Value PC upgrade

[Desomoan]

Hi, I am going to upgrade my system that I built a little over a year ago. I was hoping to spend no more than 500$ and if possible, I would like to spend closer to 200$. 

Current Hardware:

CPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N841D7793

GPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130822&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=11552995&PID=1796839&SID=wtbs_590a938810c52b0c1c154b09

MB: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157517

RAM: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820012057

Storage: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD2KK2061

Case: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156330

Monitors: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824025094   (2x)

 

I mostly use this system for gaming (battlefield, ARMA, Dark Souls 3) and I have recently gotten into video editing (nothing that big.....yet). My best Idea as of right now is to get an optane cache system going by buying this MB: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138441&cm_re=optane-_-13-138-441-_-Product, wich comes with an SSD wich will help a lot, and my friend is selling his old I5 2500 for 50$, and I could buy either of the optane drives to go into the M.2 slot. Do any of you guys have any other suggestions that I could look into perhaps something that will directly upgrade my Graphics processing? 

[Flavlus]

13 minutes ago, Desomoan said:

Hi, I am going to upgrade my system that I built a little over a year ago. I was hoping to spend no more than 500$ and if possible, I would like to spend closer to 200$. 

Current Hardware:

CPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N841D7793

GPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130822&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=11552995&PID=1796839&SID=wtbs_590a938810c52b0c1c154b09

MB: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157517

RAM: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820012057

Storage: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD2KK2061

Case: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156330

Monitors: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824025094   (2x)

 

I mostly use this system for gaming (battlefield, ARMA, Dark Souls 3) and I have recently gotten into video editing (nothing that big.....yet). My best Idea as of right now is to get an optane cache system going by buying this MB: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138441&cm_re=optane-_-13-138-441-_-Product, wich comes with an SSD wich will help a lot, and my friend is selling his old I5 2500 for 50$, and I could buy either of the optane drives to go into the M.2 slot. Do any of you guys have any other suggestions that I could look into perhaps something that will directly upgrade my Graphics processing? 

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Buy the 2500 id you have a mobo that supports it. otherwise how much do you think you would get if you sell the system? I think at this point start from scratch

 

[Desomoan]

My current mobo has and FM2 slot not an LGA though, how would it support the I5?

 

[Ordinarily_Greater]

So will you change motherboard? By that maybe you want Z97 platform

[Flavlus]

7 minutes ago, Desomoan said:

My current mobo has and FM2 slot not an LGA though, how would it support the I5?

 

 

Well i was asking if you have one.. From somehere else. used mobo are expensive. i think this is a better option:
sell all the old hardware excluding HDD, then buy something like this ,

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qDfHjc

 

im sure you can get at least 100 of the old hardware. 

[Desomoan]

4 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

So will you change motherboard? By that maybe you want Z97 platform

I could change my MB but why?

[Desomoan]

3 minutes ago, Flavlus said:

Well i was asking if you have one.. From somehere else. used mobo are expensive. i think this is a better option:
sell all the old hardware excluding HDD, then buy something like this ,

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qDfHjc

 

im sure you can get at least 100 of the old hardware. 

 

What's wrong with my current build? It has done reasonably well for the 300$ I put into it so far, lets my play my games at mid- high graphics.

[Zando_]

5 minutes ago, Desomoan said:

What's wrong with my current build? It has done reasonably well for the 300$ I put into it so far, lets my play my games at mid- high graphics.

Can you make your current build in PCPartpicker so I can see all the parts on the same tab? 

[Desomoan]

13 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Can you make your current build in PCPartpicker so I can see all the parts on the same tab? 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pFMZd6

Everything except for the RAM is same as I bought, the RAM I tried to find something similar, and there was nothing even remotely close to my motherboard: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157517

[Ordinarily_Greater]

23 minutes ago, Desomoan said:

I could change my MB but why?

You said you wanted an Upgrade, so i think It's the best solution or get a new 16GB ram

[Flavlus]

17 minutes ago, Desomoan said:

What's wrong with my current build? It has done reasonably well for the 300$ I put into it so far, lets my play my games at mid- high graphics.

You need to upgrade your CPU. In which case you should probably go for a ryzen CPU which is the best bang for your buck out right now including used CPUs . 

lets say you go ryzen. So it will cost you $350  or so to upgrade 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hFrBJV

Then you get a pc that runs ok at 1080p. So taht means you have just spent your initial $300 plus $350 = $650 and have the pc you have now. 
OR :
sell what you have for say $250 and take a $50 loss then add $550 (the difference to $600) for a better PC.

at the end of the day the $600 new PC will be BETTER than the upgraded $650 PC   

 

 

[Flavlus]

1 minute ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

You said you wanted an Upgrade, so i think It's the best solution or get a new 16GB ram

Ram is not his bottleneck .. its that CPU by far

 

[Desomoan]

Just now, Ordinarily_Greater said:

You said you wanted an Upgrade, so i think It's the best solution or get a new 16GB ram

I thought that for budget builds you only buy the bare minimum of a MB that you need? How does it contribute to preformence?

 

[Flavlus]

26 minutes ago, Desomoan said:

I could change my MB but why?

Because you need to change your CPU. 

 

[Desomoan]

1 minute ago, Flavlus said:

You need to upgrade your CPU. In which case you should probably go for a ryzen CPU which is the best bang for your buck out right now including used CPUs . 

lets say you go ryzen. So it will cost you $350  or so to upgrade 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hFrBJV

Then you get a pc that runs ok at 1080p. So taht means you have just spent your initial $300 plus $350 = $650 and have the pc you have now. 
OR :
sell what you have for say $250 and take a $50 loss then add $550 (the difference to $600) for a better PC.

at the end of the day the $600 new PC will be BETTER than the upgraded $650 PC   

 

 

 

Okay I see what you are saying.. but selling the whole entire PC seems like a drag. Any suggestions to do it painlessly?

[Flavlus]

1 minute ago, Desomoan said:

I thought that for budget builds you only buy the bare minimum of a MB that you need? How does it contribute to preformence?

 

 

It doesnt dont worry . 8gb will be plenty. If you can find a Mobo (around $50) for that cheap i5 do it. Otherwise no. You will have to go new if you want any decent performance in modern games with are thread hungry

[Desomoan]

Just now, Flavlus said:

Because you need to change your CPU. 

 

 

Like I said I could buy and optane ready MB, and upgrade to an I5 2500 for around 300$, replace my HD with and SSD and buy an optane memory thingy wouldn't that be better than just scraping the whole thing?

 

[Flavlus]

1 minute ago, Desomoan said:

Okay I see what you are saying.. but selling the whole entire PC seems like a drag. Any suggestions to do it painlessly?

Just port it up on ebay or something withought the Hdd $249 need gone asap . you will sell it quick .  Or on any local buy and sell pages on facebook. Im sure you wont have a problem. or part it out sell the mobo , cpu and ram as a bundle .. go ryzen .. then upgrade to 1050ti later .. then go get a ssd sometime .. try see how you go 

 

[Flavlus]

Just now, Desomoan said:

Like I said I could buy and optane ready MB, and upgrade to an I5 2500 for around 300$, replace my HD with and SSD and buy an optane memory thingy wouldn't that be better than just scraping the whole thing?

 

 

What mobo?  Why would you pay $300 total for 2500k .. even a cheap upgrade to ryzen would be better and cheaper than that. $300 for 2500 + mobo is way to much.. Maybe $150 max .. even then .. meh 

 

[Desomoan]

Just now, Flavlus said:

What mobo?  Why would you pay $300 total for 2500k .. even a cheap upgrade to ryzen would be better and cheaper than that. $300 for 2500 + mobo is way to much.. Maybe $150 max .. even then .. meh 

 

 

 

I was thinking of getting this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138441&cm_re=optane-_-13-138-441-_-Product , buying the I5 2500, and an optane thing. And maybe within the next few months I could save up to an newer Gen I7?

[Flavlus]

1 minute ago, Desomoan said:

I was thinking of getting this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138441&cm_re=optane-_-13-138-441-_-Product , buying the I5 2500, and an optane thing. And maybe within the next few months I could save up to an newer Gen I7?

 

the 2500 wont run in that socket. so you would need a much newer cpu for that motherboard .. you need a LGA 1155 fro SnadyBridge Generation of processors 

[Zando_]

20 minutes ago, Desomoan said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pFMZd6

Everything except for the RAM is same as I bought, the RAM I tried to find something similar, and there was nothing even remotely close to my motherboard: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157517

Looks to me like you need a new CPU, GPU, and an SSD. You'll have to upgrade your mobo, which means you'll need new RAM. 

 

Pretty much like he said:

18 minutes ago, Flavlus said:

You need to upgrade your CPU. In which case you should probably go for a ryzen CPU which is the best bang for your buck out right now including used CPUs . 

lets say you go ryzen. So it will cost you $350  or so to upgrade 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hFrBJV

Then you get a pc that runs ok at 1080p. So taht means you have just spent your initial $300 plus $350 = $650 and have the pc you have now. 
OR :
sell what you have for say $250 and take a $50 loss then add $550 (the difference to $600) for a better PC.

at the end of the day the $600 new PC will be BETTER than the upgraded $650 PC   

 

 

 

[Desomoan]

5 minutes ago, Flavlus said:

the 2500 wont run in that socket. so you would need a much newer cpu for that motherboard .. you need a LGA 1155 fro SnadyBridge Generation of processors 

well shiiiitttt, looks like I have some work ahead of me in order to put all of this back toghether

[Flavlus]

9 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Looks to me like you need a new CPU, GPU, and an SSD. You'll have to upgrade your mobo, which means you'll need new RAM. 

 

Pretty much like he said:

 

 

You know what , scratch that 
https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/FMr6VY

Get the 1060 and you wont need to upgrade for a long time. 
this way you are looking at 650$ and you are good ! 

[ArduinoBen]

Especially if you get more into video editing, you should get a new monitor that is capable of displaying more colour.  Your current one only displays 72% of the sRGB colour gamut.  If you get one which can show more colour, you will be able to create better video content, and everything else will also look much better.