- Aug 23, 2014
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Hey,
*note* I am by no means a genius or even good at or have a good knowledge of computers and building them etc, so please forgive my ignorance if I say something silly or don't quite understand something but I do feel confident enough in my knowledge of computers to do this.
My name's George and A few months ago I got a new good, prebuilt laptop (Lenovo) over a new custom tower as the laptop would serve me better than the tower due to my studying and traveling, but as it's a laptop (which isn't geared towards gaming) it doesn't really fill my gaming needs and all.
So I have this old Packard Bell desktop (around 2-3 years old) which I decided to give a shot at upgrading it
. I can't seem to find the specs and I'm on holiday currently so I don't have a clear view of it but I can definitely update this thread tomorrow when I'm back home but what I do know is this -
It has an i5 processor, my guess it would be at around 3-3.2GHz (clocked at - I think that's he term)
4GB RAM
Tiny case
1TB hard drive (I believe it's split into 2x500gb)
So, what I have planned is to upgrade the motherboard, graphics card, bigger case, possibly/probably new PSU and 8GB ram.
I have a fair bit of money on me now but one or two upgrades must wait 2-3weeks or so. Reason why I want to get this done now, is because I'll be home due to the holidays for 1-2weeks still and the post office sucks balls here, so preferably have it come to me and not have to pick it up.
After my research, this is what I've come up with to upgrade to so far -
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130693&cm_re=Msi_g45-_-13-130-693-_-Product
Graphics card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202050&cm_re=Sapphire_r9_270x-_-14-202-050-_-Product
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231550&cm_re=Ares_8gb-_-20-231-550-_-Product
As for power supply I was hoping someone could guide me on how much I need (500,600 etc)
And case I was really hoping someone could choose/find me a suitable case for around 50-ish euros as it isn't too important to me, as long as it fits and has some room for possible future upgrades (size of graphics card, as an example). Flashy, sexy light(s) would be nice but not a real issue
As I said before, one item will be ordered a little later so out of he 3, which 2 should I upgrade first? Graphics and motherboard is what I was thinking. I mainly play LoL where I'd get around 30fps on 'low' so the graphics card *should* fix that.....right?
So if you guys could please guide me on this and maybe correct me if the parts I chose don't work well together or are better ones for the the same price, it'd be much appreciated. The prices of the components I listed is what I can currently afford so please look in that price range, but if you think it's better you can show me a 10$ cheaper motherboard and 10$ more expensive graphics card! as an example.
Also, what tools will I need for this, other can screwdrivers? Thermal paste, etc?
All help is very much appreciated
Thanks a ton for reading and helping!
*note* I am by no means a genius or even good at or have a good knowledge of computers and building them etc, so please forgive my ignorance if I say something silly or don't quite understand something but I do feel confident enough in my knowledge of computers to do this.
My name's George and A few months ago I got a new good, prebuilt laptop (Lenovo) over a new custom tower as the laptop would serve me better than the tower due to my studying and traveling, but as it's a laptop (which isn't geared towards gaming) it doesn't really fill my gaming needs and all.
So I have this old Packard Bell desktop (around 2-3 years old) which I decided to give a shot at upgrading it
. I can't seem to find the specs and I'm on holiday currently so I don't have a clear view of it but I can definitely update this thread tomorrow when I'm back home but what I do know is this -It has an i5 processor, my guess it would be at around 3-3.2GHz (clocked at - I think that's he term)
4GB RAM
Tiny case
1TB hard drive (I believe it's split into 2x500gb)
So, what I have planned is to upgrade the motherboard, graphics card, bigger case, possibly/probably new PSU and 8GB ram.
I have a fair bit of money on me now but one or two upgrades must wait 2-3weeks or so. Reason why I want to get this done now, is because I'll be home due to the holidays for 1-2weeks still and the post office sucks balls here, so preferably have it come to me and not have to pick it up.
After my research, this is what I've come up with to upgrade to so far -
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130693&cm_re=Msi_g45-_-13-130-693-_-Product
Graphics card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202050&cm_re=Sapphire_r9_270x-_-14-202-050-_-Product
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231550&cm_re=Ares_8gb-_-20-231-550-_-Product
As for power supply I was hoping someone could guide me on how much I need (500,600 etc)
And case I was really hoping someone could choose/find me a suitable case for around 50-ish euros as it isn't too important to me, as long as it fits and has some room for possible future upgrades (size of graphics card, as an example). Flashy, sexy light(s) would be nice but not a real issue
As I said before, one item will be ordered a little later so out of he 3, which 2 should I upgrade first? Graphics and motherboard is what I was thinking. I mainly play LoL where I'd get around 30fps on 'low' so the graphics card *should* fix that.....right?
So if you guys could please guide me on this and maybe correct me if the parts I chose don't work well together or are better ones for the the same price, it'd be much appreciated. The prices of the components I listed is what I can currently afford so please look in that price range, but if you think it's better you can show me a 10$ cheaper motherboard and 10$ more expensive graphics card! as an example.
Also, what tools will I need for this, other can screwdrivers? Thermal paste, etc?
All help is very much appreciated
Thanks a ton for reading and helping!
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