How to know what parts to upgrade on your pc ?

[toxicbullets10]

i bought a premade gaming pc pc and i want to upgrade it but i dont know which parts need to be upgraded and what makes parts better than others, iwould assume a better graphics card would do the trick but i know that you can get bottlenecking if your not carefull so im not sure if i should upgrade my cpu or gpu. please help!

pc details: https://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/catalogue/item/N149577W?

ps; im obviously pretty new to computers so any advice would be much appreciated!

 

[Math Geek]

the cpu is rather weak so that's what i'd focus on first.

problem is to go to a new much better cpu will need a new motherboard and probably ram as well. can be done for cheap this is basically a new build at that point. the power supply is probably also going to be an issue as they are usually real cheap and weak on a pre-built pc.

a new gpu/psu combo would be a good start but the cpu is so weak, a better gpu is likely going to be bottlenecked by the cpu making it not the best first upgrade.

if you have a budget in mind, i can look for a decent cpu/mobo/ram combo to start with. then the gpu and psu can be done down the road. $350-400 is probably the low end to make the upgrade worth it. that'll get a cpu/mobo and new ram (new stuff runs ddr4 while you have ddr3 so it has to be replaced as well.

the gtx 960 is not that bad of a gpu so it can stay for now and the psu will be good enough for now as well. the rest of the pc can be kept and reused like hdd and so on.

 

[toxicbullets10]

the cpu is rather weak so that's what i'd focus on first.

problem is to go to a new much better cpu will need a new motherboard and probably ram as well. can be done for cheap this is basically a new build at that point. the power supply is probably also going to be an issue as they are usually real cheap and weak on a pre-built pc.

a new gpu/psu combo would be a good start but the cpu is so weak, a better gpu is likely going to be bottlenecked by the cpu making it not the best first upgrade.

if you have a budget in mind, i can look for a decent cpu/mobo/ram combo to start with. then the gpu and psu can be done down the road. $350-400 is probably the low end to make the upgrade worth it. that'll get a cpu/mobo and new ram (new stuff runs ddr4 while you have ddr3 so it has to be replaced as well.

the gtx 960 is not that bad of a gpu so it can stay for now and the psu will be good enough for now as well. the rest of the pc can be kept and reused like hdd and so on.

thanks man!

 

[Math Geek]

no problem.

whenever you're ready for the upgrade feel free to ask for some help with possible options. lots of good ways to go right now for most budget ranges. can even do it for under $200 with a new pentium with hyperthreading which run about $70

 

[aquielisunari]

i bought a premade gaming pc pc and i want to upgrade it but i dont know which parts need to be upgraded and what makes parts better than others, iwould assume a better graphics card would do the trick but i know that you can get bottlenecking if your not carefull so im not sure if i should upgrade my cpu or gpu. please help!

pc details: https://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/catalogue/item/N149577W?

ps; im obviously pretty new to computers so any advice would be much appreciated!

I agree that a new build is in order. Upgrading to the 8350 which is near the top of the FX line wouldn't be worth it even at $130. The 4300 is most certainly the weakest link.

As far as your GFX card is concerned I wouldn't choose anything less than the 580 or 1060 6GB. I vote for the 1060 6GB.

You have 10. You don't need to buy it again. It used to be that if the MB was changed so too would the OS. Not true anymore. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change shows more about that.

If you plan on selling your current PC to help belay the cost of a new build I wouldn't include the OS. Ubuntu can be loaded for free and to show it's perfectly operational. Toss in Wine and a few other things and gaming is certainly possible. Yep, other ways to pet that cat.

So which CPU? Ryzen 1500X. It does include a cooler. The only Ryzen X CPU that does.

You can get away with 8GB RAM for a while but 16GB is preferred these days.