Old PC into gaming pc

raffthepanda · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:28

Hello, I'm new to this forum and also to Pc gaming, My dad has an old Compaq presario with windows Vista. Would this be a good start to upgrade to a decent PC for gaming (Minecraft, rainbow six, Valorant, etc.) or shall I start from scratch?
Thanks
Raff

Joxeon · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:32

Hi and welcome, I would imagen you would be better starting from scratch as that PC is likely to old to run anything other than a few retro games.

geekyadz · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:33

Depends on the model, but the fact it runs Vista? Without further info I'd say start again from scratch - most of the componments sound old and realistically only the HDD will come in useful (only for extra storage)

raffthepanda · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:43

Thanks, where would you suggest I start from

mickyflinn · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:45

New build what's your budget ?

geekyadz · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:53

That very much depends on your budget, and what things you need/want (eg (gaming) keyboard, (gaming) mouse, monitor etc).

However at this point I'll assume you only want the base unit?

So you're going to need:

New case (who realistically wants to use a Compaq presario case?)
New PSU (doubt this would fit into the old case)
New motherboard
New memory
Recommend M.2 SSD
Possibly HDD for extra storage
New GPU
Any additional cooling (eg extra fans for the case, after market CPU cooler (eg AIO or air cooler)

So, work out a budget, then we can go from there

raffthepanda · 10 Oct 2020 at 12:59

My budget is 450

foster grant · 10 Oct 2020 at 13:06

raffthepanda said:
My budget is 450

I would save some more money

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geekyadz · 10 Oct 2020 at 13:10

foster grant said:
I would save some more money .

Maybe, but I think we can get them a reasonable spec PC that should do the job until they have more money for upgrades. I'm sure I have seen builds on here with that kind of budget

geekyadz · 10 Oct 2020 at 13:35

raffthepanda said:
My budget is 450

Over budget by £100, but there is an offer on with MSI at the moment so you can claim back some money on the MSI board and processor: https://uk.msi.com/Promotion/back-to-school-2020#AMD-Motherboard

Only thing missing is the hard drive - as I said you might be able to reuse your old hard drive.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI MAG B550M Bazooka (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £119.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £99.95
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £59.99
1 x Asus Radeon RX 5500 XT Dual EVO OC 4096MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £179.99
1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £69.95
1 x Aerocool V3X Advance Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black= £25.99

Total: £555.86 (includes shipping: £0.00)

PC777 · 10 Oct 2020 at 13:39

Just like Arnie says in many of his movies, I still love Vista, baby.

ExoMale · 10 Oct 2020 at 14:03

Best looking on used market. We don't know what compaq version you have and 450 be pushing new if you want to play rainbow 6