Potential upgrade for aging system.

[DarkElement42]

Greetings. 

 

I am currently running an AMD system that is over three years old.  I feel that since I cannot easily build a new system due to financial restrictions, I am possibly hoping to upgrade both the CPU and graphics card. The CPU will be a FX 6300(best the motherboard can use) and the graphics card will be a GTX 1050 TI. 

 

The most demanding game on my system is Batman Arkham Knight, though one of my main games is EVE Online. I'm not planning to go for extreme benchmarks, just something better than what I have now. Below will be the specs for my current system. Will this upgrade work or am I better off building a system that will take a much longer time to achieve? Thank you for your time. 

 

Motherboard: 870a-usb3

cpu: AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition (currently running in quad core mode, which is shown as b55)

ram: 8gb

ssd: 128gb

psu: antec 650 green earthwatts

graphics card: gtx 650 with 3 monitors. 

Hard drive: 1tb

case: Antec 902

[Zakuul]

While I am not that familiar with AMD (Intel) I have looked up the specs for your CPU and I while I can say you could go that route and upgrade, at this point I personally would just save up for a new system. It'd be much worth it in the long run to just get a new system if you're going to be looking to play new AAA titles eventually.

 

Edit: Look at more ram too 16gb should make things nicer.

[DarkElement42]

I tend to play most AAA titles on xbox one. I did play around with a Ryzen system build on pc part picker. I'm hoping these upgrades will work while I try to save up for a new build. 

[adams]

FX cpus are now dead, they are pretty useless compared to intel cpus.

 

Just keep saving and get a better PC down the road

[iamabad]

The Motherboard you have is an am3 NOT an am3+ so the 6300 would not work with it. You would have to buy a new motherboard to go down that route, so I would suggest saving money for a new Motherboard GPU CPU (and RAM if DDR4 motherboard). There is no good upgrade path for you to take as the am3 chips aren't worth getting at this point. Sorry dood.

[iamabad]

Also, dood never upgrade a System if you are just going to get rid of it when you get enough cash. If you want a slight performance bump disconnect 2 of the three monitors so the GPU doesn't have to do as much. Upgrading a system you are going to replace is a waste of cash.Buying the GPU you will use isn't though, however, the CPU would bottleneck the GPU, and so would the motherboard as it is PCIE 2.0 while GPU's are 3.0 now. It's up to you if you buy it now, however, I would just wait and either but the GPU with the system parts, or wait for a good GPU to go on sale.

[DarkElement42]

Any suggestions for cheap, affordable builds that won't break the bank? 

 

Thanks in advance.