[SOLVED] Upgrading an old PC

[vkub]

Who can help with the upgrade advice? friend would like to play dota2 + stream on 1080 with no lags. his budged it 350-400$ here are the parts he has: aerocool vx-750, amd ddr4-2666 pc4-2138 r7, ssdnow kingstone a400 120gb, WD blue 1tb, AMP Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 hz/16mb, msi pci-ex geforce gtx 1050 Ti gaming x 4gb, asus prime b350-plus , soooo what to upgrade?

 

[clutchc]

Your definition of an "old" computer and mine are kinda different... but that aside...
I don't see anything he needs to change to play DOTA2 and stream, but the first thing I'd do is upgrade the graphics card to something a bit stronger that will match the capabilities of the 1st gen Ryzen 6C/12T CPU. You didn't state how much RAM was installed, but he should have 16GB today as a start. 8GB is the minimum.

A GTX 1660 Ti or RX 5600 XT would make a nice upgrade. But prices are kinda steep right now for anything PC related.

 

[vkub]

what do you think about 2060 or 1660 ti would be better?

 

[clutchc]

what do you think about 2060 or 1660 ti would be better?

The 1660 Ti I mentioned above. The RTX 2060 would be great too, but may be more than he'd see the cost difference from at 1080p/60Hz.

How much RAM has he got? Does he already have a SSD?

 

[vkub]

The 1660 Ti I mentioned above. The RTX 2060 would be great too, but may be more than he'd see the cost difference from at 1080p/60Hz.

How much RAM has he got? Does he already have a SSD?

SSDnow 120gb and x2 8gb ddr4 2-666

 

[punkncat]

As far as "balanced" to pricing/equipment, yeah I would think a 1660ti or similar card would shine in this build. A used 1070/1080 if you can find. An RX 590 perhaps...

 

[clutchc]

SSDnow 120gb and x2 8gb ddr4 2-666

Yeah, I just scrolled back up and saw that was already listed in your opening post. Sorry.

 

[vkub]

Thanks guys and for myself build, should I create new topic or continue here? Plus not seeing option to add pictures :d (atlest from phone)

 

[clutchc]

Thanks guys and for myself build, should I create new topic or continue here? Plus not seeing option to add pictures :d (atlest from phone)

I'll leave that up to the Mods. Myself, I'd start a new post.