[SOLVED] Upgrade from prebuilt pc

[PjdeP]

Currently, I have a gaming pc (HP PC 880-127ns, motherboard Tampa2, power supply 500W) that I bought 3 years ago and I want an upgrade. However, I'm fairly new to this. I play games but I'm a casual gamer, I use Photoshop (which sometimes lags) and want to start with casual ideo editing and I'm a heavy multitasker.

I want to add 1 TB of SSD (SanDisk SSD Plus Sata III Internal SSD 1TB) Can I add it or would I have to replace it for the existing 128gb SSD?
I want to upgrade from 16gb to 32gb (Crucial CT2K8G4DFS824A X2 8gb) Is it compatible?
And I want to upgrade my graphics card (currently using 1060 3gb). Which one would you recommend?
Would you recommend upgrading my CPU as well (i7-8700 3.2 GHz up to 4.6). Which one would you recommend?

Lastly, would you recommend upgrading anything else?

Thank you very much in advance.

My budget is 500€ (SSD already bought, so does not count)

 

[hang-the-9]

The RAM upgrade to 32 is most likely not needed. Have you checked RAM usage and find you are maxing out?

SSD you can just add it, but it's a good time to do a clean setup of Windows on the computer, although you will need to reinstall your programs again. The case looks large enough to fit another 2.5" drive. Remove your existing drives, plug in the new one, install Windows and your programs on it. Plug in the old drive and use that for backups. The stock SSD is listed as an nvme which means it will be on the motherboard.

I would put all the money towards the video card, the CPU is just fine, it's an i7 and not old at all. A 1660 super is over 30% faster than the 1060 3gb and is a good pick for a cheap upgrade, especially since you can sell your existing card. 2060 is another $100 at about $330, I would guess you can sell your 1060 for 100 so that is only half your budget.

 

[PjdeP]

Thank you very much for the info. I'll go for the 2060 and 8gb more of RAM. Have a great day

 

[hang-the-9]

Thank you very much for the info. I'll go for the 2060 and 8gb more of RAM. Have a great day

It would be better to go with 16 gb unless you buy two more 4gb sticks so it keeps running in dual channel. I also you said you were not really into gaming, if you play simple games the 2060 would be more card than you would need.

 

[PjdeP]

I did go for 16gb of RAM as delivery was faster. I'll probably go for an overkill setup for my usage for future proofing really. Also, I saw that my monitors are Free Sync so would it be better to go with an AMD card? Which one? (Again, im not CRAZY about games)
Lastly, do you think a power supply of 500w is enough for the extra RAM, extra SSD and graphics card?
Thank you very much for your help

 

[hang-the-9]

I did go for 16gb of RAM as delivery was faster. I'll probably go for an overkill setup for my usage for future proofing really. Also, I saw that my monitors are Free Sync so would it be better to go with an AMD card? Which one? (Again, im not CRAZY about games)
Lastly, do you think a power supply of 500w is enough for the extra RAM, extra SSD and graphics card?
Thank you very much for your help

If you don't play games really and are at 1080 resolution you don't need a video card, you first need to set some sort of standard for the system as to exactly why you are changing parts, just buying new stuff because it's newer or faster is no good. Extra RAM and SSD won't matter to the power supply.