Old PC Upgrade

[carl5363]

Hi All

I got myself a new PC with the help of people on here, however I still have my old one which my son wants to use to play Fortnite.

This is current spec, doesn't need a monitor.

Any suggestions what I can add to this for cheapish to make perform well on Fortnite?

• Team Group Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit
• PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Devil 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
• Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
• Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 1155 1156 1366 AM2 AM2+ AM3 FM1 FM2)
• Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM
• I also have 2 SSD's

 

[tamzzy]

it's fine, leave it alone.

 

[Tetras]

I'd give it a go first, not a bad system.

In terms of upgrades:
- i7-3770K or Xeon equivalent
- RX 6600 or 3060

I don't know if Fortnite prefers AMD or nvidia, or if it needs more memory.

 

[roachyuk]

Hi All

I got myself a new PC with the help of people on here, however I still have my old one which my son wants to use to play Fortnite.

This is current spec, doesn't need a monitor.

Any suggestions what I can add to this for cheapish to make perform well on Fortnite?

• Team Group Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit
• PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Devil 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
• Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
• Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 1155 1156 1366 AM2 AM2+ AM3 FM1 FM2)
• Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM
• I also have 2 SSD's

As Tetras said give it ago my nephew has similar and he plays it without any problems.

 

[carl5363]

Hey, just back here for some advice. It doesn't seem to run smoothly so wondering what your suggestion would be?

I have seen I can get CPU i7-3770K for £45 and RX 6600 is around £150ish

Are these my best bets or anything else you can suggest?

 

[Tetras]

It doesn't seem to run smoothly so wondering what your suggestion would be?

Have you fiddled around with the settings and the game modes?

and RX 6600 is around £150ish

£150 is decent price for a 6600, it is far better than the 3050 6GB or the 6500 XT.

 

[carl5363]

Yes I've had a play round but it's very slow to load up and the Gfx are a bit odd - like a wave going across the screen which is off putting to say the least.