Question Upgrading my pc

[Jani124]

Hey. I'm wondering if I can upgrade my older computer so my girlfriend can play on it, want to run most games on the highest graphic settings. So I would like to get some suggestions. Price wise I'm looking for the cheapest possible, just to see how low the prise can be. But can also take suggestions from up to 1200£ pound's (1500$ dollar)

Here is how it looks now.

Cooler Master HAF 912 Adv. Midi Tower

Fans:1x 200mm front, 1x 200mm topp, 1x 120mm behind, mATX, ATX, LEDs, windowed, Cooler Master G650M, 650W PSU

ATX 12V V2.3, 80 Plus Bronze, Modular, 4x 6+2pin PCIe, 8x SATA, 6x Molex, 1x FD,
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition, Socket-AM3+

Prosessor, 4.0GHz, 8-Core, 16MB, 125W, 32nm, inkl. Cooler,
ASUS M5A97 R2.0, Socket-AM3+

Motherboard, ATX, 970+SB950, DDR3, 2xG2-PCIe-x16, CFX, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, UEFI,

Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600MHz 8GB x4

2x4GB CL9 XMP 1,5V, Red,
XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5

PCI-Express 3.0, DVI, HDMI, 2xmini-DisplayPort, 860MHz, Ghost Thermal,
WD Desktop Blue 1TB 3.5"

SATA 6GB/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB, 7200RPM,
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5"

SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA3.0), 555/510MB/s read/write, SandForce®,
Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB

SATA, DVD±R: 24x, DVD±R DL: 12x, CD-R: 48x, Bulk, BLACK,

Will be happy and thankfull for all help. I'm not very experienced with building a pc, know some very basic stuff only 😊

 

[AngelTech]

With that amount, you could do a new build. and if it is for your gf and you have another build you could just remodel it with newer hardware.

 

[Jani124]

With that amount, you could do a new build. and if it is for your gf and you have another build you could just remodel it with newer hardware.

So there is nothing worth keeping? Like ram , motherboard etc? And spend on a better graphic card and stuff?
Thanks

 

[AngelTech]

The FX series is getting pretty dated so you would need an AM4 motherboard or switch to Intel.

 

[Satan-IR]

If you want to play 2012-13 games the system might be able to handle them yet. If you want to play current AAA games you need a new and more powerful platform.

You need DDR4 RAM for current Intel or AMD architecture systems and you can also keep your case and storage devices (HDDs+SSDs).

You can go AMD way again and for a good CPU+GPU+MOBO would pay less than similar Intel+nVidia. With Ryzen 3 which would be available soon Ryzen 2 prices would probably drop some and would become cheaper to build a good Ryzen 2 system.

Or get the latest with Ryzen 3 if their performance justifies their prices because they'd be a bit pricey when they're just out.