Help with Upgrades

[wquerrie]

Hello – I am looking for help determining what my best options are regarding upgrading my computer or saving for a new one. I am an avid gamer and enjoy playing games at their highest settings. Below you will find specs to my components as well as a log from windows related to my specs. I would like to know what I should upgrade first. I will absolutely need a new cooling system (liquid cooling failed) and a new case for I am tired of looking at the old one + the side has been off for cooling purposes for about a year 

Thanks in advance!

Here are my specs (log):

- AsRock 990 FX Extreme9 Motherboard
- AMD FX 8350 Eight-Core Processor
- AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900
- 16GB Ram DDR3 (not sure of speed) – Gskill-Ripjaw (please look at system specs taken from windows utility – am I working off of only 8gb ram?
- Acer P244w monitor
Processor AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor, 4000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P1.00, 1/4/2013
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASRock
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.17134.285"
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.95 GB
Available Physical Memory 3.89 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 9.87 GB
Page File Space 8.00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not InstantGo, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[vapour]

You basically need a new build, what is the budget? living in?

 

[wquerrie]

I was afraid you were going to say that. Well, $0 right now but I can free some up in the near future (working professional). How much would you recommend I need to have a budget gaming pc with upgrade capabilities that I can build over time?

 

[vapour]

what is your gpu exactly? I don't see 200 anywhere, is it like 270?

 

[wquerrie]

Radeon 7970 3GB D5

 

[vapour]

new gen I5 or Ryzen 5 build is recommended.

 

[wquerrie]

so - nothing can be used from my current setup?

 

[vapour]

since new platforms need new motherboard and ddr4, only thing you may reuse is storage, hdd/ssd and psu. However, psu does degrade over time, I may pick up a new one too if your psu model is not reliable.