[Need Advice]Simple & Inexpensive Upgrade For An Old Build

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For most, the build may seems obsolete, but it runs all games I play well and I want to make some simple upgrades. I need new Wi-Fi Antenna to be able to take advantage of my Gig1 Fibre Broadband. I was also considering upgrading RAM. CPU and Graphics Card maybe, but I think a brand new system maybe better off if I'll got that far. Would appreciate advice of someone who knows system's limitations and what parts would work best to provide the best upgrade. Any additional advice would be appreciated.

Case: Corsair CC600TM; 265 mm; 592 mm; 507 mm; Black; 1x 200 mm; 200 mm (CC600TM)
Power Supply: Corsair TX850M Enthusiast Series TX 850W ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze PSU
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard (Socket 1155, ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, HDMI, Bluetooth Module)
CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K @ 3.50GHz Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM: Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit Black
Graphics Card: Asus GeForce Strix GTX 1060 (6GB) Graphics Card PCI Express 3.0 DisplayPort/HDMI/DVI-D
Internal Solid State Drive: OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-120G Agility 3 120GB SATA III 2.5 inch SSD and 7452GB Seagate ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z (SATA)
Wi-Fi Antenna: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 N900 Dual Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter with Three Antennas
Cooling: Corsair CWCH80 Hydro Series H80 High Performance CPU Cooler
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Games I Mainly Play: GTAV Enhanced, Vermintide II

Thank you for your time!

 

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Would appreciate advice of someone who knows system's limitations and what parts would work best to provide the best upgrade.

CPU

It supports 3rd gen, so a 3770K would work and possibly the Xeon equivalents (if they're cheaper), though the CPU support list doesn't mention them. This is a small incremental upgrade though, so it wouldn't (for example) turn an unplayable game playable, but could provide a small overall increase in framerates. There are videos on YouTube with these CPUs in modern games, that would give you an idea what it is capable of.

RAM

Depends on the game and how you use the PC. For the most part, 16GB is still enough, but I think for general "quality of life" this is a good upgrade if you're not planning on changing PC any time soon.

You can check configurators for your motherboard, which can help identifying suitable parts.

Memory for a ASUS - P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard - Kingston Technology

Kingston has compatible memory for ASUS - P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard

www.kingston.com

For best compatibility, you may want to update the BIOS, though I suppose you could just try it out and only update if you have a problem.

Graphics Card

Graphics Card: Asus GeForce Strix GTX 1060 (6GB) Graphics Card PCI Express 3.0 DisplayPort/HDMI/DVI-D

These are still pretty good for older games, but if you were to upgrade, I'd suggest a 6600 or 6650 XT. They're around twice as fast and usually work quite well with older CPUs due to AMD's lower driver overhead.

I would avoid paying too much for any of the above, because otherwise you should just buy something like this (CPU cooler in the CPU box):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-12100F 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AS-IN) = £73.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £55.99

Total: £189.97 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

I need new Wi-Fi Antenna to be able to take advantage of my Gig1 Fibre Broadband.

The lane sharing on this board is a little complicated, but I think you can use a PCI-E card.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x ASUS PCE-AX58BT Dual-Band Wireless AX3000 (WiFi 6) Bluetooth 5.0 PCI-E Adapter (SKU: NW-11A-AS) = £58.99

Total: £62.99 (includes delivery: £3.99)​