My PC is quite old but works fine for everything but gaming, I assume because of the graphic card so I am looking at upgrading this component. I will mostly play indie games or management games (Civ, Northgard, Dune etc.). For all my AAA needs, I generally use my PS5.
From a budget perspective, I would like to keep this as low as possible but let's say that 150/200£ would be ideal.
My current config is:
i7-2600K 3.4Ghz
16GB DDR 3 1800Mhz
Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB (plus a lot of space in HDD)
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450
Motherboard: Asus P8P67LE (I think it only has PCI-E 2, which is my concern - how would this work with newer cards, and is it even worth having a newer card with this MB?)
all this powered by a Corsair TX650
I currently have two monitors but planning on maybe getting a wide screen for work perspective mostly.
Thanks for the help you could provide. I'd be happy to get a Black Friday deal ","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51556541","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dipsylalapo"},"datePublished":"2023-11-24T11:54:08.000Z","text":"reddit.com/r/A…gb/
May be find a RX 570?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51556348","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dcx_badass"},"datePublished":"2023-11-24T11:44:05.000Z","text":"It's not going to be worth it, anything remotely recent will be held back by the 12 year old cpu which can be out performed by even most budget laptops these days."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51557193","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Schyzophrenic"},"datePublished":"2023-11-24T12:27:55.000Z","text":"I see CeX sells the 580 8GB for 85£. At least, I think it would be easy to return it if I don't like it / doesn't work vs the AliExpress deals...
I am also looking at a RX 5600 XT in a similar price range. Would the additional 40£ be worth it?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51560250","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Wongy111"},"datePublished":"2023-11-24T15:15:56.000Z","text":"Do love that you are still using this old tech
see you have a couple of spare memory slots
alldis.de/fil…pdf
but as said above probably time to start again
would imagine a second hand/refurb amd system would suit ?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51585448","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"black_obsydian"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T15:14:44.000Z","text":"I bought used 5700xt recently for £120 and it plays everything even in 2 k resolution, worth to explore this option"}],"commentCount":9,"interactionStatistic":2,"articleSection":"Ask"}