What is my best bet?

LighterPVp · Mar 25, 2016

Hi, currently I have an HP Compaq 6000 Pro Microtower
SPECS:
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400
GeForce GTX 750 Ti (1GB NVIDIA)
Power Supply (320watt)

So I currently have 100$ in a year I will have at least 300$. Do I buy a Pentium G3258 with a new motherboard and put my 750 Ti on it and everything else as normal (if compatible I don't know yet). Or do I save up and buy a whole new PC.

Uses for this PC: Rendering, Gaming, School Work.

lakimens · Mar 25, 2016

I have a Pentium G3220, paired with a 9400GT and 8GB of RAM.
It's nice for gaming, but no dual-core will ever be good for rendering.

Ecky · Mar 25, 2016

Pentium isn't much of an upgrade over a Q9400 in some cases. It'll be quite a bit faster in a few, but possibly even slower in others. Better to wait until you can afford an i3 or better + motherboard.

LighterPVp · Mar 25, 2016

Ecky :

Okay do you know what mobo/cpu is the best for budget? Around 300$? I also want to be able to upgrade in the future.

lakimens · Mar 25, 2016

i3-6100 with H110 motherboard, you may have to buy new RAM as well.
There are "hybrid motherboards" which support both DDR3 and DDR4, but I do not recommend those, and I don't know if they fit your budget.

Ecky · Mar 25, 2016

In a year's time, what is available will be different. AMD will have Zen out, Intel will have Kaby Lake. However, if you were to buy today, it would probably be either a Xeon 1230v5 (i7 equivalent) + H110 motherboard (slightly over budget), or i5 6600 + H170 motherboard.

LighterPVp · Mar 25, 2016

Ecky :

I am going to be trying to see how much money I am going to be getting from my birthday and depending on that ill get it. What would you recommend for 300-350$ With PSU, Case, Everything. (except ISO and CD-Rom) And Minus GPU aswell (I will get a better one in the future)

Also I really want Intel sorry for the AMD lovers ;3.

Ecky · Mar 25, 2016

$350 for everything? You're going to have a tough time with that. Do you need a copy of Windows? I assume you're reusing your mouse/keyboard/monitor?

If you don't need a copy of Windows, this is a fair start, just add a case:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pCkQ8d

LighterPVp · Mar 25, 2016

Would this be better or no? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sBHmyc for Rendering and gaming + upgrades.

Ecky · Mar 25, 2016

-i3 6100 is faster than i3 4170
-B150 motherboard is better than H81 motherboard
-Your build has 16GB of RAM, which is arguably better, but I find 8GB to be sufficient for now. The B150 board I picked out has room for 2 more sticks of RAM
-1TB HDD has more space than 240GB SSD, but the SSD is hundreds of times faster. I'd take the SSD, personally.

LighterPVp · Mar 25, 2016

If I put everything on the motherboard will it be compatible with my case (HP Compaq 6000 Micro-Tower)
Will my GeForce GTX 750 Ti (2GB NVIDIA) fit aswell?

LighterPVp · Mar 25, 2016

Now I am freaked, I am looking at this guy playing minecraft and he has the same processor and GPU and I get more FPS with my build and I have an Intel Core2 Quad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj5eoal3fkY

I get roughly 140fps on multiplayer servers, 400fps on singleplayer.

Ecky · Mar 25, 2016

Minecraft is strange and buggy. As for your case, I can't say for certain that it fill fit, but if HP used standard ATX mounting holes (and they probably did) it should all work.

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