What to upgrade??

mattydoughts · 23 Nov 2018 at 21:30

Hi All

The spec of my brothers PC is below, only thing missing is he has a 1TB HDD.
I was wondering on an upgrade path. I was thinking of getting a 1060 6GB or a 570/580 8GB and a then an SSD. Then replacing the CPU, MB and RAM later next year.
What would you do and any issues with this, would the PSU handle a newer card?
It's for gaming at 1080p (ARK, Fortnite, PUBG, Fallout, CoD. etc) and no plans for higher res at the moment.

CPU = Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
CP-407-IN

MBOARD = Gigabyte B75M-D3H Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
MB-397-GI

GPU = MSI HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
GX-143-MS

RAM = Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)
MY-290-CS

PSU = OcUK Crusade 650W Dual-Rail High Efficiency '80 Plus' Power Supply
CA-043-OK

Minibiker · 24 Nov 2018 at 22:51

Definitely upgrade the GPU, More VRAM would be ideal for the games now and future releases... im not sure on the budget but the card below would be great for the price and performance

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-346-ms.html

mattyfez · 25 Nov 2018 at 13:57

I'd say SSD for sure, they are reletivley cheap at the moment and they make so much difference for general usage.
Stick your system drive along with a few games on the SSD and use the 1TB for general storage. You can get a 240gb SSD for about 40 quid.
It's an absolute no brainer.
Yes I know it won't matter much in game, but having an SSD is a huge upgrade for general usage, Windows boots so much faster, games load a lot faster, and if you system uses page file,.. That's loads faster too.

Also as above a new graphics card . I'd go for a 580 or 590 if the budget can stretch.

WantoN · 25 Nov 2018 at 14:19

mattyfez said:
I'd say SSD for sure, they are reletivley cheap at the moment and they make so much difference for general usage.
Stick your system drive along with a few games on the SSD and use the 1TB for general storage. You can get a 240gb SSD for about 40 quid.
It's an absolute no brainer.
Yes I know it won't matter much in game, but having an SSD is a huge upgrade for general usage, Windows boots so much faster, games load a lot faster, and if you system uses page file,.. That's loads faster too.

Also as above a new graphics card . I'd go for a 580 or 590 if the budget can stretch.

SSD will ‘feel’ like a big upgrade.

Then GPU for performance as you’ve suggested.