bit of a dilemma - any advice welcome

jamster0212 · 30 Oct 2020 at 13:57

i recently built my little sister a gaming pc.

specs : 3100 ryzen
500gb ssd
600w gold psu
2tb hdd

shes only 12 so it was abit of a budget built so what we did was we got a second hand 980 for around £60 from a friend.

it has been running fine for the last 3 monthsish? then the dilemma happened. my little sister thought it would be a good idea to use her pc as a coaster and rest her glass on top of the pc while filling the said glass with pepsi max. she failed miserably and poured a lot of pepsi into the air filter and into the pc.

managed to turn it off fast and try remove most of the liquid. luckily all that got fried was the gpu so being a good big bro i have given her my card since she doesnt have cpu graphics and i do.

so im currently running my pc off my onboard graphics ( 4790k graphics)

so my question is.

where do i go from here? i dont want to fully upgrade yet as i dont really game too much on pc atm.

will my onboard graphics run 1080p videos? do i get a second hand gpu? what would you guys do in my shoes.

thanks for any advice.

COYS · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:13

If you're upgradig your PC then list your specs ,not the PC you built for your sister

mickyflinn · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:16

Your onboard graphics should play vidoes at 1080p no problem but if your gaming your going to need a gpu.

Grab a 980ti or rx 580 or buy a new gpu.

What do you want to do ?

Deleted member 77746 · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:18

Second hand GPU from the MM or where ever and ya good to go. If a GPU is all you need I really don’t know why you would even consider upgrading.

jamster0212 · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:35

COYS said:
If you're upgradig your PC then list your specs ,not the PC you built for your sister

sorry mate. i thought the only relevant thing was my cpu.

i have 16 gb ddr3
4790k
h105 cooler
250 ssd
2tb hdd
750 superflower psu

(currently no gpu)

Grimley · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:55

What can you afford and do you have any preference for AMD or Nvidia? If you buy a new GPU now, you can carry over the card to your next upgrade.

jamster0212 · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:58

Grimley said:
What can you afford and do you have any preference for AMD or Nvidia? If you buy a new GPU now, you can carry over the card to your next upgrade.

no preference. i dont really want to spend loads but i also dont really want a downgrade haha. probs will have to do one of the two. whats the equivalent nowadays of the 980 / matches price wise?

Grimley · 30 Oct 2020 at 15:25

I would think a 1650 Super/RX 580 would be there or thereabouts. If you can wait & the new AMD/Nvidia cards become plentiful, Thats probably going to be after Xmas because the 'bug' has increased demand for PC parts right now, Gamers want nice & shiny hardware on day release, said new cards will sell out like yesterday. Once demand has decreased the used market will be flooded with previous gen cards which will drive used prices down, so you could get a bargain if you a savvy enough.

jamster0212 · 30 Oct 2020 at 15:29

Grimley said:
I would think a 1650/570 would be there or thereabouts. If you can wait & the new AMD/Nvidia cards become plentiful, Thats probably going to be after Xmas because the 'bug' has increased demand for PC parts right now, Gamers want nice & shiny hardware on day release, said new cards will sell out like yesterday. Once demand has decreased the used market will be flooded with previous gen cards which will drive used prices down, so you could get a bargain if you a savvy enough.

cheers mate, i really dont game on pc that much and managed to pre-order a ps5 so time is on my side

GTanny · 1 Nov 2020 at 11:49

I have recently upgraded to an almost identical setup as your upgrading and found a 1070/1650 super to be pretty much the sweet spot for performance to price for the CPU, you could always go higher to a 1080 but the price jump for performance wasn't really worth it to me.