Question Look for upgrade advice on old gaming PC

[dn002]

I am looking to get a new gaming PC and giving my current one to my wife. She typically doesn't play the latest and greatest games but occasionally dabbles in them a bit. My question is, are there upgrades I can make to the system to make it more up to date or would I be better off building her a new system?

This is what I currently have: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QX7Kgn

 

[logainofhades]

Needs a GPU, as you didn't list one. Depending on GPU you go with, PSU probably should be upgraded as well. The rest is still fine enough.

 

[dn002]

Needs a GPU, as you didn't list one. Depending on GPU you go with, PSU probably should be upgraded as well. The rest is still fine enough.

Whooops, it is a 3070.

 

[Lutfij]

How old is the PSU in your build? Considering you want to pass on a RTX3070 to your wife, you should look at a 850W reliably built unit, due to high transient load spikes on the RTX3000 series cards. Outside of that, no, you can't do much in terms of an upgrade before you're looking into a higher pedigree platform.

Moved thread from Components section to Systems section.

 

[dn002]

How old is the PSU in your build? Considering you want to pass on a RTX3070 to your wife, you should look at a 850W reliably built unit, due to high transient load spikes on the RTX3000 series cards. Outside of that, no, you can't do much in terms of an upgrade before you're looking into a higher pedigree platform.

Moved thread from Components section to Systems section.

The PSU is about 4 years old I think.

 

[dn002]

Just updated the list to include the GPU: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QX7Kgn

 

[dingo07]

Why do anything... it's fine the way it is.

 

[geofelt]

Your gift is probably overkill for Her needs.
I suppose you could build something cheaper but why bother?
And... you never get what you should selling old parts or PC's.
Be thankful that you have a place for your old PC which lets you build a new one.

 

[artk2219]

I am looking to get a new gaming PC and giving my current one to my wife. She typically doesn't play the latest and greatest games but occasionally dabbles in them a bit. My question is, are there upgrades I can make to the system to make it more up to date or would I be better off building her a new system?

This is what I currently have: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QX7Kgn

Honestly that's still a very good build, your wife should be happy with that for a few years at least, especially if she is playing at 1080P and if she isn't playing anything super intensive.

 

[logainofhades]

For AAA gaming, I would bump the GPU up to something with more V-ram, and a better PSU as well. Depends on how much you want to spend.

 

[artk2219]

For AAA gaming, I would bump the GPU up to something with more V-ram, and a better PSU as well. Depends on how much you want to spend.

I agree, but it could probably be put off for a year, maybe longer depending on the resolution and what they're playing.

 

[dn002]

Thank you all for the suggestions. It looks like for all the games she's interested in the moment the system runs them well. I guess we'll hold off until it can't run something she enjoys playing. The only other thing I might look into upgrading is upgrading storage. Any recommendations?

 

[logainofhades]

Thank you all for the suggestions. It looks like for all the games she's interested in the moment the system runs them well. I guess we'll hold off until it can't run something she enjoys playing. The only other thing I might look into upgrading is upgrading storage. Any recommendations?

I like microcenter's Inland Performance drives. They come with a 6yr warranty, are a dram design with TLC.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CL...us-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-329474

 

[dn002]

I like microcenter's Inland Performance drives. They come with a 6yr warranty, are a dram design with TLC.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CL...us-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-329474

Thank you for the suggestion.

 

[geofelt]

Thank you all for the suggestions. It looks like for all the games she's interested in the moment the system runs them well. I guess we'll hold off until it can't run something she enjoys playing. The only other thing I might look into upgrading is upgrading storage. Any recommendations?

Wait on storage until you need it.
Price/performance is constantly improving.

 

[dingo07]

Thank you all for the suggestions. It looks like for all the games she's interested in the moment the system runs them well. I guess we'll hold off until it can't run something she enjoys playing. The only other thing I might look into upgrading is upgrading storage. Any recommendations?

It looks like the boot drive is a solid state drive, and there's a storage drive that's also SS. Like other's said, no need to swap one or add one unless you need it. You probably won't actually feel much of a difference if you do change the boot drive.
Leave the computer just the way it is - use it until she wants to play a game the GPU struggles with. Then sell it to a kid in grade school for $3-400 with the monitor. Then build a brand new SFF unit like I have that would be a great upgrade for years. (Had I waited a month or so I would've used a SFF case that the AIO actually fits inside of!)