My Current Gaming Setup

[Exiled Nephilim]

So, I've recently got my hands on a better PC ( Compared to my old one with a AMD a4 5300B and Gt 1030 8gb RAM ), long story short, I work at a diesel shop and there was an old optiplex 790 sitting on the floor covered in dust and oil residue. I asked my boss if I could have it and he said "sure it doesn't work anyway"... when I got home, I gave it a thorough cleaning, and it actually booted! I looked into the specs and it had a i3 2120 (2 cores Hyper threaded to 4 threads), 2gb ram, and the Intel HD graphics. So after confirming that it worked I upgraded it. I put 8 more gb ram in it to make 10gb total (which is pretty damn nice for my standards) and I threw my gt 1030 in as-well, which provides nice fps in pretty much every game I play, but I'm looking for some new potential hardware, I'm thinking a new CPU or GPU depending on prices. I would love to get some suggestions from you guys, but please keep in mind my budget is pretty goddamn low because I'm just a high school student with no job... So that means no GTX 1060s or anything around that price. I will put some additional info about my system below...

 

 

----------Major Components----------
CPU- i3 2120 Dual-Core with HyperThreading @ 3.3GHz
Motherboard- Generic Dell Motherboard, socket 1155 with 4 DIMM slots 1333Mhz Speeds, 4 SATA connectors
GPU- GT 1030 Overclocked by me - $70
RAM- 10 Gb 2 2x4 sticks of 1333Mhz RAM + 1 2 Gb stick
PSU- EVGA 500W 80+ certified -$35
Case- Generic Dell Opiplex 790 case
----------Minor Components----------
1x Opical Drive
2x 250GB HDDs
1x 1TB External Hardrive - $50
----------Peripherals----------
Hisense TV 1080p 60hz - (Birthday Gift)
Blackweb CENTAUR gaming keyboard - $40
Hiraly F300 gaming mouse - $16
Black & White Desk Mouse Pad - $9
ASUS CERBERUS headset - (Christmas Gift)

----------Total Spent on PC---------- $308

 

General Fps in games

Tomclancy's Rainbow Six Siege: 45-80 fps 1080p with scaled down render resolution to 900p, lowest settings (Would like to be able to turn up settings a bit or at least full 1080p).

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor: 25-50 fps 1080p lowest settings except textures at medium (I would like to get more fps in this game mainly).

CS:GO: 60 - 100 fps on highest settings 1080p or 120 - 180 fps on lowest with 1080p (I honestly cant really complain about this one).

 

[mikedrewsmy]

Congratulations on the new pc. hope u enjoyed it

[Exiled Nephilim]

2 hours ago, mikedrewsmy said:

Congratulations on the new pc. hope u enjoyed it

Thanks I'm having a good time so far, but 2 cores 4 threads is the problem, I kinda want 4 full cores.

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, Exiled Nephilim said:

 

So what's your budget/country for hardware?

[Exiled Nephilim]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

So what's your budget/country for hardware?

I'm currently looking at parts that are like around $100 or lower, and I live in the US.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Exiled Nephilim said:

I'm currently looking at parts that are like around $100 or lower, and I live in the US.

You are unlikely to get anything decent for that budget.

 

If it's supported maybe the best you could do is throw in an i7 2600/K that's hopefully really cheap.

 

but if the VRM is crap I'm not sure if even an i5s recommended.

 

Upgrade to modern hardware is near $300 depending on if you can reuse the PSU at least, or if you want an R5 1600/2600
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $233.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-04 21:05 EDT-0400

[Exiled Nephilim]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

You are unlikely to get anything decent for that budget.

 

If it's supported maybe the best you could do is throw in an i7 2600/K that's hopefully really cheap.

 

but if the VRM is crap I'm not sure if even an i5s recommended.

 

Upgrade to modern hardware is near $300 depending on if you can reuse the PSU at least, or if you want an R5 1600/2600
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $233.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-04 21:05 EDT-0400

That sounds pretty damn good, I'm just not sure if that mother board would fit in the Optiplex 790 case, I'm not sure if the motherboard I have now is ATX or not... Also I'm confident in building a PC except for the front IO connectors, that is confusing to me, and I'm not sure if I'd have to buy a different case due to Dell's potential proprietary stuff...

[Exiled Nephilim]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

You are unlikely to get anything decent for that budget.

 

If it's supported maybe the best you could do is throw in an i7 2600/K that's hopefully really cheap.

 

but if the VRM is crap I'm not sure if even an i5s recommended.

 

Upgrade to modern hardware is near $300 depending on if you can reuse the PSU at least, or if you want an R5 1600/2600
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $233.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-04 21:05 EDT-0400

I've seen the supported cpus for this machine and ppl say a i7 2600 is kinda iffy even though they have it has supported. I have seen like a i5 2400 or i5 2500 be supported, would that be wise? also i7 2600 on amazon is insanely over priced.

[Exiled Nephilim]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

You are unlikely to get anything decent for that budget.

 

If it's supported maybe the best you could do is throw in an i7 2600/K that's hopefully really cheap.

 

but if the VRM is crap I'm not sure if even an i5s recommended.

 

Upgrade to modern hardware is near $300 depending on if you can reuse the PSU at least, or if you want an R5 1600/2600
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8dY29J/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $233.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-04 21:05 EDT-0400

Thank you, you helped a lot I'll probably be slowly getting these parts piece by piece.

[Streetguru]

21 minutes ago, Exiled Nephilim said:

Thank you, you helped a lot I'll probably be slowly getting these parts piece by piece.

Bad idea to buy a PC in pieces, just save up the cash required unless there's a really good sale on a DDR4 3000mhz kit from G.Skill or something.

 

an i7 would be the minimum upgrade you want, 4c/4t just isn't good enough.