Should I Upgrade or Buy New?

[pcgamer777]

Hi everyone

I have a gaming pc which I built around 6-7 years ago, it was very good when I built it but pretty dated now. I would like to try and save money by just upgrading it rather than buying a totally new PC, probably doing upgrades of around £100 at a time although I could potentially buy a new system outright for a maximum of around £300 at the minute. I do have a bit more money but could not really justify spending more at the moment as have other commitments. I am looking to play modern games, i.e. Metro LL, Crysys etc. on moderate to high settings. I don't necessarily want to be able to play all games on highest settings just on at least moderate without a loss of performance.

Firstly, could someone please advise if it is worth upgrading at all or if it is so dated that I am better off buying a new PC (in which case I will wait and save up) and if it is worth upgrading, what component should I upgrade first in order to get the biggest increase in performance?

Please see my current parts list below:

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  ■motherboard: asus p6t deluxe
  ■graphics card: radeon hd 5800 (1gb memory)
  ■ram: 6gb ddr3
  ■processor: intl i7 920 2.6ghz
  ■ around 7 terabytes of hdd space - 1 internal, 2 external

I have a pretty good knowledge of PCs but I am a bit out of the loop with what is considered good in gaming hardware today.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Tradesman1]

Build a new rig, The 920/P6 combo was very good, but is rather dated now and it's getting harder and harder to find DDR3 with low density memory ICs which are need for a DRAM upgrade. Should prob come up with a budget and then work from there - I'd go Skylake but Haswell will be viable for the next few years also