about HDD/SSD.

[D-rky]

1 minute ago, agent_x007 said:

8GB of RAM is a priority.
Then get a Core i5 750/760 or i7 860/870 (depending on $$).
After that, you can think about HDD/SSD.

does csgo realy need 8gb of ram? 

 

i5 750 is already at least 60 euros. 

[Tenadisic]

get a new GPU maybe 1050 ti or rx 460

 

[D-rky]

Just now, Tenadisic said:

get a new GPU maybe 1050 ti or rx 460

 

I know a 760 will run csgo, im thinking my i3 will be a bigger problem... 

[agent_x007]

If you want to do anything other than CS:GO, 8GB of RAM will be useful.
But, if you want to safe few $, go for CPU instead and see how good it will do on 4GB.

[Drake10114]

28 minutes ago, D-rky said:

Hello everyone. 

 

I am considering reviving my old gaming pc. I have a newer one right now (store bought), but want to build my own in the future. Reviving this old PC wil be my first experiment with building PC's.

 

Current parts:

-p55-usb3 motherboard

-I3 550 3.2ghz

-4mb of ddr3 ram

-sz 400 dr power supply 

-some old 500gb hdd

The PC works right now, but its extremely slow. 

 

No idea what is the name of the current graphics card in it atm, but I have an old gtx760 that I will put in it. 

 

My goal is to run csgo at 60 pfs with at least medium settings in 1080p. 

 

I think i need:

-a new HDD (or ssd?)

-a new processor 

-a wifi connector

 

But I am totaly inexperienced. All I know is from watching some LTT video's. What parts would I need to upgrade? What parts do you guys advice?

The pc is currently running windows 7, but I lost the disk for it many years ago. Can I move the windows to a new hdd or would i need to buy a new key (i believe windows 7 keys go for 30 euros?) 

 

I have about 100 euro's to spend on this project and live in the Netherlands.

 

Thanks for any advice! 

 

 

 

Depending on how old your psu, it might be safer to upgrade that, but then again, if you hardly used it, it should be fine. (More due to how PSU's degrade overtime).

SSD would definitely be worthwhile, would speed it up 

You could upgrade your mobo at the same time as your cpu and get something more current (4-6th gen i5 or a skylake pentium).

If you shop around for mobo's, you can find some w/ built in wifi, I think Asus ROG Strix comes with wifi (at least on the Z270)

Depending on power usage, 400w may be too little or approaching the upper limits of your PSU.