PC Upgrade

Brigh · 18 Nov 2015 at 08:13

Hello - a couple of years ago you fellow forum gurus assisted me in choosing parts for a new computer I was building - after some useful discussion a build was decided on and I brought all the parts and have been happily running it for the last couple of years.

It's now time to upgrade so I'm seeking advice again - I would like where possible to be able to re-use some of the current hardware I have therefore keeping the price down.

the reason for the upgrade is Fallout4 (and probably SW battlefield) - my current build won't run it very well (or at all).

I will post my current build in the next post below!

Thanks in advance.

Brigh · 18 Nov 2015 at 08:14

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £149.99

Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98

MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99

Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99

BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £39.98

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £34.99

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

joeyjojo · 18 Nov 2015 at 08:25

I'd probably replace the CPU with a quad core Sandybridge - 2500K are the most common on the used market but the K isn't essential as you can't overclock it with that chipset anyway.

Then replace the 560 Ti with something more modern - there's cards at every price point you just need to pick one.

You also ought to migrate to a SSD.

So really at most you can get away with keeping your motherboard, memory, PSU, case, and optical drive. But a new motherboard/CPU(/memory) combo wouldn't be a bad idea if the money allows.

joedeath332 · 18 Nov 2015 at 08:29

When upgrading your graphics card make sure your Power supply will be up to the job.

Brigh · 18 Nov 2015 at 08:39

Thanks - just noticed that black friday is coming up soon, as you can see from my original build I took advance of a couple of offers so it might be worth taking a look next week if OC are doing the same.

It might be easier just to get a new machine as it looks like witht he bundles the only thing worth keeping is probably the case and opticial drive!