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Hey guys! 

Just wanna ask for suggestions regarding my PC. Im going to upgrade my current PC since it is really really old now. Gonna use it for school and couple of games (LoL , Dota 2 , etc.) Around Medium settings is fine. 

Here are the specs of what i have in mind

 

Motherboard

Asrock Fatal1ty B250 Gaming k4


Processor
Intel Pentium G4560 DC Processor


Graphics Card
MSI RX 550 Aero ITX OC


Memory
Avexir DDR4 8GB


PSU 
Corsair VS 450 PSU 

 

I really have a low budget on this one. What do you guys think?

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Could you put these parts onto PCPartPicker? What do you currently have? 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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7 minutes ago, Aceeeeee said:

Hey guys! 

Just wanna ask for suggestions regarding my PC. Im going to upgrade my current PC since it is really really old now. Gonna use it for school and couple of games (LoL , Dota 2 , etc.) Around Medium settings is fine. 

Here are the specs of what i have in mind

 

Motherboard

Asrock Fatal1ty B250 Gaming k4


Processor
Intel Pentium G4560 DC Processor


Graphics Card
MSI RX 550 Aero ITX OC


Memory
Avexir DDR4 8GB


PSU 
Corsair VS 450 PSU 

 

I really have a low budget on this one. What do you guys think?

Well a low budget is very broad. We could suggest you an i7 7700 for around $300 ish and that would be low budget to somebody but maybe not low to you.

So it would be nice having some specifics details

 

But if I were to tell

I'd say a GPU then PSU then CPU

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8 minutes ago, Aceeeeee said:

PSU 
Corsair VS 450 PSU 

Change the PSU to a Seasonic S12 II or corsair CXM (with gray label). The Corsair VS series is bad.

 -+-+- This is a reminder to clean the dust filters of your PC! -+-+-

 

Main PC:

Ryzen 5 1600 3.8GHz - RX 570 4GB - 2x8GB DDR4 - ASUS Prime X370-Pro - Shadow Rock 2 - Define S - Seasonic Prime Gold 650W

500GB NVME SSD - 1TB SATA SSD - 1TB HDD - Windows 10 Pro

Dorm PC:

i5 4590 - GTX 960 4GB - 2x4GB DDR3 - ASUS H81M2 - Dark Rock 3 - Define R3 - 250GB SATA SSD - Seasonic S12 430W - Windows 10 Pro - Linux Mint

NAS:

Pentium G4400 - 4GB DDR4 - Fujitsu Esprimo P556 - 250GB SATA SSD - 2 x 4TB NAS HDD - 12V PSU - OpenMediaVault

Laptop:

Dell Latitude E6520 - i5 2430M - 2x4GB DDR3 - 250GB SATA SSD - Windows 10 Pro - Linux Mint

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Just now, Aceeeeee said:

As of now i only have hdd and ssd on hand. Still thinking on what to buy for my upgrade. 

I mean what do you have right now as a computer? 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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13 minutes ago, Aceeeeee said:

Hey guys! 

Just wanna ask for suggestions regarding my PC. Im going to upgrade my current PC since it is really really old now. Gonna use it for school and couple of games (LoL , Dota 2 , etc.) Around Medium settings is fine. 

Here are the specs of what i have in mind

 

Motherboard

Asrock Fatal1ty B250 Gaming k4


Processor
Intel Pentium G4560 DC Processor


Graphics Card
MSI RX 550 Aero ITX OC


Memory
Avexir DDR4 8GB


PSU 
Corsair VS 450 PSU 

 

I really have a low budget on this one. What do you guys think?

How large is your budget ?

My Rig : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MTBd2R

My VM Server : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rPR6gL

My Backup Server : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cRQYYr

My Storage Server : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tzzR9W

My Router : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bMPN4C

My Laptop : Lenovo Z575 with 6 GB RAM (1866 MHz), Crucial MX300 525 GB & Western Digital 2 TB (Removed optical drive)

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1. Swap that PSU out. It has bad capacitors.

 

2. H110 mobos are cheaper and works fine. You need a BIOS update first though, so ask if the shop can do it for you.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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As someone who recently asked pretty much the same thing (got a different PSU and GPU though), people recommended I upgrade the CPU to an i7 6700 and an appropriate cooler (Hyper 212), costing around ~330. Afterwards I'll swap out the PSU once it starts making problems (I got a CX 450M though, idk how "bad" yours really is).
But then again we'd need to know your budget to make any real recommendations.

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