Hello guys!,
Back in 2012 I bought a cheap refurb Gateway desktop PC (i3 2120 3.3ghz, 6gb ram, 1tb hdd, 300w psu) and popped a low profile/slim Radeon HD 7750 video card in it to play Diablo III and a couple of other games. It served it's purpose well, but I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading this PC again vs. building a new one to play some newer games. I am by no means a hardcore gamer, but do enjoy playing games on decent hardware. I'd like to be able to play some newer racing games like Dirty Rally or F1 2017 (if possible) on my 1080p plasma television. My idea is to get a Logitech g25 wheel and chair setup (something like that), upgrade my pc, and hook it up to my 1080p plasma TV for use.
I was thinking of getting a new Zotac GTX 1050 ti oc low profile/slim video card and a used i5-2400 or 2500 cpu off of eBay for $40-50 for my upgrade. The motherboard supports the cpu and the low profile video card will fit the stock case. Also, would like to get an additional 2gb stick of ram to take up the last open slot on motherboard for a total of qty. (4) x 2gb sticks of ram = 8gb ram in total.
Another reason for doing this upgrade is that I have a $160 amazon gift card that's burning a hole in my pocket ..LOL
1. Is this a worthy/good bang for your buck upgrade?
2. Is the stock 300watt power supply adequate for this upgrade?
3. PC currently has qty. (3) 2gb sticks of ram and (1) open slot on motherboard for another stick. I pulled a stick out to try and get a model number off of the sticker, but every configuration of numbers off the stick that I popped into google returned no results. Will I be ok buying a different brand of ram as long as the specs match what I already have???
4. If I need to get a new psu and cannot properly add more ram, is it time to ditch the idea of upgrading this PC or is dishing out more $$ for a new psu still within a 'worthy upgrade'?
Many thanks in advance!!!
Back in 2012 I bought a cheap refurb Gateway desktop PC (i3 2120 3.3ghz, 6gb ram, 1tb hdd, 300w psu) and popped a low profile/slim Radeon HD 7750 video card in it to play Diablo III and a couple of other games. It served it's purpose well, but I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading this PC again vs. building a new one to play some newer games. I am by no means a hardcore gamer, but do enjoy playing games on decent hardware. I'd like to be able to play some newer racing games like Dirty Rally or F1 2017 (if possible) on my 1080p plasma television. My idea is to get a Logitech g25 wheel and chair setup (something like that), upgrade my pc, and hook it up to my 1080p plasma TV for use.
I was thinking of getting a new Zotac GTX 1050 ti oc low profile/slim video card and a used i5-2400 or 2500 cpu off of eBay for $40-50 for my upgrade. The motherboard supports the cpu and the low profile video card will fit the stock case. Also, would like to get an additional 2gb stick of ram to take up the last open slot on motherboard for a total of qty. (4) x 2gb sticks of ram = 8gb ram in total.
Another reason for doing this upgrade is that I have a $160 amazon gift card that's burning a hole in my pocket ..LOL
1. Is this a worthy/good bang for your buck upgrade?
2. Is the stock 300watt power supply adequate for this upgrade?
3. PC currently has qty. (3) 2gb sticks of ram and (1) open slot on motherboard for another stick. I pulled a stick out to try and get a model number off of the sticker, but every configuration of numbers off the stick that I popped into google returned no results. Will I be ok buying a different brand of ram as long as the specs match what I already have???
4. If I need to get a new psu and cannot properly add more ram, is it time to ditch the idea of upgrading this PC or is dishing out more $$ for a new psu still within a 'worthy upgrade'?
Many thanks in advance!!!
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