Need Upgrade Help

[ColbyAdams82]

So I have a prebuilt pc that I have been upgrading with parts I get from old towers laying around. I'm looking to upgrade but I have no clue where to start. The cpu is an AMD A4-5000 which has no upgrade patch because it is soldered to the board. In order to upgrade the CPU I must buy a mobo as well. I have 8gb of gddr3, and the graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 4830. I have a budget of around $250, I can go slightly higher if needed. I just need to know where to start, should I spend it all on a good GPU or all on a CPU and mobo, or go more budget end and get all 3? Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Aeacus]

For starting, how about this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6300 3.8GHz Dual-Core Processor ($141.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($40.88 @ NCIX US)
Total: $232.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 21:24 EDT-0400

With this you get newest LGA1151 socket and Skylake CPU with DDR4 RAM. LGA1151 sets you up with current Skylake and future Kaby Lake and Cannonlake CPUs from Intel.

Future upgrades without changing MoBo could be: i5-6500, 2x 8GB of RAM and any GPU (e.g. GTX 1060 6GGB).

 

[ColbyAdams82]

For starting, how about this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6300 3.8GHz Dual-Core Processor ($141.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($40.88 @ NCIX US)
Total: $232.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-05 21:24 EDT-0400

With this you get newest LGA1151 socket and Skylake CPU with DDR4 RAM. LGA1151 sets you up with current Skylake and future Kaby Lake and Cannonlake CPUs from Intel.

Future upgrades without changing MoBo could be: i5-6500, 2x 8GB of RAM and any GPU (e.g. GTX 1060 6GGB).

Would I be better off getting this now and a gpu later on? There is a GTX 750ti on sale I was getting ready to buy before I read this. Which do you think I should go with, getting this or the 750ti? Sorry for so many questions this is my first time spending more than $15 upgrading my system so I want to make sure I don't mess it up.

 

[Aeacus]

I suggest you go with new CPU-MoBo-RAM set, rather than GPU.
As time goes on, GPU prices drop and there will be more sales.

But if you go with GPU, keep in mind that your current system (especially CPU) will be a bottleneck to your GTX 750 Ti.

 

[ColbyAdams82]

I suggest you go with new CPU-MoBo-RAM set, rather than GPU.
As time goes on, GPU prices drop and there will be more sales.

But if you go with GPU, keep in mind that your current system (especially CPU) will be a bottleneck to your GTX 750 Ti.

Ok I will go with the CPU - MoBo - Ram combo, thanks for the help. One more quick question, when I get the new parts, do you think I should use my graphics card or just use the integrated graphics?

 

[Verdeski]

The graphics card will be better than the integrated graphics.

 

[Aeacus]

As Verdeski already stated, dedicated GPU is better for gaming than intergrated graphics. Intergrated graphics is for office/desktop PC's that doesn't need dedicated GPU for doing their work.
You can do some light gaming on intergrated graphics but it's better to have dedicated GPU.