Is it worth upgrading?

gash2024

gash2024

gash2024

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I have a spare computer lying around thats about 10 years old, its not had much use and its made up of the following components.

Silverstone Sugo SG01B-F Evolution Aluminium Micro-ATX Case
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Antec High Current Gamer 400W Power Supply
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp

I know im not going to be able to do anything amazing with it but i was looking to give it to my son for a cheap low end gaming machine for him to play Rocket League, Minecraft & maybe Enlisted on.
I know the graphics card isn't up to it but i was hoping that swapping it out for something like a sub £100 GT1030 would make it up to the task.
 
Do you think its worth swapping out the CPU, i don't want to spend a great deal on it but if a cheap CPU, a cheap G card and some extra ram would keep it going for a few more years i don't mind investing that much.
 
Thanks, i never knew it had to deactivated cores. Is it likely to be stable or is it going to be a pain because of the voltage differences.
If im to be honest i used to be pretty good at all this stuff but this was the last comp i built for myself so im very rusty when it comes to over clocking e.t.c
 
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