[SOLVED] Is it time to upgrade?

[Themasterofw]

I know a lot are asking questions on this wonderful week as the deals are ever going.
I figured I would join in so onto the question.

Is it possible to upgrade my graphic card or anything with Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 as my current motherboard.

My current setup for my computer:
Mbd: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
Processor : AMD FX- 4130 Quad Core
Graphics Card : Nvidia GTX 750-Ti
Drives : Crucial BX500 120GB SSD and WD Blue 320GB
Ram : Vengeance 2 x 8 ddr3 ( which my computer doesn't recognize and stats Unknown.
Psu: Thermaltake Smart Series 500 watts ( part number : spd- 0500p)

My main goal is to play any build in Path of exile ( And while I can the more heavy particle builds net me freezes some times) without major frame drops.

https://www.pcgamebenchmark.com/path-of-exile-system-requirements

I did some research before and learned that my MBD was a major limitation in upgrading.
But I am not well versed in what a good motherboard to upgrade to is and if at all possible I would want it to be usable by itself and the ddr4 ram I would have to buy. ( Which means I would like it to use my current graphics card).
My budget would be 200-300 dollars. But I more so just want knowledge from the wise internet folks.

 

[Themasterofw]

Never mind I forgot I asked this before https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-old-pc-for-gaming-hoping-for-advice.3454569/. If anyone has anything else to add to there response though I dont mind. It was like 9 months ago and pc parts change in price.

 

[PC Tailor]

what a good motherboard to upgrade to is and if at all possible I would want it to be usable by itself and the ddr4 ram I would have to buy

If you upgraded the motherboard, you'd have to upgrade the RAM AND the CPU too. Problem is it's an outdated chipset. As someone has stated on your previous post.
There is also another comment stating to keep the PSU, but food for thought would be the TT Smart Series are awful quality PSUs, so personally I wouldn't want to run a higher end GPU with that PSU anyway - at least not for any prolonged period of time.

However I believe King V has pretty much got the gist of it there.

 

[Themasterofw]

If you upgraded the motherboard, you'd have to upgrade the RAM AND the CPU too. Problem is it's an outdated chipset. As someone has stated on your previous post.
There is also another comment stating to keep the PSU, but food for thought would be the TT Smart Series are awful quality PSUs, so personally I wouldn't want to run a higher end GPU with that PSU anyway - at least not for any prolonged period of time.

However I believe King V has pretty much got the gist of it there.

Thank you for the correction I forgot about the cpu aspect as you can tell I am not all that computer savy yet just struggling through college. I also didnt know that the Smart series was generally known to be awful.

 

[PC Tailor]

Thank you for the correction I forgot about the cpu aspect as you can tell I am not all that computer savy yet just struggling through college. I also didnt know that the Smart series was generally known to be awful.

That's no problem my friend! We all start somewhere and all have different priorities! College is more important, and that's what these forums are for

Yes ThermalTake unfortunately make a ton of junk PSUs, the standard Smart series is one of them, the Smart RGB are better, but still not fantastic. There are several major brands that make a lot of junk PSUs (Cooler Master, EVGA, Antec, Thermaltake) so on. They obviously do make some good units too.