Next steps to improve my game system?

Mashuguna · Jun 21, 2017

What do you think is the biggest bottleneck in my system below? What would you upgrade first? This is purely for PC gaming.

Also, are there any Win 10 tricks or 3rd party utilities that can speed performance? I think most of those things are scams but if there is a tool or setting buried in my system I'd love to know.

Current System

Case: Antec NEW SOLUTION SERIES VSK-4000 Black SGCC steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 53W BX80646G3258 Desktop Processor
Mobo: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: (2) G.SKILL NS Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C11S-4GNS
GPU: 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (ATI AIB) 40 °C ((1680x1050@60Hz))
HD: 465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device (SATA) 30 °

Thanks.

kaptainkuftic · Jun 21, 2017

It's all pretty old, but my best guess would be the HD 6800. What games are you trying to play? That's the only real way to decide on an upgrade path

sizzling · Jun 21, 2017

An i5 4670 or 4690 and a GPU upgrade would transform that setup. You may need a PSU upgrade depending on what you currently have. Otherwise just use it as is and save for a new build.

TJ Hooker · Jun 21, 2017

You can try overclocking your CPU if your mobo lets you (and your cooler can handle it). But both your CPU and GPU are pretty weak, both would benefit from an upgrade.

Mashuguna · Jun 21, 2017

Thanks all. I play mostly MMOs that have pretty low requirements, but some of the new eye candy games from E3 look amazing. I kind of want to see how far I can go to being able to play upcoming stuff like Anthem.

In the past I have upgraded incrementally for budget reasons. It could be that I am past that and I need to replace everything but the case. Or maybe case and motherboard are OK but everything else must go up.

My biggest constraint is money. I can sped $200-300 now or if you guys gave me a target I could save more over the coming months.

Maybe my path is:
- Get an i5
- upgrade GPU to somethhing (my god GPUs confound me - no idea what to buy)
- then upgrade mobo, ram, who knows

Thanks again.

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