Question Looking to upgrade

[FallenAsleep]

I have been using this since 2016 that was recommended on this forum:
https://newegg.io/7df7ffa

Looking for ideas on what to do to upgrade it. Maybe a better graphics card?

Thanks for your time.

 

[logainofhades]

I would say it is time for a new system, to be perfectly honest.

 

[FallenAsleep]

I would say it is time for a new system, to be perfectly honest.

Would you happen to have any recommendations under 1000$ I don't play many intense games, mainly FFXIV, but its good to have something that can if I want to.

 

[Lafong]

I don't see any drives in that list. Are you on an SSD?

You might be able to keep the case.

That's a pretty good power supply unless it has been abused. Is it 8 years old?

If semi-desperate, you might be able to keep the RAM.

You need to decide if you can get by with a 200 dollar video card for those games. Or is it 500? I have no idea.

At 1000 dollars total budget, whatever you spend on the video card is going to severely eat into what you can spend on CPU, motherboard, RAM, and storage.

Can you add 100 a month to that budget? Maybe wait a few months if you can?

 

[FallenAsleep]

For Drive, its a Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

I can probably add 400 onto it.

 

[Lafong]

First things first.

Replace the drive with an SSD. You would be able to use it later on whatever PC you eventually build.

Decide how much capacity you need. Put Windows and your applications on it.

You can probably use your existing hard drive for more storage or backup if need be.

That alone will be a noticeable improvement on the first day. Even if you don't spend another dime.

If you can spend say 1200 excluding the SSD, you are probably in pretty good shape...but I can't help you with what video card you need. I don't use them.

 

[stonecarver]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1669939181...&customid=tomshardware-us-1157437178136193988


https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...r-8m-cache-up-to-4-00-ghz/specifications.html


Intel is not as fussy as Ryzen with perfectly matched memory so just get another set.

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-ddr4-2400/p/N82E16820231888?Item=N82E16820231888

As far as a GPU I see GTX 1080ti going for $100 or you could go for a new mid range card from AMD or Nvidia that would carry over to a new build later but that jumps up a GPU to the high $200's to the mid $400's

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-BX50...id=1734493564&sprefix=ssd,aps,200&sr=8-3&th=1

Just showing you both sides of the coin. If your ready to go fully new by all means disregard the updates you can make to your older PC but the option is there and you really get a lot of bang for your buck.