Hey all,

fairly new in that region so dont be to hard with me pls!
iam thinking bout upgrading my pc and iam not sure where to start

figured i need more ram a better graphic card and maybe a new mainboard / processor? feels all bit slow / clunky novadays on games/browsing

sitting on 4gb ram intel i3 cpu 2.93 ghz and a ati radeon 5700 hd
windows 7 ultimate.


wondering first of all if its even possible to make the investment of upgrading my pc is worth it or if i should make something from scratch´

if u need any other infos let me know, not sure tried to copy paste diddnt rly workd lol, :X

greetings! enjoy ur day and thanks for all input even the negative

my budget is basicly my fg and some saved up money sadly not alot :O! 200 euro~


opic Title: Need a Desktop PC built
Description: Gaming, Photoshop/CAD, Video Editing, etc. and Budget
Budget: fg + 200 euro~
More specific use (what games, what programs): mmo's/arpgs/sc2
Planned time until purchase: 2~ month
Do you need an Operating System?: no
Do you have any specific preferred components?:nop
Do you need a sound or wireless card?:nop
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?:idc/no
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?:no
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs):germany

This post was edited by DalaiLama on Aug 11 2015 11:24pm

get more euros!
you can absolutely upgrade, but even with that setup you shouldnt have issues doing the basics. Maybe a nice clean windows install will help clear that up

Which i3 is it?
unless its the most recent [i3-4xxx] youd have to buy something used to upgrade the processor, so you would in fact need a new mainboard + processor to upgrade that.

However i think that if you started off with somthing like these youd be okay
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TkJCZL
you can upgrade your processor a bit later since it will be a more costly upgrade.
with a limited budget the video card will boost your games the most and the ram should sorely help you with editing and rendering
lmk if u cant buy from amazon uk, its not usual that we get european buyers so im not always sure!

Hey thanks for ur answer and yea i figured my budget is rly low and that i need a new mainbord / processor
its def a old i3 bought the pc like 6-8 years ago i think did 2-3 reinstalls,
and yea basics are ok, a clean windows install would def help i think

ill look into that appreciate it ty!
if u need any specific infos bout my pc let me know!
also is it hard for example to build those 2 parts u listed in my pc? never rly build a pc myself neither i got any idea

would be wise to do some research, also curious if their even usable in my pc like if i have extra ram slots for example if that is even a thing
thanks ill do some research!

ps, bout my budget i thought i can buy maybe one bigger part with fg from the donor forum, but sadly iam not rly sure wich is affordable or compatible on my pc in terms of mainboard/processor/graphic card with the rest of the pc
like http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=72869359&f=233 for example the gtx

This post was edited by DalaiLama on Aug 12 2015 10:04am

thanks first of all, very kind of you appreciate ur answer
seems indeed doable expected it being mutch worse in terms of doing it myself, i guess thats the easy parts

http://www.directupload.net/[/URL]

wasnt sure wich part u needed but i assume the summary should give us some info for now, i gladly picture any other parts if any1 needs to know something more specific.
iam not sure how mutch ram slots i have, but as u said worse case i need to upgrade one i guess, is it listed in that prog somewhere? lookd at ram but wasnt sure if those where ment to be used slots or overall slots

and bout the graphic card yea i assumed that it might be to old and roughly equal or only lil better to my current, i guess i keep looking on the web
thx again sir!
enjoy ur day.

ps: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=72895103&f=233&o=0
if u dont mind could u maybe give me a range of what graphic cards compatible maybe and decent ? would like to keep it for a year-2 before i upgrade at least if thats manageable with my budget
thanks!
i assume those newer cards wouldnt work with my mainboard saw a gforce970 for sale for roughly my fg but doubt thats compatible with my setup

This post was edited by DalaiLama on Aug 12 2015 11:23pm

very interresting site, will play around lil bit with it
rly hope i can buy a mainboard or graphic card on donor forum and save some cash to maybe get another important part vs the budget i saved up


so would u recommend upgrading graphic card / ram or am i missing anything else?

thanks again for ur patience and help much appreciated.

googled some pics and i got 3 black looking slots and 1 blue not sure actually
that topic i posted with that 770 wouldnt that fit quite nicely? seems like its quite good lookd it up with that site u linkd me and seemd pretty good
told myself to take some time to check all offers and get the most out of my budget

This post was edited by DalaiLama on Aug 13 2015 03:05am

hey great thx for the research, ill def look into those parts u recommended me

i noticd that my ram is oftentimes full probably due my pc quite loverloaded with crap, advanced system care shows me often red bar at ram, so maybe it would improve the pc quite bit or probably better just a fresh reinstall of windows like u said

thanks again, and dw ur aint lazy u helpd me a ton for sure already :D!

lol i have an i3-530 in my wallet