Help w/ pc specs

[Grrundee]

Hello. I am looking for help with upgrading my pc. I would like to run games at 1080p and around 120fps. my current specs are

GPU- AMD Raedeon HD6410D
CPU- AMD A4-3420
HD- 500GB
System Memory- 4GB DDR3

sorry if that's not enough but that's all i know.

 

[The Paladin]

well, I can tell you right now... depends on what games you want to runs 120fps/1080p but I fear your looking to upgrade a lot of things
get SPECCY (link) and copy and paste the first page you see on the window into this message so we can get rest of your hardware specs

 

[Grrundee]

thanks for the reply. Overwatch is probably the most demanding game id like to play.


this is what i got from speccy

Operating System
Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU
AMD A4-3420 26 °C
Llano 32nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-6-5-15)
Motherboard
PEGATRON CORPORATION 2ACF (P0) 39 °C
Graphics
LCD TV (1360x768@60Hz)
512MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6410D (HP) 13 °C
Storage
465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA) 29 °C
Optical Drives
hp DVD A DH16ACSHR
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

[The Paladin]

Well if we take overwatch as your most needing software for video requirements;
Video: NVidia GeForce GTX 460, ATI Radeon HD 4850, or Intel HD Graphics 4400.

You could for a 2GB GDDR5 video Card like a GTX 660, or a GTX 750TI all depends on your budget to be honest
as well as the capacity of your power supply...

By the looks of your Speccy report it would seem your running an HP computer, if this is so, what model is it ?
are you able to look inside your case for the power supply label wattage it has ? this does play into the ability of your PC to handle a modern video card,

 

[Grrundee]

Well if we take overwatch as your most needing software for video requirements;
Video: NVidia GeForce GTX 460, ATI Radeon HD 4850, or Intel HD Graphics 4400.

You could for a 2GB GDDR5 video Card like a GTX 660, or a GTX 750TI all depends on your budget to be honest
as well as the capacity of your power supply...

By the looks of your Speccy report it would seem your running an HP computer, if this is so, what model is it ?
are you able to look inside your case for the power supply label wattage it has ? this does play into the ability of your PC to handle a modern video card,

yes its an hp pavilion p6-2316s. I'm pretty sure it has a 300w power supply wattage. this is link to the product specifications from the hp website
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c03513435

 

[The Paladin]

300w is going to be tight....

I did a quick reference on power consumption;
Note: Wattages are estimates only. Actual power draw may differ from listed values.
Component - Estimated Wattage
AMD A4-3420 2.8GHz Dual-Core OEM/Tray Processor 8W - 65W
ECS A75F-M2 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard 15W - 60W
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory 4W - 4W
Seagate Momentus Thin 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive 3W - 15W
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card 15W - 60W
Total: 45W - 204W

seeing the 200watts max usage and 300w on your PC (this is possible to use but PSU will die off probably quickly as it is over 75% Load of the PSU, I would strongly suggest upgrading the power supply with a 450w PSU of quality (bringing down the max usage to under 50% load.

 

[Grrundee]

300w is going to be tight....

I did a quick reference on power consumption;
Note: Wattages are estimates only. Actual power draw may differ from listed values.
Component - Estimated Wattage
AMD A4-3420 2.8GHz Dual-Core OEM/Tray Processor 8W - 65W
ECS A75F-M2 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard 15W - 60W
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory 4W - 4W
Seagate Momentus Thin 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive 3W - 15W
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card 15W - 60W
Total: 45W - 204W

seeing the 200watts max usage and 300w on your PC (this is possible to use but PSU will die off probably quickly as it is over 75% Load of the PSU, I would strongly suggest upgrading the power supply with a 450w PSU of quality (bringing down the max usage to under 50% load.

would this power supply work?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817170016&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817170016&gclid=CjwKEAiAtefDBRDTnbDnvM735xISJABlvGOv6Q-D-TbM2AKF36SHCWz9LWUVF7rbQDN0A71cZlKjPRoC8q_w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[The Paladin]

well its not the best in the business and you can find it even cheaper obviously budget being tight it would be better yes

then if your going with an unrated power supply, I would suggest bumping the wattage up (for safety of overloading PSU )
LOGISYS Computer PS550E12 550W ATX12V Power Supply

I am right to assume budget for power supply is very tight ?

 

[Grrundee]

well its not the best in the business and you can find it even cheaper obviously budget being tight it would be better yes

then if your going with an unrated power supply, I would suggest bumping the wattage up (for safety of overloading PSU )
LOGISYS Computer PS550E12 550W ATX12V Power Supply

I am right to assume budget for power supply is very tight ?

Yes, but I can do $30.

I'm trying to decide which case to get.
These are the two I'm considering

https://goo.gl/KoMzPG

https://goo.gl/piIpOg

could they both fit all the parts or is one too small?

 

[The Paladin]

well the problem with upgrading HP motherboards to a new case is they use NON Standard wiring to configure their HP cases.
yes you can move it all into a new case, but you will encounter issues with led, usb and such to connect them on the front of cases.

I would keep the same case until you are ready to get a new motherboard/cpu

 

[Grrundee]

well the problem with upgrading HP motherboards to a new case is they use NON Standard wiring to configure their HP cases.
yes you can move it all into a new case, but you will encounter issues with led, usb and such to connect them on the front of cases.

I would keep the same case until you are ready to get a new motherboard/cpu

I was thinking of selling my current computer and building a completely new pc from scratch. Or would that be too much for a first-timer?

also, when you said this-

"300w is going to be tight....

I did a quick reference on power consumption;
Note: Wattages are estimates only. Actual power draw may differ from listed values.
Component - Estimated Wattage
AMD A4-3420 2.8GHz Dual-Core OEM/Tray Processor 8W - 65W
ECS A75F-M2 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard 15W - 60W
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory 4W - 4W
Seagate Momentus Thin 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive 3W - 15W
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card 15W - 60W
Total: 45W - 204W

seeing the 200watts max usage and 300w on your PC (this is possible to use but PSU will die off probably quickly as it is over 75% Load of the PSU, I would strongly suggest upgrading the power supply with a 450w PSU of quality (bringing down the max usage to under 50% load."

were those recommendations for my new parts?

 

[The Paladin]

no you can sell and build a new one... but I don't know ho much you may get for your old pc , maybe 200-300$ at best
so I don't know what your new budget would be for building a new computer..

 

[Grrundee]

no you can sell and build a new one... but I don't know ho much you may get for your old pc , maybe 200-300$ at best
so I don't know what your new budget would be for building a new computer..

i have a $400-ish budget.

would the parts you mention earlier(below) run games at 1080p 120fps?

AMD A4-3420 2.8GHz Dual-Core OEM/Tray Processor
ECS A75F-M2 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Seagate Momentus Thin 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card

 

[The Paladin]

no you can sell and build a new one... but I don't know ho much you may get for your old pc , maybe 200-300$ at best
so I don't know what your new budget would be for building a new computer..

i have a $400-ish budget.

would the parts you mention earlier(below) run games at 1080p 120fps?

AMD A4-3420 2.8GHz Dual-Core OEM/Tray Processor
ECS A75F-M2 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Seagate Momentus Thin 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card

yes and that represents YOUR current PC 😛 I used part picker and approximated your parts to look for consumption of PSU wattage.