Upgrading 4 year old gaming pc

[Pwnstarz69]

Hello, I'm looking to upgrade my older rig as I've just gotten back into pc gaming again. I'll be buying parts slowly throughout the next few months, and I was wondering which parts would be the best to upgrade in which order.

Wanting to upgrade it to a mid range rig, I don't exact budgets for parts but best performance at mid range is what I'm looking for.

Games I'm looking to play right now @med/high settings:
Rainbow six siege
PLAYER UNKNOWNS battlegrounds
World of warcraft legion

Parts that would benefit my performance now would be ideal.

Current specs:
CPU: phenom ii x4 965 be oc'd @4.0ghz
CPU cooler: Hyper 212 evo
GPU: Sapphire Radeon 7850 2gb oc
MOBO: Asrock 760gm-gs3
PSU: 450W Antec basiq
RAM: Patriot viper 3 ddr3 1600
CASE: Cooler master haf 912
Also running a "non-geniune" version of windows 7 if that makes a difference lol, thanks.

 

[atomicWAR]

GPU would be my first buy in tandem with a new PSU. Then I would get a new CPU/ram/ motherboard combo and heat sink. Then I would finish off with a SSD if you can afford it, ideally m.2 but SATA is ok too.

 

[boosted1g]

A phenom is a lot older then just 4 years, closer to 8 years old.

A GTX 1050 Ti would be the only thing worthwhile to put into that PC.

After that then plan to do a full platform change.
A pentium G4560 + B250 motherboard + 8GB DDR4 memory runs $180 USD which will be a large improvement over your Phenom.

 

[atomicWAR]

A phenom is a lot older then just 4 years, closer to 8 years old.

A GTX 1050 Ti would be the only thing worthwhile to put into that PC.

After that then plan to do a full platform change.
A pentium G4560 + B250 motherboard + 8GB DDR4 memory runs $180 USD which will be a large improvement over your Phenom.

It's old but if he is planning on a full platform change at some point in the near future saying a GTX 1050 TI is only worthwhile GPU is a big stretch. Yes more GPU then that will be bottlenecked by his current CPU but it would not be after he gets his new CPU/mobo/ram. The OP just needs to be mindful that his new GPU won't reach it's full potential until the whole CPU/mobo platform is upgraded.

 

[boosted1g]

It's old but if he is planning on a full platform change at some point in the near future saying a GTX 1050 TI is only worthwhile GPU is a big stretch. Yes more GPU then that will be bottlenecked by his current CPU but it would not be after he gets his new CPU/mobo/ram. The OP just needs to be mindful that his new GPU won't reach it's full potential until the whole CPU/mobo platform is upgraded.

Good point, a 1060 3gb or 480/570 would be too much for current build but good for a pentium g4560 build.
A 580 or 1070 would be good if getting an i5 or better.

 

[Pwnstarz69]

I wouldn't mind spending a little more on the processor if it will help me in future gaming. Maybe $150-175. Unless of course the g4560 is the better choice right now. Maybe I'll get an i5/i7 later down the road (or right now if the price is right), a future proof mobo for that would be great also. I have no bad taste for amd products either, so intel/amd bard systems are both welcome.

What psu do you recommend for me then?

Also, I had planned to get the 1060 3gb already, forgot to mention that.

 

[LucoTF]

First upgrade would be this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.58 @ OutletPC)
Total: $400.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-26 08:45 EDT-0400