Im bottlenecked PLZ HELP

[Death Wish]

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11096570

^^^^^^^

THESE ARE MY EXACT SPECS...

 

I don't exactly know which components to buy, or what to upgrade. I'm sorta new to this...plz help.

Can't play GTA V even with low settings, or even BF1 with low settings.

 

 

[Krosis]

Update your CPU.

 

EDIT: Wait, nvm, it's a laptop.

[Death Wish]

its a desktop my dude i dont know why is says laptop

 

 

[Fasauceome]

Your CPU is super old. Grab a ryzen processor if it's in budget (or find a sweet deal for a used core i5 or something)

With a modern CPU comes a new motherboard and ram. Use pcpartpicker.com to make a parts list so you can share it and ask what we think.

[Fasauceome]

Side note: upgrading to an SSD with windows 10 is a good idea, I agree with the website.

[Airdragonz]

Update your cpu/motherboard for sure. Ram might need an upgrade to 16gb if you are trying GTA V or BF1. And an SSD with Windows 10 might also be a good idea. 

[Death Wish]

Already have a Corsair H60 Water Cooler (i Plan to OC) and a 500W EVGA PSU. I also have an adapter for a laptop SSD to desktop (I have a Kingston 256GB SSD M.2). 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RRDQfH

 

however, idk how to deal with the compatability issue

 

[Fasauceome]

50 minutes ago, Death Wish said:

Already have a Corsair H60 Water Cooler (i Plan to OC) and a 500W EVGA PSU. I also have an adapter for a laptop SSD to desktop (I have a Kingston 256GB SSD M.2). 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RRDQfH

 

however, idk how to deal with the compatability issue

 

So a few notes:

You can't overclock with an a320 motherboard

 

Your incompatibility is due to the fact that most first gen ryzen boards (a320, b350, x370) needed an update to run second gen ryzen CPUs. If yours arrives needing a BIOS update, AMD will ship you a free boot kit to fix this. You can ask on the forums for help from there (but I personally feel like Google can help more)

 

You don't need a "laptop to desktop" converter for an SSD if you get a motherboard  with an m.2 slot on it, I though it'll be standard with most b350 and up boards, which is what you should get.

[Death Wish]

hmm ill look into that, im planning on buying an i3 8100, any motherboard recommendations?

 

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, Death Wish said:

hmm ill look into that, im planning on buying an i3 8100, any motherboard recommendations?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pqRQ6s

Try this. 

 

The i3 setup will be a bit more:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DHnsKB

Picking the absolute bottom of the barrel parts was a little worse than 2 options up, so I selected that

 

Both motherboards have an m.2 slot so the SSD you have can be inserted directly into the motherboard, above the slot for the graphics card

[bleedblue]

10 minutes ago, Death Wish said:

hmm ill look into that, im planning on buying an i3 8100, any motherboard recommendations?

 

What's your budget for the whole upgrade?

[Death Wish]

below $250

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Death Wish said:

below $250

Oof, doesn't look like room for the i3 build then, but IMO if you save up, it's worth it because you can upgrade to an i5 8400 or something in the future later

[Death Wish]

okay sounds good then going with the i3 build  tbh ive never had an intel processor before so i was gonna try that out anyways thanks

 

[bleedblue]

20 minutes ago, Death Wish said:

below $250

Assuming you only need CPU/Mobo/RAM:

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($93.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($81.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $255.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[Turtle Rig]

7 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Side note: upgrading to an SSD with windows 10 is a good idea, I agree with the website.

A very good idea. As soon as I see the WIndows logo it takes 6 seconds for desktop to show up.    But then it has to load the startup stuff sighs,,