Monitor goes blank/PC restarts

Get a 1060. First we need to check your system and make sure everything is compatible.

So your cpu is also a bit dated. You might consider a budget build upgrade. You'd see a drastic improvement in performance.

The problem is your CPU will bottleneck the performance of your card pretty bad. I can help you do a budget build if you want in a PM.

You'd really need to consider your budget and if you do want to dump some money right now. If you change the Mobo the ram and cpu might not be compatible, so one thing will probably offset all the other parts.

The latest boards (z270), and even not so latest (z170) require ddr4 ram.
Most (for what you'd pay for) require a LGA 1151 socket cpu. Your psu might be dated but you'd need no more than 500w for a budget build.

Yes. I was looking for this thread. Tonight I'm going to sit down and throw together a bare minimum build and some variations.

Alright, sorry it took so long.
The cost will be ~1000 to modernize.

The price tag includes options though, so picking the options you want will regulate the price to what it will be closer to.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/H9mjsJ

I can try reducing prices on certain parts, but this computer is pretty modernized and future proof. You can downgrade the CPU to a 6 series i7 or i5 and it MAY be cheaper.

The GPU can be downgraded to a 1050ti with probably little loss in performance over your own current card for cheaper than a 1060. I chose a 1060 6gb vs a 3gb, for better performance. The 1050ti is probably lower than half the cost of the 1060 for a good brand.

The z270 asus board is an up to date modern Mobo that is 6/7 series compatable, and it's a very good board for it's price. It was actually my first choice of board for my build, but I wanted a few more features.

The PSU is a non-modular Seasonic, and seasonic is seen as a very reliable company.

The ram I gave you a choice between 2x4 and 2x8 ram. The 2x4 would give you a decent speed difference over your own ddr3 and still be at 8 gb. (You have to upgrade the ram regardless because ddr4 is the current standard). Don't pick both of those. Get the same kind, or get a 4 pack if you want to get more.

The cooler is a very well known and reliable brand.

I chose an i5 CPU for you because it is what you have, but chose a 7th gen, so it's the new kaby lake. It's a very good chip, for a decent price. The 6 series chips aren't really much of a difference.

You can choose to keep your current Hard Drive. I selected a small SSD you can use for your current games and to put your Operating System on for much higher performance. I also threw on a 1tb Mechanical drive that's pretty good, and can be used for storage.

All computers need an OS and I selected that one because you can now purchase flash drives that come with them pre-installed, but only give you the key to what you need. Get windows 10 64 bit home edition. You don't need pro.

Other suggestions can be made obviously, and opinions are to be had. These are not bad parts. If this is too high, you might just wait to get enough to budget out this computer.

This build does not include a case, any case components, software (Non OS), or peripherals. I assume you have all these. This is only internal tower components.