[SOLVED] Upgrade or just save and buy new?

[trickyricky]

I'm currently using a pre-built system that dates back to late 2012 which i have upgraded over time and was wondering whether it at all would be worth to continue to pocket money into getting it to a decent quality or scrapping and starting fresh

I'll post specs below

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 3330 @ 3.00GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8B75-M LX (LGA1155)
Graphics
ZOWIE XL LCD (1920x1080@144Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (EVGA)
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 (SATA)
223GB KINGSTON SA400S37240G (SATA-2 (SSD))

 

[jay32267]

I would buy new.
Even the fastest CPU you can put in that motherboard is very slow by today's standards.

 

[Barty1884]

Really depends what you want to achieve. You can only go so far on a dated platform like that.
Beyond a CPU upgrade to an i7 and (potentially) a GPU upgrade, there's not a whole lot you can do -- so any "upgrade" has to be considered vs the cost.

An i7-3770, for example) can be had for ~$50 USD most of the time and remains a solid CPU for gaming these days, although it is starting to show it's age.
Is it a great choice? No. But given you already have the platform and could recoup probably $20 from selling the 3330 used, a $30 investment isn't so bad if it'll net you performance gains.

A GPU upgrade can always be carried forward, so there's no real "risk" there.... assuming you buy with any eye on an upgrade'. You could pair a 2080TI (example) with an i5-3330... you're not going to max out the GPU at this stage, paired with an older quad-core, but if you were upgrading the platform in a month or two, it would serve you well in the upgrade.

If you had no intention of upgrading the platform anytime soon, I'd be confident enough pairing something like a 1650Super with an i5-3330 (although it will still hold the GPU back in some instances), or a 2060Super with an i7-3770.

Even the fastest CPU you can put in that motherboard is very slow by today's standards.

An i7-3770 is not "slow". How viable it is to spend money on is debatable, but it's not "slow".
A 3770 should performance roughly in the same ballpark as a Ryzen5 1600 in titles that will not exceed 8threads (all else being equal).

 

[King_V]

Things like upgrading storage and the video card aren't out of the question - plus, those are parts you can carry over to a new build.

16 GB of RAM isn't anything to complain about, so you're good there.

You can get an i7-3770, for example, to upgrade it, if you can find one relatively inexpensively. In my experience, people seem to want more for them than a modern equivalent would go for, on the hopes that someone will pay more as long as it's less than the cost of a new motherboard, CPU, and RAM.