PC Upgrade Help

[happer7]

Hi I already have a desktop PC with;
-Gtx 750Ti
-AMD FX 4300
-1TB HDD
-120GB SSD
-Corsair 550 Watt Powersupply
-Not sure what the motherboard is but it's Asus.

I would like to be able to play all current and new games on medium to high settings. At this point I can get around £200. I will get more money eventually to upgrade but this is all I have. I don't necessarily need intel. Thanks.

 

[JalYt_Justin]

Well, both your CPU and GPU are in need of upgrades. Your CPU is weak enough that it will bottleneck most graphics cards (most viable option is 1060 3/6gb), but your GPU is also weak enough that even if you upgraded your CPU you wouldn't see a huge difference.

It depends on how much more money you can get. If you can't scrounge another $300-400, on top of the $200 you currently have, then just buy a 1060 3gb since that's the only decent card in the $200 range. With another $400 you could upgrade your CPU to a Ryzen platform which will be good enough with the 1060 to run all games med/high.

With $200, you can upgrade your GPU and that's it. It will be limited by your CPU and you probably will not achieve 60fps on high settings on all games. Especially if those games are CPU intensive (PUBG, AotS, etc).

 

[WildCard999]

You could upgrade your CPU for around your budget and I would overclock it to at least 3.4-3.5 on the stock cooler. Next upgrade I would go with would be the GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£86.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£59.16 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Tactical 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£73.19 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £219.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-26 13:52 BST+0100


It's a good upgrade over your current CPU.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-1200-vs-AMD-FX-4300/3931vs2879


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£199.14 @ Aria PC)
Total: £199.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-26 13:56 BST+0100

 

[happer7]

Well, both your CPU and GPU are in need of upgrades. Your CPU is weak enough that it will bottleneck most graphics cards (most viable option is 1060 3/6gb), but your GPU is also weak enough that even if you upgraded your CPU you wouldn't see a huge difference.

It depends on how much more money you can get. If you can't scrounge another $300-400, on top of the $200 you currently have, then just buy a 1060 3gb since that's the only decent card in the $200 range. With another $400 you could upgrade your CPU to a Ryzen platform which will be good enough with the 1060 to run all games med/high.

With $200, you can upgrade your GPU and that's it. It will be limited by your CPU and you probably will not achieve 60fps on high settings on all games. Especially if those games are CPU intensive (PUBG, AotS, etc).

With money not in mind, what is a google intel board and cpu that can run games?

 

[Lutfij]

You would need to invest in a R3 Ryzen platform or an Intel Coffeelake platform. In either case the new platform jump would also require you to get DDR4 ram making your existing CPU, motherboard and ram combo unusable.

Have a look at this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£86.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£62.44 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£90.10 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £239.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-26 13:57 BST+0100