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I need some advice for upgrading a very old pc.

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ferodemopanxd

ferodemopanxd

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Hi! This is my current pc (lol, I know it's bad, it's more than 10 years old)
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Motherboard: P7H55-M
CPU: Intel core i3 530 @2.84Ghz (2 cores 4 threads)
RAM: 12,0 GB (used to be 4gb, upgraded recently)
Graphics card: GeForce GT 730 (didn't even have that, I recently bought it.)
Windows 10 on 120 GB SSD
+ 500 GB HD.
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I'm gonna switch the CPU to i7 880 (4 cores 8 threads). Do you guys think this will boost my performance by a significant amount? I have a very limited budget, and it's the strongest CPU that my motherboard accepts (I think?) (also, I can't switch the motherboard)
I don't play very heavy games, the game I play the most is Team fortress 2 and older games. it runs pretty okay, but the problem starts when I want to record gameplay. You guys think that new processor is gonna allow me to record gameplay?
Do you guys have any suggestions?
 
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Some things to think about while waiting for others to respond.

What are you wanting to run on the system?

Nothing mentioned about the make and model of the PSU.

What is your budget?
ferodemopanxd said:
You guys think that new processor is gonna allow me to record gameplay?
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Not really updating the RAM, GPU, and PSU may help.

Otherwise, you may notice lag and poor quality while playing games and recording at the same time.
 
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Rustys said:
Some things to think about while waiting for others to respond.

What are you wanting to run on the system?

Nothing mentioned about the make and model of the PSU.

What is your budget?

Not really updating the RAM, GPU, and PSU may help.

Otherwise, you may notice lag and poor quality while playing games and recording at the same time.
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Sorry, my PSU is a tda power atx 500w, I mostly want to record gameplay with OBS, edit videos and use 3d animation software. So far honestly it serves me well enough, can't really go all out with my video editing software, but it's okay I guess. the only really bad exception is when recording, and sometimes game's FPS makes me cry... My budget Is 50 bucks max. (300 R$)
 
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all PC's have a bottleneck, that one component we wish to upgrade.
but when that is done, it highlights the next component's short-comings.

sadly with your old specs, you have a lot of bottlenecks :)
and changing any one of them won't give you a significant boost - certainly not on a $50 budget.

so while it may be slow for your tasks now, it actually does them.
treat yourself and put that money towards a new, moderate spec'd PC.
then you will see a significant change.
 
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You guys are right LOL
50 bucks is nothing X`P I'm wanting too much
I don't think I'll ever have the money to upgrade it by a significant amount or buy a new one, at least for... The next few years ಥ‿ಥ

But it's fine, seriously. It's not that slow, and sometimes it surprises me.
I'm trying some configs for my recording software, it kinda looks like but it doesn't lag now so YAYY!!
 
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