PC upgrade advice

abuhassan1216 · Aug 30, 2018

Hi,
I was wondering if it's worth it to upgrade my system/any possible upgrades or build a new one from scratch. I really regret building this PC and cheaping out back in 2015. And I was very inexperienced.

Here are the specs:-

CPU:Intel i3-4150 4th Gen
GPU:MSI GTX 960 2GB
RAM: Kingston 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600mhz
MOBO: GA-H81M-S2PT Motherboard
HDD:Seagate 1TB HDD
SSD: 120GB Kingston
CASE:Cougar Solution
PSU: Delco PSU 300W or 350W not sure.

My upgrade/new build budget isn't set but it's capped to around $750-800

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Countgreen · Aug 30, 2018

Why do you want to upgrade?

Karadjgne · Aug 30, 2018

Cheapest solution would be an i7-4770k/4790k. They have the highest stock values even if not overclockable on that motherboard.

That and a move to a gtx1060-6Gb or Rx580-8Gb and definitely a new psu. That'll be enough to keep you gaming at 1080p for a good long while yet.

Add 8Gb more ram, ddr3 is cheap enough right now and can be found all day long on ebay, same with the cpu.

The other option being change platforms to something like an i5-8400 or Ryzen5 2600, but that'd entail new mobo, cpu and ram and the overall gains over a 4790k are not really worth the price difference considering the rest of the usable components.

Roland Of Gilead · Aug 30, 2018

Something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($179.00 @ Walmart)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($84.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($126.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.07 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $770.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-30 12:15 EDT-0400

Keep the SSD and HD, sell everything else to offset the cost. This would be a huge improvement over you current system.

failboat · Aug 30, 2018

I'd recommend selling the whole tower and putting towards the new build. not much will carry forward into a new one.

scout_03 · Aug 30, 2018

a new psu and your board could handle up to a i7 https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H81M-S2PT-rev-10#support-cpu you could also sell these 2x4 ram and get 2x8 kit https://www.kingston.com/us/memory/search?DeviceType=2&Mfr=GIG&Line=GA-H81M-S2PT&Model=91875 and a gpu if you need or build a complete new system keeping the case and both dive as old parts .

Karadjgne · Aug 30, 2018

Op would be lucky to get $100 for the entire tower. Parted out, you'd be $40 for cpu, $20 for mobo, $30 for gpu, $10 for ram, psu is $0, case $10.

Not many want a pc with no storage and no windows.

Better off keeping as much as possible, upgrading cpu, gpu, ram, psu and pushing that at 1080p for the next few years, after which you donate the whole thing to goodwill and get a receipt for tax purposes.

failboat · Aug 30, 2018

building that new would be like $400.
he could get $250+ out of it if he leaves it as it and builds a new pc.

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