Upgrade help

[Mother of geeks]

My 14 year old son wants to upgrade his gaming pc and rather than get a new one, he wants to do it himself. His current build is-

Consisting of:-
EBAY-BRB-029 1
Ebay INTA Blue BRB
CPU0334U 0
OEM: Intel Core i3 (4170)
CLR0931 1
Intel Heatsink/Fan for
RAM1587 1
Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (1x
HDD1319 1
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
VGA2260 1
PALIT 2GB GEFORCE GTX
NET0312 1
ASUS PCE-N15 300Mbps PCI-
MIT3CR 1
CCL3CR - 3 year Collect
CPU0334 1
Intel Core i3-4170

He is looking at a gtx 6gb 1060 graphics card or Rx 580. We are aware that he will also need a new CPU and motherboard but would it be possible to upgrade this pc using these parts? And what would you recommend in terms of CPU and motherboard upgrades. He will be using his birthday money to build so budget is around £300 give or take? Also would you recommend letting a 14 yr old build his own pc? Thanks all

 

[Mother of geeks]

Thank you both for your replies, I have been looking into this for a while and find it so complex. His current pc from eBay was built by CCL which seems a decent company. Would it be possible to build in stages and possibly get the i7 chip, the 1660 GPU, another stick of ram and a new PSU, then after Christmas he could possibly get the CPU, motherboard, SSD and case? Many thanks

 

[Mother of geeks]

His PSU is an ATX-500B, thanks

 

[Mother of geeks]

Thanks everyone I have looked on cex as a guide and the i7 4790 is £120, a gtx 1060 is £160 or rx570 £110 an 8gb ddr3 is £20 which comes to £250-£300 plus around £50 for a new PSU is definitely doable. Would it still be 500w he would need?

 

[Mother of geeks]

Wow, thanks for all the responses. I'm guessing I need a new PSU sharpish . If we go for a full build we have only really looked at Intel as I find AMD difficult to understand, would there be any compatability issues with the Ryzen and his current 1tb storage or his steam games?

 

[Mother of geeks]

Hi again, we have decided to go with the upgrade, got the extra ram, i7 4790, Rx 570 8gb, SSD and new case, just struggling to find a PSU for the £50-£60 mark. The ones mentioned above have a £10.50 delivery charge which takes the price over budget, can anyone recommend a cheaper alternative? Many thanks.

 

[Mother of geeks]

Thanks it's £72 on Amazon with overclockers. I'll keep looking though.

 

[Mother of geeks]

Hi again, everyone's advice on here has been invaluable and very much appreciated, thanks. My son has built his pc and yes I even shelled out for a decent 'gold' PSU. We originally left the CPU as is, however after adding the graphics card and PSU, his pc began freezing up. We thought this could be what bottle necking was, so upgraded his CPU to the i7. This initially seemed to work, however it's started freezing up again and we just can't seem to work out what is causing it. Has anyone got any suggestions on what we can try? Many thanks