Help buying new PC system or upgrading GPU

[Hellenstone]

Name: Markus Asal

Rank: Pvt.

Type of issue: Hardware

Brief Description of Issue:

 

Hello comrades,

to make things short: I think about buying a new PC system...

... or just upgrade to Win10 and buying a new GPU.

And I know asking for support in such a complex questions is not easy to answer.

 

Right now I own a HP PC system with the main specs:

- CPU = Intel i5 3,2GHz

- RAM = 8GB DDR3

- GPU = Intel HD4600

- OS   = Win7 Pro 64bit

- Keyboard/Mouse = Trust GXT (both brand new cause my Logitech G Mouse broke after 2 years)

- Monitor = LG E2251 (I want to keep it cause it already has HDMI input)

I attached a CPU-Z report which shows hopefully all relevant data for you tech pros.

So not a real Gaming PC. And to be honest: I also don't need a real Gaming PC nor do I have the money for a high level system.

But it would be nice to make some steps up especially with a SSD for the OS part, the GPU and the upgrade to Win10.

My mainboard is a special micro size version build into a small PC case. That means I can't build a new GPU straight into the existing case.

And to be honest I have no plan what hardware is up to date etc.

 

I thought about buying a prebuilt system from one of the well known online sites (well known in Germany - I can't tell for ROW):

- PC One

- Mindfactory

- Alternate

My planned budget is around 700 EURs for the system without monitor/keyboard/mouse.

 

As an example I chose this one:

https://www.one.de/one-gaming-pc-advanced-an03-ryzen-nvidia-individuell-zusammenstellen

CPU = AMD® Ryzen 5 1600 (6 x 3.20 GHz / 3.60 GHz)

RAM = 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4 SDRAM 2666 MHz

HD = 120 GB SSD WD Green 3D NAND + 1 TB HDD WD Blue

GPU = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GDDR6 KFA² EX

Mainboard = ASUS Expedition EX-A320M-GAMING

OS = Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64Bit

On the linked site the configuration can be changed e.g. GPU, CPU etc. with the shown plus and minus prices in EUR.

Unfortunately there seems no way to change the website to English, bit I think the products are multilingual...

 

Or does it make sense with my existing gear to transfer it 1:1 to a new bigger case and just add a new GPU?

And probably set the PC up knew with Win10 Home.

 

And to complete the picture what do I use my PC for:

1) Web surfing

2) Gaming

    What do I play atm: DoD:S , DoD, Company of Heroes, Half Life 1+2... so quite old stuff

    What woulöd I like to play; DoD:S, RBI Baseball 20, Post Scriptum, Hell Let Loose and some titles I got free on EPIC... so no brand new stuff and e.g. for DoD:s more FPS the better it is...

Any help, comments or thoughts will be highly appreciated.

 

Manx thanks and greetings from Germany

Pvt. Markus Asal

 

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CPU-Z Report 21.06.2020.txt

Edited June 27, 2020 by Flores 1st MRB

[Guest Flores 1st MRB]

Hello Asal!

 

Short answer, buy a new computer.

For the characteristics that you point out of the current computer, with integrated graphics card, windows 7 (possibly 32-bit), DDR3 Ram, I think it is an office computer, in a very small case. With few upgrade possibilities, especially in such a small case.

 

I checked the computer you plan to buy from the one.de link, and it looks pretty good. The only thing I would recommend, if you are thinking of playing games like Hell Let Loose, is to expand the RAM to a minimum of 16GB. With 8 you are on the verge that some of the most demanding games out there today don't run well.

Edited June 25, 2020 by Flores 1st MRB

[Hellenstone]

Hi Flores.

Thanks for your feedback.

Well, the newest GE's will not be must have option, cause with wife and family time is the limit... And it's very limited.

So now that I want to get better in DoDS playing more games is just optional and I have also older games only list that I want to play which are out of reach with my actual PC.

 

So what about the Intel or AMD discussion? Same for Nvidia and ATI? Is there are difference? Better prices? Better drivers? Better compatibility?

So many questions....

 

Thanks

Markus

[Guest Flores 1st MRB]

Well, this is my experience, and I also agreed with @Vicari 1st MRB and right now AMD's Ryzen line is delivering great results for the value they have. Ryzen 5 would be the balance for what you are looking for. In relation to the graphics card, for me Nvidia has no competition for now. The attempts AMD has made are still not enough. So a mix of a ryzen processor and an nvidia card is the best for now. (It is what I also have and my experience has been very good.) 

[Hellenstone]

Due to financial situation (we definitely have to upgrade or renew our kitchen) I'm thinking about going a 2 step way.

1) Buy a new basic PC with an AMD Ryzen 5 with included GPU Ryzen RX Vega 11. Its much more powerful than my Intel HD4600.
    Also I decided to choose 16GB RAM, an 500MB SSD + 2TB SD in a bigger ATX case.

2) Upgrade it with a GPU card if needed later.

 

I hope that will bring me the benefit of more and more stable FPS in DoDS for example and some other games I already own. Nad it keeps me away from spending more money on nwer games I do not have really time to play because of family and real life.

Also when I'm online playing in the night or on weekend I spend most of the time playing DoDS with the 1st MRB ;-)