I need help to see what I need to upgrade.

EnioCosta · Sep 7, 2016

Hello, I need help, I got told I got all the right parts for a good gaming PC but I get low fps for some reason, please help me with what I need to buy next to get my gaming fps dream complete! These are my specs!

Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
RAM: 4.0 GB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10586), 64-bit
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Justiceinacan · Sep 7, 2016

When were you told that? No offense, but that won't get far in recent games.

Cheap but decent build.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/d3tt7h

If you're looking for a nice system... consider something like this but tweak the parts list to your needs. If you overclock, might wanna swap to an Intel K series cpu and better cooler. I dunno if you do.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/BYgXkT

QwerkyPengwen · Sep 7, 2016

This PC won't play anything newer than 2005 very well.
While the video card is old it's still capable.
I recommend getting at least two more gigs of ram.
The real bottleneck is your processor, it's wicked old.
What kind of games are you trying to play?

EnioCosta · Sep 7, 2016

Thank you for your answers.
So I should upgrade my RAM and what else to get a minimum of 100-150 fps in most Steam games?

QwerkyPengwen · Sep 7, 2016

Don't expect anything higher than 60fps (not to say you won't get anything higher in some games). And "steam games" doesn't tell me what games you are trying to play. Steam is an online digital download store for pc games. It doesn't designate the hardware required to play games.

And like I said. I would personally have more ram than that but it will do for now. You need a better CPU.
And seeing as how you are using a Pentium Dual Core you are running on an LGA775 socket so your upgrade options will be limited but you can get this processor and have a better (not the best) gaming experience.

Intel Core 2 Quad:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DO1Q1O/?tag=pcpapi-20

Otherwise you would need to get a newer motherboard to support a newer CPU and with that you would need to buy all new RAM because you are using DDR2 memory and if you got something newer you would need to use DDR3 memory.
So to keep in mind that you may have a tight budget the CPU upgrade I linked to you above should get you some better performance

USAFRet · Sep 7, 2016

EnioCosta :

No, you need to replace the whole thing.
More RAM is not going to do it.

Justiceinacan · Sep 7, 2016

100+ FPS is going to need a pretty expensive, beefy rig, way more than what your current PC is worth.

EnioCosta · Sep 7, 2016

The thing is I get 80-90 fps some low - medium - high settings on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It's funny you're saying I won't get more than 60+...I think upgrading my RAM and get a SSD will help quite a bit to improve my PC and FPS in general, what do you think? I know I need to get a new CPU etc but for now I will upgrade my RAM and get a SSD.

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