[SOLVED] Upgrading a friends gaming pc

[Juker]

Hello again guys, a friend of mine wants to upgrade his old gaming pc. His known specs are as listed below:

Intel Core i5 2300
ASUS P8P67 Motherboard
DDR3 Kingston 8GB 668.9 MHz frequency
ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
No SSD

I would apreciate your opinion in what to upgrade first and to what component. Thank you so much and have an awesome day.

 

[sizzling]

What are they aiming for and what is the budget? The whole system is too weak for modern AAA games at 1080p 60Hz.

 

[geofelt]

What is your budget?
I think you are reasonably balanced today.

Try this test:
Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
This makes the graphics card loaf a bit.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

What is the make/model of the psu? That is what may limit a gpu upgrade.
GT1030 is barely an entry level gpu.
You can probably upgrade to a GTX1650 without issue.
A graphics card upgrade pays off most for fast action games.
Here is a chart of gpu capabilities:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

Here is a list of the cpu upgrades for your motherboard:

P8P67 (REV 3.1) - Support

www.asus.com

The strongest would be a i7-3770K.
It sells for some $100 on ebay and can be overclocked for more performance.

 

[Juker]

Sorry for the delay on the reply guys. I've been in and out of work. The budget is around 400€ and my friend mostly plays csgo at 120fps not stable though, and I've putted his settings at best performance possible.

 

[King_V]

Out of curiosity, what specific country in Europe are you purchasing from?

What is the brand and EXACT model of the current PSU?

I think that at the 400€ level, an entirely new platform COULD be possible. Otherwise, a better video card now, which can be carried over to a new platform in the future.

 

[Blitz Blitz]

You can search used parts like:
-I7-2600k/3770k;
-Add identical stick of ram, or sell old one, and buy highest frequency, and lowest cl that motherboard supports from qvl, or search in web for compatibility 2 × 4, or 2 × 8 gb;
-Add cheap ssd for os, and few games;
-Buy rx570, rx580, gtx 1060 6g, etc. gpu;
-upgrade/buy psu, hdd if it's old, bad quality, or out of warranty;

Search for new system, cpu+mobo+ram+gpu, if you don't wanna invest in old one, but I think it will be over 400$.