Updating an Old system

[stuch_flex]

Hi guys, so, my friends have all gotten new PC's lately and are boasting about great performance,
i bought my rig when BF3 came out a while ago, my specs are as follows -

Intel Core i5 2500 CPU @ 3.30GHHZ
Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3 m-board
8GB DDR3 ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 550ti g-card

i know this system is out of date, but right now i dont have much money to play with, i play games such as Arma 3 on low settings with a framerate of around 40FPS, but i would like to increase picture quality with a stable framerate.
I was wondering if i can simply upgrade 1 or 2 things to increase performance as the videos/streams i watch of people playing are 10 times better than what i get.
would a simple upgrade of the g-card be enough?

im looking to spend no more than £3-400, any questions you have i will answer asap, ty for your time

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Your computer is very decent. especially if your CPU is 2500K- just overclock it to 4+ GHz
Just upgrade the video card. You can go as high as GTX 1070 without issues if it fits your budget and you have 1440p or higher res monitor.
For 1080p@Hz monitor - GTX 1060 would be great match. you can also expand the RAM to 16GB and add an SSD.
here are comparison of different gen i5s in gaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGge0tR4IM

 

[stuch_flex]

would i need to get a better PSU for the card and an overclock?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

GTX 1060 is about the same power requirement (well 4 watt more) as the 550ti.
Can you post the PSU model or a clear picture of it ?

 

[stuch_flex]

Sorry for the late reply my man, i feel asleep. the current PSU is a NRP-VC403 switching power supply.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

You'd be probably better with a decent 550-650 unit.

 

[Tradesman1]

I'd want a different PSU, the xigmatek is advertised towards it's peak power at 400, with a new GPU I'd go go a better quality PSU

 

[stuch_flex]

Thanks for the help, really made me happy and il report back once ive completed the update on my pc o/