What should I upgrade?

[BloodyWaters]

My build:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2320

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

RAM: Balistics 8x1 DDR3 1600

MOBO: Generic Dell Motherboard

STORAGE: Hitachi 300 GB hard drive

CASE: Dell XPS 8300 case

 

This is my gaming build. I bought a Dell XPS 8300 off of eBay and upgraded it quite a bit. I have about $125 dollars to spend right now, and I was wondering if I should upgrade or add something. The obvious choice would be the hard drive, but in the time I've had this PC, it's only been around half-full. I'd like to upgrade something that would directly affect performance of this system. Any ideas? An SSD? A CPU upgrade?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

8 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

My build:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2320

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

RAM: Balistics 8x1 DDR3 1600

MOBO: Generic Dell Motherboard

STORAGE: Hitachi 300 GB hard drive

CASE: Dell XPS 8300 case

 

This is my gaming build. I bought a Dell XPS 8300 off of eBay and upgraded it quite a bit. I have about $125 dollars to spend right now, and I was wondering if I should upgrade or add something. The obvious choice would be the hard drive, but in the time I've had this PC, it's only been around half-full. I'd like to upgrade something that would directly affect performance of this system. Any ideas? An SSD? A CPU upgrade?

CPU,GPU etc are still way out of your price range, so I wouldn't bother with those.

 

However, spend some money on an SSD, where you'll be bound to notice the difference. An SSD can go for anywhere between ~$40 USD (120GB) or higher, so choose a capacity at your discretion. A 120GB would be a minimum though, if you're looking for SSD size.

[WashMachine]

Hmm. I would go for SSD. It won't increase your FPS but it will make your PC boot faster and feel more responsive. 

If you get SSD 120 for about $50 you will have some money to add another mechanical drive for more storage. Or you can just get 250gig ssd for about $100

[Bananasplit_00]

i would drop in a new CPU, an I7 2600 probably

[Droidbot]

i7 2600 hovers around $110

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

15 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

i5

change this

15 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

GTX 1050 Ti

this is ok

16 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

8x1 DDR3 1600

this may put a ceiling on your cpu upgrade

16 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

Generic Dell Motherboard

do you have a blow up girlfriend doll? get rid of this shit get a better life man

17 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

Hitachi 300 GB

Hitachi had some pretty good shit back in the day but you might find a 240GB samsung SSD is quite affordable

18 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

Dell XPS 8300 case

cases are cheap. wear this one like a cheap hooker. when its dead dont let anyone see you dropping it into the garbage.

 

 

 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

2 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

i7 2600 hovers around $110

ex-lease hovers around NZD$100 for a whole computer. solid advice here ^

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

ex-lease hovers around NZD$100 for a whole computer. solid advice here ^

where? lmfao over here it's like triple that

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

Just now, Droidbot said:

where? lmfao over here it's like triple that

im not talking shit I saw pbtech.co.nz last year sell i7-2600 for $100NZD. they are sold out now so they must have got a good deal at auction. I use to go to the auctions for business liquidations. During the '08 GFC I got some good scores. NZ gov gives students $1000 to spend on text books but i spent it on-selling computer hardware and that kept me out of job interviews for about two years. If youre paying $300AUD for a i7-2600 I should start exporting ex-lease to you. Ill hook you up $200 a piece and you can mark it up to $300. fukn mean.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, SCHISCHKA said:

im not talking shit I saw pbtech.co.nz last year sell i7-2600 for $100NZD. they are sold out now so they must have got a good deal at auction. I use to go to the auctions for business liquidations. During the '08 GFC I got some good scores. NZ gov gives students $1000 to spend on text books but i spent it on-selling computer hardware and that kept me out of job interviews for about two years. If youre paying $300AUD for a i7-2600 I should start exporting ex-lease to you. Ill hook you up $200 a piece and you can mark it up to $300. fukn mean.

CPUs themselves are like $130 AUD

Systems with 2600/8G/500HDD are like $300-350 area

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

10 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

CPUs themselves are like $130 AUD

Systems with 2600/8G/500HDD are like $300-350 area

like i said pbtech must have got a good deal at auction

[ArduinoBen]

If you could spend more, I'd go for a better, more modern GPU, but at your price point, I'd upgrade the Hard Drive for a hard drive.  It should be getting old now, and hence is probably not very large and slow.