updating my Old pc

[Conaris]

so i build a part list as much as i could i plan to re-purpose this 10 year Old PC. or should i just keep as is until my new PC is built.

current build

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nqpnJV

upgrade budget $300USD

 new PC in build  under Construction

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Conaris/saved/HPvcf7

 

so was thinking a 1050 and a cheap SSD

[crzyces]

4 minutes ago, Conaris said:

so i build a part list as much as i could i plan to re-purpose this 10 year Old PC. or should i just keep as is until my new PC is built.

current build

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nqpnJV

upgrade budget $300USD

 new PC in build  under Construction

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Conaris/saved/HPvcf7

What's the question here? Should you upgrade your current PC with the parts you are accumulating for your new build, until you have everything for your new build in? That's pretty much up to you. i might throw the gpu in, and RAM if it is supported (I didn't look at the list), but I'd only do minor tweaks, I wouldn't build everything one at a time inside my old case unless I was re-purposing the case too.

[Conaris]

just going to update graphic's and maybe SSD but i don't know how much the old PCIE will effect the 10's graphics cards on the old stock MOBO also looking into a new ATX case that's more slim than the Antec i use now putting old PC in my living room as a Media/light gaming

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

8 minutes ago, Conaris said:

just going to update graphic's and maybe SSD but i don't know how much the old PCIE will effect the 10's graphics cards on the old stock MOBO also looking into a new ATX case that's more slim than the Antec i use now putting old PC in my living room as a Media/light gaming

 

the older generation pci-e lanes won't do anything to bottleneck the graphics card, don't worry about it. if you can spend $40 more i'd get a zotac gtx 1070 mini from amazon, or get a gtx 980ti from evga b-stock for $260.

[Snooli]

$260 R9 Fury! Seriously, nothing's beating that value. However, those Sapphire cards are aparently not in stock anymore. So just drop in an 570 or 470 (whichever's cheaper) and use the rest on an SSD.

[Conaris]

are those AMD cards better than a 1050  or 1060?

[Conaris]

here is an update

i ended going with a 1050 TI was on sell and fit well into my budget

upgraded to a 480GB Sandisk ultra SSD also on sell.

but when i went to do the installs and clean out my old antec 900 case i found that few of the fans were not working. so i decided  i save money on my budget to upgrade my cast CPU cooler and fans. so upgraded to a S340 and a cooler-master CPU air-cooler  once the refresh is done i'll post the new look vs the old look  pictures for you all. after all said an done was able to full refresh my PC for about $350 Also had to add a USB 3.0 header card for the PC case. 8)

[Conaris]

So I finally finished my updates I upgraded from a antec 900 PC case With stock Intel cooler.  To a s 340 NZXT  and a much better cooler I had to upgrade my case because  when I looked into it all my antec proprietary fans was going out.  And lack of dust filters