- Aug 17, 2017
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I put together a budget gaming rig in 2014 during my college years. Now that i'm making good money i would like to either build a new rig or upgrade my current one. My goal is to build a rig that can play Ark: Survival Evolved on high settings, epic settings would be great but are a pipe dream at the moment. I figure if i can play Ark on epic or high i can play most anything.
The specs for my budget rig are as follows.
GIGABYTE GA-H61M-S1 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI GeForce GTX 650 DirectX 11 N650-MD1GD5/OC 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
Intel Core i3-3240 Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 55W BX80637i33240 Desktop Processor
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL
(Late last year i upgraded the RAM to two 8gb GSKILL Ripjaws, 16gb ram in total)
Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Rosewill - Black, Hot-Dipped Galvanized Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with 500W Power Supply - R536-BK
All of these were purchased as part of a Newegg bundle due to my college budget, my new budget is flexible, though id like to stay at 1000 or less. If someone suggests a really good rig above 1000 ill keep it in mind as a project to save up for. If the tower or any of the old parts can be reused that would be good, though im not against building a new rig if specs require it.
Hoping someone much more versed in this than me can provide a list of possible upgrades that would work together.
Thanks in Advance.
The specs for my budget rig are as follows.
GIGABYTE GA-H61M-S1 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI GeForce GTX 650 DirectX 11 N650-MD1GD5/OC 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
Intel Core i3-3240 Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 55W BX80637i33240 Desktop Processor
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL
(Late last year i upgraded the RAM to two 8gb GSKILL Ripjaws, 16gb ram in total)
Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Rosewill - Black, Hot-Dipped Galvanized Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with 500W Power Supply - R536-BK
All of these were purchased as part of a Newegg bundle due to my college budget, my new budget is flexible, though id like to stay at 1000 or less. If someone suggests a really good rig above 1000 ill keep it in mind as a project to save up for. If the tower or any of the old parts can be reused that would be good, though im not against building a new rig if specs require it.
Hoping someone much more versed in this than me can provide a list of possible upgrades that would work together.
Thanks in Advance.
Perhaps I'd thought how it might've not been a bad idea to dump your current box and get something fresh, in case: 1) upgrades got too expensive, 2) components you might wanna get won't fit with the motherboard; just for example. 
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