Looking to upgrade old PC on a budget

[Toovey]

Hi,

My PC is about 3.5 years old and I am thinking about upgrading some of the components.

Current Specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor
4GB DDR3 Ram (2x 2GB G-Skill)
AMD Radeon HD 6870 GPU
1TB HDD


Following the format from the how to ask sticky:

Approximate Purchase Date: no strict timeline

Budget Range: $400-500 (including shipping as I am from Australia)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Ram, GPU (power supply is 650W Antec Earthwatts) and purchasing SSD. Any other suggestions are welcome though.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any is fine

Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Parts Preferences: Any is fine

Overclocking: Maybe (never done it before)

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Additional Comments:

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Old PC


Any help will be greatly appreciated,

Eric

 

[ihog]

Is this a prebuilt? If so, please list the make and model. If not, please list the make and model of your case and motherboard.

 

[Toovey]

Hi Ihog, no it wasn't a prebuilt.

My case is an Antec, I'm not sure if the model.

My motherboard is an Asus M4A87TD.


Thanks,

Eric

 

[ihog]

Is your mobo the M4A87TD/USB3 or the M4A87TD EVO?

What size SSD are you thinking of getting? Besides the OS, what will you store on the SSD?

How much RAM are you looking to get?

What graphical settings are you looking to play games at?

Frankly, I'm probably not going to give you recommendations, but the more information, the better, in terms of other users helping. Also, every time I post, your thread gets bumped.

 

[Toovey]

The mobo is the M4A87TD/USB3.

I'm thinking of 120GB or 250GB SSD, I saw the Samsung 850 evo 250GB for about $134. I'll be putting the OS and Steam onto it.

I think I'll get at least another 4GB of RAM (to total 8GB).

I'd like to play on high graphical settings.


Cheers