Hi all,
My brother has given me some of his old PC kit. He keeps his gaming PC up to date but I haven't built a PC for about ten years.
I was wondering if any of it was any good and could form the basis of a decent enough gaming PC for me, or whether it's just worth selling on.
Intel stock cpu cooler for an i5-3570k
Intel q6600 cpu at 3.4ghz
Intel e5200 cpu at 2.5ghz
Abit ix38 QuadGT motherboard
OCZ 2x 2gb pc2 6400 gold series ram modules
Crucial 128gb m4 ssd
Sapphire HD 7970 3gb
I have an old PC which I can take the monitors, mouse, keyboard and old hard drives from.
My guess is the q6600 cpu is a little long in the tooth for modern gaming? The main monitor I have is only a 1600x1200 one so I'll probably buy a better widescreen one as a main display. So I'll take advice on a good, not too expensive monitor that's also good for photo editing.
What's the ram like? Is it worth just buying 8 or 16gb of new stuff or can the 4gb I've been given still be used. How much is ram theses days for decent stuff?
Is the motherboard modern enough to take current i5 CPUs or has there been a socket change since it was introduced.
What's the graphics card like? Any good still or too slow?
Can the cpu cooler be used with the CPUs I've been given?
As you can tell I'm completely off piste with current PC tech and performance. My budget would probably be £500 or so for upgrades but I haven't really put any thought into it tbh.
Thanks!
My brother has given me some of his old PC kit. He keeps his gaming PC up to date but I haven't built a PC for about ten years.
I was wondering if any of it was any good and could form the basis of a decent enough gaming PC for me, or whether it's just worth selling on.
Intel stock cpu cooler for an i5-3570k
Intel q6600 cpu at 3.4ghz
Intel e5200 cpu at 2.5ghz
Abit ix38 QuadGT motherboard
OCZ 2x 2gb pc2 6400 gold series ram modules
Crucial 128gb m4 ssd
Sapphire HD 7970 3gb
I have an old PC which I can take the monitors, mouse, keyboard and old hard drives from.
My guess is the q6600 cpu is a little long in the tooth for modern gaming? The main monitor I have is only a 1600x1200 one so I'll probably buy a better widescreen one as a main display. So I'll take advice on a good, not too expensive monitor that's also good for photo editing.
What's the ram like? Is it worth just buying 8 or 16gb of new stuff or can the 4gb I've been given still be used. How much is ram theses days for decent stuff?
Is the motherboard modern enough to take current i5 CPUs or has there been a socket change since it was introduced.
What's the graphics card like? Any good still or too slow?
Can the cpu cooler be used with the CPUs I've been given?
As you can tell I'm completely off piste with current PC tech and performance. My budget would probably be £500 or so for upgrades but I haven't really put any thought into it tbh.
Thanks!