Upgrade my current PC

[Artiom916]

Hey guys, so I want to upgrade my current pc. I dont want to build a new one, i really like my pc and performs pretty good. So I want to upgrade any component I can to make it faster. The thing is I dont know much about part compatability or where to start from so here i am. Im open to all opinions. So if you guys could help me give life to my pc again that would be great. I also dont mind things like changin cpu or gpu. So let me know!

 

Specs:

AMDfx6300

Nvidia geforce gtx 950 zotac

DDR3 SDRAM 8gbx2

western digital 2gb 7200rpm hd

random power supply

bequiet case fans

GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0 mobo

monitor is a asus vg248qe 144hz

 

 

[Jurrunio]

Add an SSD, preferably 240GB or higher so all the things (even a few games) can fit in it

 

No need to upgrade the CPU or GPU, spending more money on this platform for games is a waste of it while you get CPU bottleneck with a faster GPU..

[Artiom916]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Add an SSD, preferably 240GB or higher so all the things (even a few games) can fit in it

 

No need to upgrade the CPU or GPU, spending more money on this platform for games is a waste of it while you get CPU bottleneck with a faster GPU..

So if i upgrade everything in the computer it still will be slow?

[Billy Pilgrim]

2 minutes ago, Artiom916 said:

So if i upgrade everything in the computer it still will be slow?

It depends on what exactly is slow

[Slottr]

8 minutes ago, Artiom916 said:

So if i upgrade everything in the computer it still will be slow?

Your systems outdated, and the fx processors werent super great to begin with.

 

It would only be economical, outside of an ssd and a possible gpu upgrade, to build an entirely new  system.

[Itsa_dodo]

Honestly, it seems like a decent machine for most games today. Not gonna blow you away with butterysmooth 100+ frame rates in most titles, But it will get the job done. If I were you, I'd check online for something like a Used 1060 or a 1070, they can come pretty cheep if you look hard enough. Might consider finding a decent CPU cooler and looking into Overclocking the CPU, I have the same processor, and it OC'ed quite nicely for me. The 6300 was used often as a "cool N' quiet" chip for low profile computers, due to the Low TDP and good thermals allowing it to be put under just about any cooler and never overheat.

could also Upgrade to an FX8000 series chip, quite a bit more horsepower there, and your Board should support it.

 

(PS, most FX CPU's are unlocked, making them rather easy to tweak)

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, Artiom916 said:

So if i upgrade everything in the computer it still will be slow?

speed is a subjective thing. You call an FX 6300 and GTX 950 fast, so that's why I didnt recommend upgrading these two.

[Artiom916]

5 hours ago, Itsa_dodo said:

Honestly, it seems like a decent machine for most games today. Not gonna blow you away with butterysmooth 100+ frame rates in most titles, But it will get the job done. If I were you, I'd check online for something like a Used 1060 or a 1070, they can come pretty cheep if you look hard enough. Might consider finding a decent CPU cooler and looking into Overclocking the CPU, I have the same processor, and it OC'ed quite nicely for me. The 6300 was used often as a "cool N' quiet" chip for low profile computers, due to the Low TDP and good thermals allowing it to be put under just about any cooler and never overheat.

could also Upgrade to an FX8000 series chip, quite a bit more horsepower there, and your Board should support it.

 

(PS, most FX CPU's are unlocked, making them rather easy to tweak)

Awesome man, so like a fx8350, and a gtx 1060 on my board would work?

[Artiom916]

3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

speed is a subjective thing. You call an FX 6300 and GTX 950 fast, so that's why I didnt recommend upgrading these two.

What I meant by speed is that I played pubg on medium-high settings textures being on high and i usually got 70fps, Playing games like ark aswell my pc did well. Now that black ops 4 is here, my pc struggles. So in my mind i was thinking if i tier up by like one or two lvls for my gpu and cpu, my pc will be just fine.

[Artiom916]

5 hours ago, Itsa_dodo said:

Honestly, it seems like a decent machine for most games today. Not gonna blow you away with butterysmooth 100+ frame rates in most titles, But it will get the job done. If I were you, I'd check online for something like a Used 1060 or a 1070, they can come pretty cheep if you look hard enough. Might consider finding a decent CPU cooler and looking into Overclocking the CPU, I have the same processor, and it OC'ed quite nicely for me. The 6300 was used often as a "cool N' quiet" chip for low profile computers, due to the Low TDP and good thermals allowing it to be put under just about any cooler and never overheat.

could also Upgrade to an FX8000 series chip, quite a bit more horsepower there, and your Board should support it.

 

(PS, most FX CPU's are unlocked, making them rather easy to tweak)

Also what version of the 1060s or 1070s fit on my motherboard. 

[Jurrunio]

18 minutes ago, Artiom916 said:

What I meant by speed is that I played pubg on medium-high settings textures being on high and i usually got 70fps,

1080p? Because GTX 950 should only do 40-50 fps on medium settings 1080p.

 

22 minutes ago, Artiom916 said:

Awesome man, so like a fx8350, and a gtx 1060 on my board would work?

FX is the last thing you should buy. Sure they have a lot of cores, but single core performance is what games mostly care and FX doesnt do well in that.

 

11 minutes ago, Artiom916 said:

Also what version of the 1060s or 1070s fit on my motherboard. 

all of them you can buy that resembles your graphics card will work.

[MandoPanda]

On 10/14/2018 at 4:59 AM, Artiom916 said:

I want to upgrade my current pc. I dont want to build a new one,

You should build a new one. Or rather upgrade so much that the only thing you keep is your case, monitor, and HDD.