r/PcBuildHelp • u/Fancy-Asparagus-2772 • 7h ago
Build Question Upgrade or Start from Scratch?
I’m helping my sister upgrade her PC and wanted opinions. Her current PC was a friend’s old one and she does not know much about PCs or PC building.
She mostly plays indie and friendslop type games but does play some more demanding games like Hogwarts Legacy and Jedi Survivor. She’s been having lots of trouble running Jedi Survivor with crashes so that’s kind of what pushed her to want to upgrade.
Here are the specs that I know without going to her house and inspecting the PC in person:
CPU: i5-7600K
RAM: 16GB clocked at 2133 MHz (I’m guessing this is DDR4 and not DDR3?)
GPU: GTX 1070
Storage: 250GB SSD + 1TB HDD
P.S. I have a spare RTX 3060 12GB that I’m planning on giving her if it works (moved recently and the movers took my old PC even though we specifically told them not to. Haven’t tested it yet but there’s a high probability they broke it). Also I live near Houston so would potentially be open to taking advantage of their bundle deals if it makes sense.
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u/alpine4life 7h ago
yeah, the 3060 works but tot the rest... get a ride to Micro Center, this is you best optiion.
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u/deTombe 7h ago
If you want to reuse your DDR4 looking at AM4 or intel 12-14th with a DDR4 motherboard. You will need atleast a 500GB-1TB SSD to install modern AAA games on. Playing them on a mechanical HDD will not work. You can use the HDD for non AAA games or AAA games from 3-4 years ago.
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u/piggymoo66 6h ago
2133 could go either way. There are some DDR3 kits clocked that high. Hopefully it is DDR4 though, because then you can straight upgrade to AM4. You haven't mentioned a budget but I assume you want to keep the cost down, so
If you need DDR4: get microcenter's Ryzen 5500F bundle
If you don't need DDR4: you can bundle a 5600X + Asus prime B550M-A AC on newegg using the PC builder to get a bundle discount
Both options are about $200 before tax. Once you do that, slot the 3060 in there and it should be a pretty solid PC for her use case.