Question New Pc or motherboard idk idk idk

[Ahmet resul]

Hello. i have gotten a pc from a dads friend for free and it had really old parts in it like an intel Core i3-2100 and i wanted to play games with it so i bought myself a gtx 1050 ti. i have been playing some games with this potato pc for about 4 years now and i want to upgrade. i do not have a great budget since my dad doesnt wanna buy me a completely new pc. i wanted to ask if i could ONLY change my motherboard and my CPU and keep my old parts in and if that would even work. i dont even know where or how to start. ahhhh

 

[USAFRet]

Hello. i have gotten a pc from a dads friend for free and it had really old parts in it like an intel Core i3-2100 and i wanted to play games with it so i bought myself a gtx 1050 ti. i have been playing some games with this potato pc for about 4 years now and i want to upgrade. i do not have a great budget since my dad doesnt wanna buy me a completely new pc. i wanted to ask if i could ONLY change my motherboard and my CPU and keep my old parts in and if that would even work. i dont even know where or how to start. ahhhh

Please list ALL parts.
Make/model.

Mostly, motherboard/CPU/RAM all go together.
Change one, change all.

Also, the PSU is likely too old and/or small. Likely needs replacing.

So, new motherboard/CPU/RAM/PSU....thats a new PC...😉

 

[Ahmet resul]

motherboard: its a lenovo THINKSTATION so idk how to find the motherboard version but the only thing i could find is: lenovo 9hkt58aus
ram: 12gb ddr3
ssd: Samsung SSD 840 evo 500gb
gpu: GTX 1050 Ti
cpu: Intel Core i3-2100 3.10Ghz

 

[USAFRet]

motherboard: its a lenovo THINKSTATION so idk how to find the motherboard version but the only thing i could find is: lenovo 9hkt58aus
ram: 12gb ddr3
ssd: Samsung SSD 840 evo 500gb
gpu: GTX 1050 Ti
cpu: Intel Core i3-2100 3.10Ghz

That motherboard may be proprietary. Not changeable in that same case and PSU.
Or, it may be standard ATX.

But, you can't change only the motherboard and CPU.
New RAM, and given the age...new PSU.
Possibly a new case.

The only things you'd be keeping is SSD and the 1050 GPU.
Basically a whole new PC.

 

[Ahmet resul]

one final question what cpu do you recommend for my gpu? i was interested in a i5-10400f but is that too much for the gpu in your opinion? and is 8gb ddr4 ram enough 😛

 

[USAFRet]

one final question what cpu do you recommend for my gpu? i was interested in a i5-10400f but is that too much for the gpu in your opinion? and is 8gb ddr4 ram enough 😛

You can't look for a CPU in isolation.

Start here:

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[geofelt]

I think this might be your specs:
https://support.lenovo.com/gt/en/solutions/pd008634
cpu-z will identify your motherboard.

Does this look like your pc?
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/so...-4468-4476-4495-4499-4513-4524-7034-7052-7178
Lenovo tends to use standard/non proprietary components.It looks like MATX for the motherboard and ATX for the psu.

Do you have a budget for an upgrade?


Likely, your strongest cpu upgrade would be from a 4 thread i3-2100 to a 8 thread i7-2600.
You would get 8 threads and perhaps15% better single thread performance.
I7-2600 might cost you $25 on ebay.

The psu seems to be 240w which may or may not be a standard ATX format depending on your case.
It will not support a stronger graphics card.

 

[Ahmet resul]

I think this might be your specs:
https://support.lenovo.com/gt/en/solutions/pd008634
cpu-z will identify your motherboard.

Does this look like your pc?
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/so...-4468-4476-4495-4499-4513-4524-7034-7052-7178
Lenovo tends to use standard/non proprietary components.It looks like MATX for the motherboard and ATX for the psu.

Do you have a budget for an upgrade?


Likely, your strongest cpu upgrade would be from a 4 thread i3-2100 to a 8 thread i7-2600.
You would get 8 threads and perhaps15% better single thread performance.
I7-2600 might cost you $25 on ebay.

The psu seems to be 240w which may or may not be a standard ATX format depending on your case.
It will not support a stronger graphics card.

thank you for the recommendation. i was actually looking to replace the whole thing but keeping my gpu and ssd. i have wishlisted these on amazon and could you tell me if they are enough or am i missin some other stuff

motherboard: Asus prime H510M-k
Ram: Lexar Thor ddr4 16 gb
cpu: Intel i5-10400f
PSU: Corsair cx 550W
cpu cooler: arctic freezer compact
gpu: gtx 1050 ti
ssd: samsung SSD 840 evo 500gb

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[geofelt]

Your parts will work, assuming your case is not proprietary and is a standard MATX case.
The i5-10400F processor will come with a stock cooler, no aftermarket cooler is needed.

The F suffix processors do not have integrated graphics.
Unless your budget is truly bottom, I would spend some $25 more.
Integrated graphics will save you if you ever have discrete graphics card issues.
I hope that ram is a 2 stick kit.