Ideas for upgrading my PC at minimal cost

[Mark Durran]

Hello all,

 

I want to upgrade my PC but want to keep the expense down. I was wondering if my motherboard is going to really restrict me.

 

I dont play very intense games. Mainly CS:go, World of Warship, World of Tanks. But would like to be able to start streaming.

 

Operating System
    Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
    Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz    
    Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 824MHz (10-11-10-29)
Motherboard
    ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68-V LX (LGA1155)    
Graphics
    LCD 24-1 Wide (1920x1080@60Hz)
    ASUS VW228 (1920x1080@60Hz)
    2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Gigabyte)    
Storage
    465GB Seagate ST3500418AS (SATA)   
    465GB Seagate ST3500413AS (SATA)    
Optical Drives
    No optical disk drives detected
Audio
    High Definition Audio Device

 

 

 

Linus, why don't you sell f some of the old graphics cards....

[Peskanova]

well that cpu is good but 824 mhz ram?? why not 1333? that is going to slow you down (budget-gaming wise)

buy a ssd and a 1050ti = 200-250$
buy a ssd 970 second hand
buy a ssd 16gb ram at 1333 minimum (i thought ddr was 1333 min ) look for 970 4gb second hand 

[GoldenLag]

buy a R9 290x second hand

Buy a 780ti second hand

buy a 970 second hand

 

grab a MX500 250GB SSD from crucial or a used SSD (make shure he formats it before sale)

[pentotark]

I think your pc looks good and might serve you well for another couple years. You might consider a new budget video card, some 1050Ti has double the video ram you have and performs decent for 1080p at medium for very little price

 

17 minutes ago, Peskanova said:

well that cpu is good but 824 mhz ram?? why not 1333? that is going to slow you down (budget-gaming wise)

buy a ssd and a 1050ti = 200-250$
buy a ssd 970 second hand
buy a ssd 16gb ram at 1333 minimum (i thought ddr was 1333 min ) look for 970 4gb second hand 

824MHz DDR is 1648MHZ, I think its pretty decent.

 

3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

grab a MX500 250GB SSD from crucial or a used SSD (make shure he formats it before sale)

yes, an ssd would dramatically improve your windows experience!

[DarkSmith2]

You are pretty much doomed, you can still upgrade things but i wouldnt expect any huge gains from upgrading on this platform, you can always buy a bigger GPU and also stream via NVENC from it, but dont expect any huge gains in gaming performance especially not in titles like CSGO. 

 

Since your hardware isnt that great putting money into this PC can be very wasteful. A GPU or SSD doesnt hurt because you can just use it in your next PC.. though.

 

Problems are:

- lowend board, bad for overclocking since its the LX version.

- CPU not overclockable

- slow ram

- slow GPU

- no SSD

 

you can literally buy everything new and put your two HDDs in raid into the new build...  and dump/sell the rest.

[Mark Durran]

Well Thank you all for your help. It turns out there are some issues with my motherboard and bios. So I've decided to build a new pc..

 

• Intel Core i7 8700K 3,7Ghz
• Adata XPG Spectrix D41 Red RGB DDR4 3000 16GB 2x8 CL16
• Asus Prime Z370-P
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 Turbo Led
• Samsung 860 Evo 250GB SSD
• Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3,5" Sata 3
• NZXT Source S340 Ventana Negra
• Cooler Master MasterWatt 650W 80+ Bronze Semi Modular
• Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
• Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bits 

[DarkSmith2]

2 hours ago, Mark Durran said:

Well Thank you all for your help. It turns out there are some issues with my motherboard and bios. So I've decided to build a new pc..

 

• Intel Core i7 8700K 3,7Ghz
• Adata XPG Spectrix D41 Red RGB DDR4 3000 16GB 2x8 CL16
• Asus Prime Z370-P
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 Turbo Led
• Samsung 860 Evo 250GB SSD
• Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3,5" Sata 3
• NZXT Source S340 Ventana Negra
• Cooler Master MasterWatt 650W 80+ Bronze Semi Modular
• Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
• Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bits 

You dont want that motherboard, its bad. Get a z370-A instead only 20bucks more and much better.

[Jay Deah]

wow, bit of a jump there, the CPU alone will be more than the hole upgrade budget!

 

if you do want to keep your 3770 system (which is more than capable of AAA games @ 1080p then i agree you'll want a new GPU at least a 1050ti maybe a 1060 if you can stretch, and then an SSD. the GPU will make games run much much much better and the SSD will affect the overall responsiveness of the system.

 

perhaps you could upgrade in parts? buy the 860 EVO and GTX1060 now, put them in your current PC and THEN decide if you want to upgrade the MOBO/CPU/RAM

 

that way you've not wasted any money.

 

i personally had a 3770 system that i replaced in Feb to an 8700k/1080ti. My son is now using my old 3770 w/ 1050ti and its perfect for him playing fortnite @ 1080p 60hz

 

 

[Mark Durran]

At present my motherboard is not PCI e3 and I wont get the most out of a new graphics card. Finding a bourd for my existing processor has been very difficult and nearly impossible. And it appears my Ram on my old PC is not right as ifs not running to 1866mhz .....

So I am going to treat myself instead and use my old machine for a home server.

 

Thanks for all your help and answers guys.

[asand1]

GPU is your biggest detriment right now. CPU and RAM are good. GTX 1070 and SSD would help most.