Worth upgrading or buying a new PC?

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Brids17

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So I've been putting off upgrading my PC for about two years now and it's gotten to the point where I can't run most modern games at a consistent framerate, so I decided 2018 is going to be the year I do something about it. That said, everything in my PC is pretty old by now and I'm unsure if it's worth upgrading or if I should just replace the entire thing. I'm also unsure if it's cheaper to build your own PC or buy a pre-built one. So with all that said, my specs are;

i5 760 2.8ghz
8gb DDR3 RAM
HD 7850 2GB
2TB HDD
ASUS P7P55D-E LX MOBO
650W Earthwatts PSU

I'm pretty sure I can keep my case and HDD, though I do need to pick up and SDD at some point. Any feedback on what I should upgrade, if I should replace pretty much everything as well as whether or not it's worth buying a pre-built PC or if I should build it myself would be appreciated.
 
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Depending on what your budget would be I'd probably sell the current system and build a new one from scratch. With the "budget" Coffeelake motherboards coming out hopefully soon (Q1 2018) you could system a great price/performance system with a 8400/B370 motherboard and maybe a 1060 6gb or better for a GPU.

Or if you want the best price/performance with the option of upgrading using the same motherboard then AMD would be the way to go since AMD is using the AM4 socket until 2020 and the performance is pretty good after overclocking on a B250/X370 motherboard.
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Depending on what your budget would be I'd probably sell the current system and build a new one from scratch. With the "budget" Coffeelake motherboards coming out hopefully soon (Q1 2018) you could system a great price/performance system with a 8400/B370 motherboard and maybe a 1060 6gb or better for a GPU.

Or if you want the best price/performance with the option of upgrading using the same motherboard then AMD would be the way to go since AMD is using the AM4 socket until 2020 and the performance is pretty good after overclocking on a B250/X370 motherboard.
 
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Dont bother with that upgrade, unless you want to keep on delaying the new build. Most modern games, specially cpu intensive ones are mostly out of reach of that cpu.
Whatever upgrade you do, putting a little more money can build a good enough gaming pc with a modern platform.
Building your own rig is always cheaper and beneficial as you can get better parts. Prebuild almost always comes with cheap parts, specially PSU.
 
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Seems like a motherboard where some overclocking is possible. Could try and get the i5 at 3.5<->3.8ghz and get a gtx 1060 in,see how it fares.A gtx 1050 ti would probably be a better match,but the gtx 1060 could be taken to a new system.
 
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