Help me upgrade my ancient PC.

dzhino

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Hi guys, so I want to upgrade my awful PC (It's terrible).
I just want to upgrade it to the level where I will be able to play CS GO smoothly, no more. :D.
Can you please give me advice, which parts should I change ?
(Budget ~400$)

Motherboard: P5G41T-M LX3
CPU - Intel Pentium 6600
RAM - 4GB single channel DDR3
Videocard - Geforce GT 440 (2 GB) (Monitor 1920x1080)
HDD- 500 GB
 
Solution
You may just want to consider a a new overhaul. That's a LGA 775 board, and not really man options. Not to mention, it will probably all be second hand. The trick here is the ITX build though. If you are ONLY playing CS:GO and nothing else, then I could go with something like this :

It should still fit in your case. Gives you room to upgrade to a i7-7700K (the latest mainstream chip right now). Also should be able to handle other games as well, but it will have to be on low settings. I would even suggest spending another $80 on a SSD..and/or $50 on a 1TB hard drive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)...
You may just want to consider a a new overhaul. That's a LGA 775 board, and not really man options. Not to mention, it will probably all be second hand. The trick here is the ITX build though. If you are ONLY playing CS:GO and nothing else, then I could go with something like this :

It should still fit in your case. Gives you room to upgrade to a i7-7700K (the latest mainstream chip right now). Also should be able to handle other games as well, but it will have to be on low settings. I would even suggest spending another $80 on a SSD..and/or $50 on a 1TB hard drive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B250I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($54.88 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $307.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-20 13:31 EDT-0400
 
Solution
Okay, two builds. First tries to keep your mobo and goes to low $$$$. Second replaces the mobo and is much faster. But you will have to worry about your PSU being capable and it is slightly over budget.

First Build
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qdFvtJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qdFvtJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($37.26 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - P5G41T-M LX Micro ATX LGA775 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Team - Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $228.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-20 13:36 EDT-0400

Second Build
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sJtzLD
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sJtzLD/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4GB Dual Video Card ($209.98 @ Directron)
Total: $421.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-20 13:41 EDT-0400
 
Take a look at the price on the Q9400 from Amazon. I thought it was a scam vendor but checked it out, reputable vendor. That's why I didn't suggest Ebay for the CPU.