upgrading previous PC

[Jockeybacsi]

Hi Guys,

I am currently working on getting the best components to upgrade my PC

Current build
Gigabyte GA-MA770ot-ud3p
AMD Athlon II X4 630
Asus Radeon EAH5770/2DIS/1GD5 PCI Express
4gb 1333mhz ddr3 ram geil value kit spd:9
Gigabyte Superb 460W PSU

I would like to upgrade to the following:

Mo: same (As inidicated on Gigabyte's site with rev. 3.1 it will support AM3+ socket, I have already flashed the bios to this version, with no problems)

AMD FX 6-Core FX-6300 (AM3+) - 1. will this really work with my motherboard?

I would like to upgrade memory to 8GB preferably by adding 2x2 Gb of memory to work with my old ones

AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 Sapphire

120 Gigabyte SSD drive - although my Mo only supports SATA II.
2. is this a major setback in SSD speed?

3. Are there any bottlenecks in this new build? Would using my old processor with the new video card and more memory create a bottleneck?

4. I have checked out a PSU calculator and got 357 with the completely new build. Calculating with 20% output degradation my old PSU still has an extra 30 watt. Should I get a new PSU as well?

I am trying to build a medium level gaming PC as cost efficiently as possible.

Thanks for your help in advance!

 

[wehler53]

1. yes the cpu will work

2. you'll want a minimum of 8gb for a gaming pc, however if you can get more thatd be better.

3. No bottle necking occurs when certain aspects of the computer can process info faster then the rest, i,e; having and extremely powerful cpu with small amount of ram, or an extremely powerful gpu with an old cpu.

4. Yes a psu should in theory be replaced every 4-5 years to assure the safety of your system so when ever you do a big upgrade upgrade the psu as its the most important aspect of the computer. And try to stick to mainly high end psu's

 

[jimpz]

Gigabyte does not list the 6300 as a supported CPU, I doubt it will work properly if at all.

 

[Jockeybacsi]

1. yes the cpu will work

2. you'll want a minimum of 8gb for a gaming pc, however if you can get more thatd be better.

3. No bottle necking occurs when certain aspects of the computer can process info faster then the rest, i,e; having and extremely powerful cpu with small amount of ram, or an extremely powerful gpu with an old cpu.

4. Yes a psu should in theory be replaced every 4-5 years to assure the safety of your system so when ever you do a big upgrade upgrade the psu as its the most important aspect of the computer. And try to stick to mainly high end psu's

I don't understand your answer for 3.

I thought that if a processor is too slow, no matter how large or fast the memory is, it will not take as much use of it as a faster processor.

Let me ask the question in a different way: Will sticking to my old CPU reduce system response time sginificantly compared to having the fx-6300?

 

[wehler53]

1. yes the cpu will work

2. you'll want a minimum of 8gb for a gaming pc, however if you can get more thatd be better.

3. No bottle necking occurs when certain aspects of the computer can process info faster then the rest, i,e; having and extremely powerful cpu with small amount of ram, or an extremely powerful gpu with an old cpu.

4. Yes a psu should in theory be replaced every 4-5 years to assure the safety of your system so when ever you do a big upgrade upgrade the psu as its the most important aspect of the computer. And try to stick to mainly high end psu's

I don't understand your answer for 3.

I thought that if a processor is too slow, no matter how large or fast the memory is, it will not take as much use of it as a faster processor.

Let me ask the question in a different way: Will sticking to my old CPU reduce system response time sginificantly compared to having the fx-6300?

in a comparative sense yes it will. However it all depends on the system load, it wont hinder the performance to a great degree however you wont see tremendous increases in performance. In gaming you wont see a great difference as games now for the most part bypass the cpu and go straight to the gpu, and from there the gpu does all the 'heavy lifting'

 

[dostbhaskar]

Hi Guys,

I am currently working on getting the best components to upgrade my PC

Current build
Gigabyte GA-MA770ot-ud3p
AMD Athlon II X4 630
Asus Radeon EAH5770/2DIS/1GD5 PCI Express
4gb 1333mhz ddr3 ram geil value kit spd:9
Gigabyte Superb 460W PSU

I would like to upgrade to the following:

Mo: same (As inidicated on Gigabyte's site with rev. 3.1 it will support AM3+ socket, I have already flashed the bios to this version, with no problems)

AMD FX 6-Core FX-6300 (AM3+) - 1. will this really work with my motherboard?

I would like to upgrade memory to 8GB preferably by adding 2x2 Gb of memory to work with my old ones

AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 Sapphire

120 Gigabyte SSD drive - although my Mo only supports SATA II.
2. is this a major setback in SSD speed?

3. Are there any bottlenecks in this new build? Would using my old processor with the new video card and more memory create a bottleneck?

4. I have checked out a PSU calculator and got 357 with the completely new build. Calculating with 20% output degradation my old PSU still has an extra 30 watt. Should I get a new PSU as well?

I am trying to build a medium level gaming PC as cost efficiently as possible.

Thanks for your help in advance!

In my opinion: you increase your budget a bit. Otherwise some risk factor will be there in your investment like:
1> CPU performance is not sure. It may function but with limited capacity/functionality. Then your CPU investment is at risk.
2> Yes you will get noticable improvement in speed with a ssd even with sata 2 in comparision to HDD. But then again with reduced speed.Why settle for reduced speed when you will be paying full for the ssd?
3> Your mobo dont have usb3.

So with increased budget you can think of 1> replacing the mobo 2> Consider APUs instead 3> Have a 500w PSU of good make(yes that u can use in your future update)

Reusing old pc component will not be that cost effective in long run as it appears on paper.

I have built a A10-5800K system for similar budget and functional requirement like you one year ago.Now I am totally satisfied.

 

[Jockeybacsi]

In my opinion: you increase your budget a bit. Otherwise some risk factor will be there in your investment like:
1> CPU performance is not sure. It may function but with limited capacity/functionality. Then your CPU investment is at risk.
2> Yes you will get noticable improvement in speed with a ssd even with sata 2 in comparision to HDD. But then again with reduced speed.Why settle for reduced speed when you will be paying full for the ssd?
3> Your mobo dont have usb3.

So with increased budget you can think of 1> replacing the mobo 2> Consider APUs instead 3> Have a 500w PSU of good make(yes that u can use in your future update)

Reusing old pc component will not be that cost effective in long run as it appears on paper.

I have built a A10-5800K system for similar budget and functional requirement like you one year ago.Now I am totally satisfied. [/quotemsg]

Would you share your build please?

 

[hang-the-9]

There are some incorrect answers you got.

The CPU does play a big part in games, new or old. How much depends on the game. A game like Skyrim likes a fast CPU, Crysis is more geared towards the video card.

There will be no difference in speed when using an SSD on SATA 2 vs anything newer there will be no reduced speed as someone said.

You can probably overclock the CPU a bit, get a new video card, the RAM and SSD drive and have a nice boost in performance.