£300 to upgrade? Help.

[Ricky2351991]

Hi All,

So i've previously found out on here my PC isn't great.

Specs as follows -

Processor: AMD Athlon X4-860K CPU, 4 Cores, 3.7 - 4GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Graphics Card
CPU Cooler: AMD Quiet 95W Stock CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 Motherboard
Memory: 8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz Memory (1 x 8GB Stick)
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB SSHD Hybrid Drive
Power Supply: Aerocool 80 PLUS 500W PSU
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

I currently have a spare £300, does anyone know if that could get me some parts that will improve my situation? Or even get close?

I have a holiday to greece next month, hence the limited funds.

Thanks all

 

[maxalge]

Hi All,

So i've previously found out on here my PC isn't great.

Specs as follows -

Processor: AMD Athlon X4-860K CPU, 4 Cores, 3.7 - 4GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Graphics Card
CPU Cooler: AMD Quiet 95W Stock CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 Motherboard
Memory: 8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz Memory (1 x 8GB Stick)
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB SSHD Hybrid Drive
Power Supply: Aerocool 80 PLUS 500W PSU
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

I currently have a spare £300, does anyone know if that could get me some parts that will improve my situation? Or even get close?

I have a holiday to greece next month, hence the limited funds.

Thanks all

You have a balanced build with a bad power supply, its a dead end platform so no point in upgrading just the gpu and psu


save more money

you are going to need cpu + mobo + ram + psu + gpu

 

[bignastyid]

Here's a CPU, mobo, ram and a PSU for just a bit over 300.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£68.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £310.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-27 12:25 BST+0100

 

[LordVile]

Hi All,

So i've previously found out on here my PC isn't great.

Specs as follows -

Processor: AMD Athlon X4-860K CPU, 4 Cores, 3.7 - 4GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Graphics Card
CPU Cooler: AMD Quiet 95W Stock CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 Motherboard
Memory: 8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz Memory (1 x 8GB Stick)
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB SSHD Hybrid Drive
Power Supply: Aerocool 80 PLUS 500W PSU
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

I currently have a spare £300, does anyone know if that could get me some parts that will improve my situation? Or even get close?

I have a holiday to greece next month, hence the limited funds.

Thanks all

GPU is fine for now for 1080p med-high you might be able to squeeze a CPU upgrade (To either AM4 or LGA 1151), new RAM and an SSD for £300 if you sell parts off

 

[manddy123]

Your GPU is pretty decent for 1080p, no need to change that.
I'd recommend this build for now:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£68.29 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £295.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-27 12:31 BST+0100

With that, try to get a new good PSU asap, as the one you currently have isn't the most reliable unit...
Nevertheless, that new build should give new life to your gaming experience since it has a much faster CPU and RAM

 

[Ricky2351991]

Thanks for the replies all. Due to me being new at PC's, i bought the PC already built. How hard would i find it to put in a new CPU/Mobo/Ram? thanks

 

[Captaingadget]

Thanks for the replies all. Due to me being new at PC's, i bought the PC already built. How hard would i find it to put in a new CPU/Mobo/Ram? thanks

Not that hard, but that's coming from someone who has done it themselves multiple times before - although I am self-taught. Most things just clip in easily and the mobo screws into the case. Trickiest bits I've always found is getting the CPU cooler fan onto the motherboard, particularly if you have to attach a backplate on the mobo, and getting all the right cables in the right sockets from the PSU and Case onto the mobo, but even that isn't that hard nowadays as everything colour coded and labelled. I'd suggest having a look at a few "how to" videos on youtube and seeing if there's anything there that would worry you.

 

[manddy123]

Thanks for the replies all. Due to me being new at PC's, i bought the PC already built. How hard would i find it to put in a new CPU/Mobo/Ram? thanks

Aside from cabling the motherboard, everything else is pretty straight foward.
There's tons of tutorials in the net, watch a few and you'll be able to assemble any piece on your PC

 

[LordVile]

Thanks for the replies all. Due to me being new at PC's, i bought the PC already built. How hard would i find it to put in a new CPU/Mobo/Ram? thanks

Aside from cabling the motherboard, everything else is pretty straight foward.
There's tons of tutorials in the net, watch a few and you'll be able to assemble any piece on your PC

Unless it's a OEM and the layout and PSU are funky