I need help, please

[bellamabel2018]

So I have a little bit of Christmas Ca$h and wanting to build a cheap gaming PC as my current PC is ancient. I had a few questions below.

Current specs:

AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.2GHz
A8N SLI DELUXE with A8N PREMIUM BIOS v1303
4GB DDR
Nvidia Geforce 8800GT
650W PSU
2TB Hard Drive

Cheap Gaming PC Build:

AMD A6-5400K Trinity Dual-Core 3.6 GHz $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113282

ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ $46
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157578

Klevv Fit 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820101078

Total =$116
Left $84

The A6-5400k APU is comparable to the 8800GT, but I found a GTX 570 for $60 which is a substantial upgrade. Though It would also be nice to go with a SSD which I don't have also. I guess I could just get one later. So I think I'll jsut go with the video card. Any thoughts?

 

[Aenra]

My general advice, applying to everything in life: Don't patch up, in the end it costs you more; save, work, save some more, do it right.

If you have to do it now, a better GPU will be preferable to a faster hard drive, 100%, but that's in theory. If the games you play/wish to can be run by the APU, then obviously the opposite stands.

It's too tight a budget, but in the end, you know best.

 

[Deleted member 126051]

Agreed. Save your money. The effect of the upgrade you're looking at will be minimal.

Believe it or not, an SSD would probably make a more noticeable difference than your planned upgrade.

 

[Neapolitan6th]

If you reuse the case and PSU (and run a non activated copy of windows 10)

You might be able to scrape by with a budget of $240-$300 and get a 2200G, b350/a320 mATX, 2x4 ddr4 kit.

$90 2200G
$60 AM4 a320/b350 motherboard
$80 2x4gb ddr4

It will help if you can buy used, open box, or items on sale.

A nearby microcenter would help greatly. They even have some cheap $30 120gb ssds if you are trying to cut a close budget.

It isn't the most glorious, but it is mildly doable.

 

[HiryuuX]

I'd agree that a 2200G would be the best bang for buck and HUGE improvement over your current setup. Even the integrated Vega 8 graphics unit is significantly more powerful than an old 8800GT. I'd highly recommend a small SSD (120-128GB ish for $30-40) to give you hugely improved startup and load times though.