New to PC Gaming - Can do with Advice

Dean O'Hagan · 16 Aug 2020 at 08:19

Hi all

I recently just bought a gaming PC off a friend that was passed down to him from his dad. I gave him £300 for it. Ill list the parts below as it was custom built;

Motherboard - Asrock FM2A88X Extreme 6+
Processor - AMD A10-7870K
Ram - Corsair Vengeance 16gb
Graphics Card - AMD Radeon R9 380
Corsair cooling system

The graphics on the monitor are abit speckly but I think thats down to it being an old monitor? Hooker it up to a TV and was a lot clearer so probably just need a new monitor.

My main questions are if anyone can help are;

1. Does this need upgrading anytime soon?
2. Would the motherboard be able to withstand the latest graphics cards or processors?
3. Any advice on what I should be looking at to improve this PC?
4. How should it fare if I loaded Warzone on to it?

Thanks for your time and appreciate any response.

Dean O'Hagan · 16 Aug 2020 at 12:22

I can't unfortunately but I appreciate the honesty and good to know so thank you for your replies. The monitor is old so I have replaced that with a MSi Optix 31.5 inch quad HD to do me for hopefully a long time.

I will probably play the older games that I have not been able to play on PS4 for the mean time before upgrading the cpu like Micky suggests. I am not looking to get another console moving forward.

Thanks again for all your advice.

Dean O'Hagan · 16 Aug 2020 at 13:09

I have 2 ssds and 2 hhds but types I don't know. Loaded warzone and it is quick loading times and what not but like I said I'm new to all this haha. (2tb in one ssd and 1tb in another if that makes sense).

h100igtx corsair is the cooling system.

I know the monitor is more than whole system but I got the PC as I thought it was something to build from but obviously didn't do enough homework before hand! I don't want to buy something new which I then will be tempted to upgrade again a year or two down the line thats why i just got the monitor now .

But I agree Sparx, realise now I will have to upgrade pretty much every part sooner rather than later.

Is there a motherboard thats recent that I could still use this old graphics card or something at the same time so its not one large expense at once? Or will it literally be a new motherboard, cpu and graphics card at the same time?

The base is big, its the shape of a mini fridge instead of a tower so should be able to keep using that.

Dean O'Hagan · 16 Aug 2020 at 13:30

Heaton thats brilliant, thanks for that. I will definitely be looking at that and possibly upgrade to that in the coming months. Not as expensive as I thought it might be.

Might be silly question but if I change the motherboard would the windows pro that came with it still be there once I've upgraded? Just as obviously I wasn't the original buyer of the system and don't want it to ask for any Serial Keys i will not have?

Dean O'Hagan · 16 Aug 2020 at 13:42

Thank you Charlatan.

I have got more than I hoped so thanks everyone. I am sure ill be back looking for more guidance soon and will keep an eye on the stock for the 3300x. Thanks again.