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Help upgrade computer plz

Twist3d11·11/28/2016, 11:51:07 PM·1 votes·879 views

Computer Profile Summary

Profile Date: Monday, November 28, 2016 3:40:53 PM

Windows 8.1 Professional (x64) (build 9600) Install Language: English (United States) System Locale: English (United States) Installed: 6/11/2015 1:47:56 PM Boot Mode: BIOS (Secure Boot not supported)

System Model

Enclosure Type: Desktop

Processor a

3.20 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X4 955 512 kilobyte primary memory cache 2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache 6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache 64-bit ready Multi-core (4 total) Not hyper-threaded

Main Circuit Board b

Board: 870A-G54 (MS-7599) 3.0 Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V17.7 09/09/2010

Drives

73.98 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 13.98 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Optiarc DVD-ROM DDU1671S ATA Device [Optical drive] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203N ATA Device [Optical drive]

WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR5 [Hard drive] (74.35 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMANS2262828, rev 21.07QR5, SMART Status: Healthy WDC WD800JD-55MUA1 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMAMD8365461, rev 10.01E01, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules c,d

8192 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM1' has 2048 MB (serial number 52F643E3) Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB (serial number AC3E42E3) Slot 'DIMM3' has 2048 MB (serial number 0BC70C66) Slot 'DIMM4' has 2048 MB (serial number 25C70C66)

graphics card

ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series [Display adapter] plz help wanting to upgrade for Christmas present

3 Comments

Live2LetDie11/28/2016, 11:52:30 PM1 votes

well.. whats the budget? Thats the important question..

Twist3d1111/28/2016, 11:54:13 PM1 votes

well I was just at best buy and almost walked out with $1300 computer and I just don't want to make a bad decision when I have a desk top already and I could just upgrade it with some help

MagicFlyingLlama11/29/2016, 12:21:16 AM1 votes

If you can follow simple instructions, build your own: 500$ can get a budget gaming pc that will last 5+ years and run almost anything at 60fps at 1080p, 800$ can get a rig capable of handling any modern games on ultra graphics. Dont listen to the kids that think you need 2000$ of "gamer" hardware.

Prebuild PCs are always about 200-300% more expensive for the same quality, than building one yourself.

If you want to be able to play other games with high/maxed 60fps, 8GB of decent ram (40$), or 16GB if you multitask very heavily (60-80$), a GTX 1050 TI (130$), intel i3-6100 CPU (100$) would probably come to about 500$ with the other parts.

If you just want to play league, a GTX 1050 (100$), 8GB ram, and a cheap, modern AMD CPU (40-60$) would be more than enough, stuff it in a mini-ITX case and you have a shoebox that stomps any console and most laptops four times the price.

If you are in the market for a prebuild rig, look for something with a GTX 7050 TI (unlikely, now), GTX 1050 TI, or GTX 1060 6GB for the GPU, in ascending price, at least 8GB of ram, at least a 5th-gen intel processor, or 6th-gen (skylake) like i3-6100, i5-6500, if you want to upgrade over time. AMD CPUs tend to only be worthwhile for very cheap computers (4 to 8 weak cores, compared to two or four fast cores), gaming is not their strong point.