(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So I purchased a pre built "gaming" computer about two years ago and I need to upgrade it. I've since installed a GTX 1060 GPU but now I'm looking for a motherboard/cpu combo. I'm looking at a budget of around $3-500, preferably on the lower end. Also anything else like power supply that I would need. I'm new to building myself so as much help as possible is appreciated.

it'd help to know wat u already got

Honestly nothing salvageable from what I’ve been told. It’s an old outdated motherboard and a slow quad core processor. The guy from the computer store here said there’s not much I can do other than just buy a new board/cpu combo. I can try and find the specs and reply back though.

anythings salvageable... most guys from computer stores are fucking idiots download speccy

I’ll do that as soon as I get home and post the results here.

CPU
AMD FX-4300 51 °F
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 803MHz (11-11-11-2
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. GA-78LMT-S2 (Socket M2) 87 °F
Graphics
ASUS VP278 (1920x1080@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (MSI) 79 °F
Storage
931GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSC0 ATA Device

You must login or register to view this content. and another 4gb stick of ram and a 250gb ssd for windows and ur pc will run pretty good for $200 worth of parts

i am currently building a 12 core 24 threads media server that should run me about $350, the passmark score is about 12k like almost 7k over my i5 4690k.

Here is a look at the build :
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That’s a really cheap build for sure! Would something like that work for gaming though since I’m trying to balance my pc with that and streaming?

check out this good spread sheet You must login or register to view this content.