Help! Improve on Low Level PC

[sneakyscotty90]

Hello,

I'm looking for ways to upgrade my Low Level gaming PC but I have no idea where to start.

I bought the PC built to the below specs, except for the Hdd which I added from my broken gaming laptop.

I don't have a large budget and will over time improve all areas. What should be my 1st addition? Any help/guidance will be appreciated.

PC Specs:

CPU: AMD FX 6350 6-Core Processor (3.90 GHz)

GPU: Nvidia GTX 750-ti

RAM: 8GB DDR3 2400MHz

PSU: CiT Active 85 550W Bronze 80+

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250gb

HDD: HGST (HTS541010A7E630) 1TB 5400RPM

 

[vapour]

max budget? living in US? what games do you play?

 

[delaro]

Used

$150 can find stuff like this

i3 6100 $45-$60
i5 6500 $75-$100
Z170A or H250 boards $35 to $90
8 GB of 2133 DDR4 $60-$80

Plenty of upgrade potential,l M2 SSD's and 10 FPS more as is with just the i3.

1050 TI/1060 3gb/970 GTX/980 GTX all can be found used from $120-$180 and are quite a bit faster than a 750 TI.

New
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium Gold G5400 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - H310M A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $185.97

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - H310M A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $234.97

The Ryzen Option.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($98.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.29 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $233.17

A Ryzen 1300X can be found used for around $75
A Ryzen 5 1400 can be found used for around $90-$100
A Ryzen 5 1600 can be found used for around $130-$150
Used B350 boards can be found for around $40-$70 which allow overclocking.

 

[sneakyscotty90]

max budget? living in US? what games do you play?

Live in the UK. 1st purchase happy to spend around £200 (Around $260). I don't really play online shooters etc. Mostly AAA RPGs, FPS, and Sports games.

 

[vapour]

budget is not enough for a CPU combo update and I will do gpu first, get new Intel or AMD CPU later on, I will get 1050ti for the budget.