Upgrading PC

[vision810]

Hello.

A friend of mine wants to upgrade his PC, these are his current specs:

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7300 @ 2.66GHz
GPU: GeForce GTX 260
Motherboard: GIGABYTE EP45-DS3R
RAM: 4GB DDR2

He wants to get stable fps at 1920x1080 for at least a few years. What would be the smartest way to upgrade?
I'm thinking he needs to upgrade everything, unfortunately.

Thanks for any help!

 

[deadlockedworld]

Yea ... you are correct. If I were doing it, I would go in this order:

1. CPU/Motherboard/Memory upgrade (CPU/DDR2 are weakest part here)
2. GPU upgrade (could be delayed slightly - 260 was a beast and is still a decent GPU)
3. Monitor/peripherals

 

[leandrodafontoura]

Simply get Ivy bridge CPU with 8GB DDR3, I also recomend a videocard upgrade for 1080P, would be fine for 720P game

 

[guanyu210379]

Like suggested before:
- i5 3570k system with at least 8GB RAM or more and eventually a new MOBO.
- Postone the new GPU if you can not afford all at once.
- If you have certain doubts or problems with the PSU due to aging, you can include a new PSU too.