What to upgrade? 2008 Dell XPS 420

[Jamestj]

Hi all,

I used to be a pc gamer when I was younger, recently I dug out my old PC which hasn't been used in years. I don't really want to spend £6-700 on a brand new gaming computer as I really don't play enough to warrant it, however, I was wondering if there were any slight upgrades I could make to allow my PC to run newer games. Not on high settings, just run with a smooth enough framerate if possible - mainly CS:GO, ArmA (although i know this is very cpu intensive so unlikely) and maybe battlefield, although I will be mostly using it for the older games I used to play.

Specs:

Windows 7 - 64 Bit

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
(is this overclockable?)

Memory 4096MB RAM (is it worth upgrading this to 8GB since it's DDR2?)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE (replaced the original 8800GT)

I also remember upgrading the PSU, maybe to 650 or 750W, although i'm unsure of which!

Thanks in advance.

 

[Math Geek]

i have one of those same pc's running the stock psu with an r9-270 and the kids play a ton of new games on it. not at max settings and 100 fps but they're not complaining. got 4gb ram as well in it.

you don't need much for your needs especially paired with that cpu. if you've upgraded the psu to 650w+, you can run most any gpu on it. something like a 950 or 960 would be ample for your needs and not cost a ton of money. or you can wait for the new amd and nvidia cards to show and grab the new generation of cards coming out. should be a gtx 1060 coming out soon and amd has an rx 460 and rx 470 coming out that should be rather cheap and perform well for the money.

i see 950's starting at around $125 and 960's at about $175 starting. equivalent r9-380's start around $155 and match a 960 roughly.