Upgrade old Desktop, dumb questions here

DarkLordStevoII · 27 Aug 2016 at 16:30

I would like to give my pc a kick up the bum, maybe new Gpu, Ram, PSU if necessary.
This is the current set up.

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) -

Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

120gB OCZ vertex SSD

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case

Not sure what Ram is installed 8gb of some budget brand IIRC, a 2tb Hdd and LG blue ray drive. Win7 64

£100-200 to play with,

Many thanks,
Steve

DarkLordStevoII · 27 Aug 2016 at 16:37

Will be mainly for Civ 6 in a month or so

DarkLordStevoII · 27 Aug 2016 at 16:45

This?

Radeon RX 470 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

I don't really play many PC games hence modest budget.

DarkLordStevoII · 27 Aug 2016 at 16:52

Or this

OcUK GeForce GTX 1060 "Reference Design" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Are they both compatible with the Mobo?

DarkLordStevoII · 27 Aug 2016 at 17:39

Thank you Andarial, I got the mobo around 2010, so ill check the Bios

DarkLordStevoII · 30 Aug 2016 at 19:52

If i go for this
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-21f-ok.html
or this
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zota...ess-graphics-card-zt-90603-10m-gx-095-zt.html

will my psu need upgrading?

DarkLordStevoII · 30 Aug 2016 at 20:25

Will this be backwards compatible with a 2.0 PCi-e slot? And thank you for helping me out!

DarkLordStevoII · 30 Aug 2016 at 20:33

Cheers! ill get it ordered!

DarkLordStevoII · 30 Aug 2016 at 20:49

found the 480 v 1060 thread...

DarkLordStevoII · 24 Oct 2016 at 20:12

1060 Card is ticking along nicely so thanks for the help!

Unfortunately the cpu is showing its age and may be ready for the retirement home, and new CPU will mean new mobo correct?

So any suggestions? budget £300-400. would like to avoid new PSU and RAM if possible, at least for the time being.

I noticed some bundle on the overclockers store, but i have no clue in all honesty, which are good bad or awful.

Thanks in advance..

Mods: move to upgrade forum?