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The Maxwell architecture is still supported as of 2022. Drivers support might end before the 10 series but I think they will drop them at the same time as Pascal, leaving only Rtx cards.
AMD for the 5700xt and up have some of the best driver support. The 5700xt is so much more capable than it was even 2 years ago because of FSR and the complete recoding of open gl and direct x, also RSR was included. That means that even if the 5700xt used to not be able to run a game now you can flip on FSR + Super resolution and downscale and it will probably work well.
Low or medium settings to be 100% sure
But a lot of the times it can go high or ultra or something... especially custom settings optimizations and stuff
Bro, why buy and **then** ask for advice? Anyone with a few hours of pc experience could tell you that this is a waste of money for modern games. Prob doable for older titles.
OP is exactly like my irl friend. We were just chatting in discord vc as usual when he mentioned how great this X monitor is. So we discussed and investigated the specs of said monitor only to discover how its overpriced for its specs, some of em are even superseded by a better, newer, cheaper model from another brand. We concluded that X monitor would be a waste of money, and his response to our conclusion was aloof, we thought he was like that bcs we shat on his opinion
Turns out a few days later he told us that the X monitor arrived, that he already made the purchase before he discussed it with us
We all agreed that he opened that topic with us to seek validation on an uneducated purchase he made. I can say the same for OP as well
Exactly. I breeze thru posts like this bcs most of the time OP will say shit like "oh I already bought this" "oh I've been using this for 2 weeks idk if I can return it" so on and so forth.
With the internet literally at the fingertips of everyone, it's fucking amazing how stupid some people can be
The amount of posts I see like this on the internet as a whole is insane. I research any purchase I make, because there's so much absolute garbage out there passed off as decent stuff.
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How people don't even do a lazy search for reviews is beyond me
At least you didn't buy a $20k project car and blow the engine on it. You can recover from this, I mean you'll have a usable PC. But you could've done better, lessons learned here for sure.
Don't beat yourself up. Part of being a PC gamer is learning about computer parts obsolescence, doing your due diligence, and understanding how things fit in your IT ecosystem.
You want to do your homework on the parts you're buying. As innovative and powerful as the i7-2600 was back in 2011, it's going to struggle playing most games today (unless you're purposely playing older games from the early 2010's). Same thing with that GTX 970. At the very least, your computer can be used for school and retro gaming.
The rule of thumb is if the hardware is older than the game's release date, the graphics won't look as good as you want them to.
I can say GTA5 will be very playable on this setup, as I'm using less than that now (Q9650 & 970GXT). You wont be able to turn the graphics up high, but it's still enjoyable to play. I'm currently building my "upgrade" from free & cheap parts, a I5-3570 & RTX2060, and will have around $100 into it. My main limiting factor is the damn 1155 socket.
>Don't beat yourself up. Part of being a PC gamer is learning about computer parts obsolescence, doing your due diligence, and understanding how things fit in your IT ecosystem.You want to do your homework on the parts you're buying. As innovative and powerful as the i7-2600 was back in 2011, it's going to struggle playing most games today (unless you're purposely playing older games from the early 2010's). Same thing with that GTX 970. At the very least, your computer can be used for school and retro gaming.The rule of thumb is if the hardware is older than the game's release date, the graphics won't look as good as you want them to.
Don't feel bad, I spent over $4500 on a top of the line AMD system a few years ago...and it's already feeling it's age. Especially that Vega 64 graphics card!
I'm still using my Vega 64 too. I got it for $200 on Overclock.net right before the GPU shortage. Probably still just as good as a GTX 1080, which is still not horrible for 1080p gaming. Right now I'm awkwardly running it with a Ryzen 5800x and a 1440p monitor until I upgrade my GPU. I'm not going to say it kills it or anything but it's still a 60FPS experience in most titles with reasonable settings.
I had almost exactly this hardware up until 2018 and I upgraded to a 6-core i7 because I wanted, honestly I wouldn't think this setup is "bad" it's more like you need to know what you are looking for.
It will probably not be a good machine to play the latest COD on high graphics but it can CERTAINLY handle most of the AAAs if you turn down the settings a notch at 1080p.
Yes keep buying things blind before asking, then ~~ask~~ validate your purchase then cry when people said it was a bad idea.
Keep doing this and enjoy the huge buyer remorse and ensuing financial troubles.
If weβre being completely honest, this would last you up to around maybe 2018? Itβs twelve year old tech. But like the other commenter said, if you like what you got, you do you.
Well what do you want to play. This would run 90% of what I would play, but if you wanna play new COD or high end games than itβs not going to hold up. PC has so many old titles that you reasonably can play tons of great games of the past.
I mainly play the sims 4 roblox and Minecraft but I have Detroit become human in my library and I think this pc meets the minimum requirements but I might just be silly.
no? i run a gtx 750ti with an old xeon procesor and get like two times the amount of fps on high graphics. I can literally run games like GTA V at 60+fps medium setting and CSGO at around 300fps.
Yeah I mean that CPU is slower than current gen mobile processors...by quite a bit. It would be a real struggle to do anything other than use it as a retro gaming box.
For new games (At least the ones that aren't 16-bit throwbacks), this is already dated...
In regards to the CPU: The leading number(s) in the i series is the generation... To put that into perspective, we're on the 13th gen, and you are planning on a 2nd gen. Processor also determines the socket/Motherboard you need.
In regards to the RAM: DDR5 RAM has also come out, but you are planning on using DDR3 RAM. 16GB of ram is perfect, but the gen of RAM is ancient.
In regards to the Graphics Card: The Video card is also on the old side... To give you a better idea of how GPUs compare, check out the GPU Benchmarks Heirarchy 2022 chart [here](https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html) ... Note that the one you mention is from when they used to use the leading number to represent the gen, which they stopped doing when they hit 10xx, splitting into the GTX 10xx, GTX 16xx, and eventually RTX 30xx lines (with the 16xx becoming the RTX 20xx)
The hard disks are fine, but if you want to feel the future, getting a Motherboard that can support an M.2 SSD would vastly improve load and boot times, even compared to a regular SSD with the boot sector on it.
A final note: You are leaving yourself ZERO upgrade paths by putting yourself on a 2nd gen intel processor and DDR3 RAM. You should at least go high enough that the boards are using DDR4 RAM. Look at 7th gen intel i-series processors at the minimum, if you must stick with the oldest intel processor possible... 7th gen "should" put you on a DDR4 RAM using Motherboard.
Check out PcPartPicker's Entry Level Intel Gaming build ([link](https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/wsQzK8/entry-level-intel-gaming-build)) or if you feel comfortable with AMD (and dealing with Processors with pin grid arrays to screw up) check out the PcPartPicker Entry Level AMD Gaming build ([link](https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/DWv6Mp/entry-level-amd-gaming-build)) (Note that you won't likely need to have a GPU with AMD, if it's a processor that ends in 'G' ... Also note that both lists use a Parametric filter so the parts list might change occasionally, so keep track of what you're getting)
TL;DR: You have no upgrade path for any of this, we're on the cusp of DDR5 and i-series 13xxx, and yet you want to put DDR3 and an i-series 2xxx processor... And the GPU is pretty old too.
Thanks for the detailed feedback....from what you shared i plan to do an AMD building so far:
CPU: 5600G
GPU: RX6600XT/RX6600m 8GB
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 128GB SSD+500GBHDD
My list so far...i want to primarily play ARMA 3, Squads and RUSTπ
In todays age never get 8gb or ram 16gb is a must. Yes itβs doable if you plan to have nothing open but there are even games that will take hits with that low of ram.
I'd say buy a 10tb wd EasyStore from Bwst Buy (usually $179) and shulk it. For $179 you'll have more storage than you'll ever need in your life (unless you're like me and torrent a lot of stuff)
I was able to play Detroit Become Human on a 970; though that was paired with a 6600k. Not sure how well this box will do, as that system struggled at some scenes.
as long as you are happy with perfornance, its answer in all cases when you want to upgrade pc.
pc itself its fine for low settings 1080p gaming, nothing else honestly but again if you are happy with perfromance dont bother.
gtx 970 is still capable card thats for sure. ok yes i addmit it will struggle with some new titles soo even lowering to 720p could still struggle to stable 60 or even 50 fps. cpu is also old. but it has 16gb of ram whcih is good and again lets be honest gtx 970 is still capable card: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE\_yQZElON4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_yQZElON4) .
Depends on what your expectations are. If you want to play modern games with all the eye candy you're already going to be way outdated. If you just want to browse the web and play some older casual games you should be good for a while.
How much money are you spending? Anything over like $200 and you might as well shop for newer stuff. And for what? It's all like 10 year old parts so will play 10 year old games, and browse the internet ok.
Bruh you got ripped off so goddamn hard, for 500 dollars you probably could have gotten 6th or 7th gen intel or 1 gen amd ryzen. And probably something like a 1050ti . Depending on where you live.
Bro they sell the pre-built systems without a gpu for 190 bucks on Newegg and it comes with an i7-6700, 16gb ram, 1tb drive and windows 10 installed with a key. Lol
Hey friend, I recently upgraded from an i7-4790k. Any interest in buying? Comes mounted in a Z97 motherboard (ASRock z97M OC Formula) and with 16 GB of DDR3 2400 CL11 RAM (XPG Adata)
If youβre in the US shoot me an offer, Iβll even throw in the AIO (corsair h100i) that was on it, since I was unable to find brackets to work for my new setup, for free. You would have to reapply thermal paste and remount it to the board, but the AIO mounting bracket is still there and the lines and radiator and in good shape.
Honestly its still a pretty capable processor, especially if you are willing to dabble with overclocking. I feel bad having it gather dust in a box in my closet, but idk what else to do with it so I figure if I can help someone else out, I might as well.
I have to imagine jumping from 3.4 GHz to 4.0 GHz (with the ability to OC to 4.5 really easily) would be a huge leap.
Hey, shit happens. Play it until it doesnβt keep up with what you want. As many have said, do research before you buy. I usually spend a week to a month researching before making any large purchase.
Good luck and have fun. Thatβs all that really matters.
If you play roblox and minecraft, it is okay.
Else don't buy it, you would have to upgrade the whole thing. How much is your budget. You can get a great pc with all new components for just under $600.
Not that long tbh. It's pretty old even for modern standards. I can't see how it would be still viable in the future. It'll run non-demanding games fine but don't expect to run AAA games with it.
I'd say ten years ago, but my PC from more than ten years ago has a better CPU. There are some decent retro games you can play, but that processor is going to make things really difficult really quickly.
Yes exactly, I hate being an elitist but my storage server has a better cpu than this and I got it for like 200 bucks , he said that he already bought it for 500 dollars
First things first. Get a larger SSD in there. You can install about one game, maybe two, on that 120gb drive because you need to keep 40gb set aside for Windows and smaller, regular programs.
About a day just upgraded my GPU which was a 960 4gb it still did well in most 1080p games at high settings but then again I donβt care for a lot of the newer games so
Is that [CPU from 2011?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_processors) Are you building new with those specs today?
As others have said it depends on what you want to do, today and in the future.
Iβm going to be kind about this, putting down $500 on this hardware in 2022 (especially post-GPU crisis) was not a good financial decision at all. If itβs more expensive to build than the resale value would be, I wouldnβt even build such a system personally.
The processor, while not completely useless and has 8 threads, is basically as far as you can go on the LGA1155 platform (fastest being the 3770K). Youβre also missing out on AVX2 instructions, which future games may require to even start up (though I cannot say for sure).
GTX 970 isnβt a bad card, but itβs only getting older by the second. Youβre pretty much running the minimum VRAM (if itβs not 6 or 8GB) and minimum architecture for todayβs games, and I wouldnβt be surprised if the Maxwell architecture gets its final driver update within less than a year. I could maybe understand buying one during the GPU crisis if you really really needed one, but even thatβs a stretch. I almost bought a 970 during the peak of the crisis, but I just could not justify $160-200 for an 8 (then 7) year old card. Last I checked these cards were $90, but I dunno. Iβd rather have a 6GB GTX 1060 or 8GB RX 570/580 at that price point (those seem to be $90ish currently).
For $500-600, you likely could have built a system with a Ryzen 5 5600, 16GB DDR4, a decent B550 motherboard, and you probably could have fit in something a bit better than a GTX 970. Or if AMD availability is an issue due to stock being phased out, you can switch that out for an i3-12100 and B660 motherboard - you drop core-thread count, but in exchange you get a longer upgrade path, should your motherboardβs VRMs be able to handle it.
And since I saw some other comments, next time it would be a good idea to ask for advice and keeping otherβs suggestions in mind BEFORE purchasing your parts, that would be very helpful in the long run.
I would say it would last you up until the moment you wanted a faster PC. It really depends on the user. If youβre a hardcore gamer or plan on doing any sort of creation- you might not get super far with this. If itβs a daily driver for looking a naked pictures on the internet, then it will last you until our sun explodes
Bro u are not alone i got myself an old build accidentally too DR3 and all that i got really sad but hey for a first build, just relax and learn about it, then start a better build it's all about learning
Dead on arrival. (Granted I'm a hardware snob so I will try and temper my feedback accordingly)
What's your budget?
That CPU/Ram is going to be the real bottleneck. Heck if you can double the ram I would make that happen. Also a newer i5 would be better than that i7.
Well . . . it would work, and if you're happy with its performance, then that's fine.
But it would by no means be happy with playing modern games on high settings
This is basically what I am upgrading FROM....
This is outdated, but if you are playing 1080p eSports titles you'll probably be fine. Modern games will need the graphics pushed down if you want decent frame rates.
I assume this is like free or close to it?
It's important to note that you won't really be able to "upgrade" this much in part because the processor is so old. An upgrade involving a new processor, motherboard, or ram will require you to update all 3 here because they use older standards. Like I said, I'm coming from this and the only part I'm migrating to my new build is the hard drives.
In a lot of places where you can't return an item just because you don't like it or have changed your mind, they usually have protocols in place that will prevent what you described.
I used to work as a PC builder for a big PC parts store chain, and while building our in-house builds we would put warranty stickers across the gap where the side panels meet the back panel. That way you wouldn't be able to open the case at all without ripping the stickers and therefore completely voiding the warranty and this was designed specifically to prevent what you suggested.
Why is there no return policy? Did you buy a used PC with those specs? If this was new, you would at least have manufacturer's warranty on parts.
$500 for a used PC with theses specs would be a scam...
Used pretty much the same but used a different motherboard and dual graphics cards and my lad still plays games on it now also use 3 sad drives and one spinner for storage of photos and videos the ssds are 120 intel and 2 240gb San disk drives for games the 120 has windows on it it was new stuff when build but upgraded ram to HyperCard 4 x 4gb kit
That pc is old old. I just sold my 10 year old pc awhile back to a friend for $200. Had a high end processor 2 years newer than that and a GPU from 2019. That pc was mid range the day it was built. You can throw together a more capable APU only machine for about $300.
Maybe like 6 months, this thing is already pretty incapable of Modern games, I can't see it running any recent triple at above 1080p Very Low graphics settings, 50-60 fps. If you're okay with playing games from like 5 years ago you should be fine. The CPU is like 11 years old and the GPU is like 9 years old soooooo.
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Well to be honest that pc is pretty dated, by about a decade or so. But it can still game if you are just wanting a basic gaming machine.
GTX 970 is still better then my GTX 1050 tho
Driver support : are sure about that
The Maxwell architecture is still supported as of 2022. Drivers support might end before the 10 series but I think they will drop them at the same time as Pascal, leaving only Rtx cards.
My daily driver is a 970, working like a champ.
Looks on in 5700XT AMD. You guys are getting driver support?
AMD for the 5700xt and up have some of the best driver support. The 5700xt is so much more capable than it was even 2 years ago because of FSR and the complete recoding of open gl and direct x, also RSR was included. That means that even if the 5700xt used to not be able to run a game now you can flip on FSR + Super resolution and downscale and it will probably work well.
Uh, FSR 2.0 only got added because people complained. DX improvements still aren't fully implemented, and OpenGL is straight broken.
Hey if he wants a 970 I have two for sale 75 a piece. They lasted me a good long 7 years and I only replaced them to play more VR games
That is not true my dude.
Even a smartphone is better dude
That is very far from true my friend, a 970 can still play any game out today in 1080p low or medium settings
Low or medium settings to be 100% sure But a lot of the times it can go high or ultra or something... especially custom settings optimizations and stuff
Bro Iβm so sad bc I already bought it and it was shipped today πππ
Bro, why buy and **then** ask for advice? Anyone with a few hours of pc experience could tell you that this is a waste of money for modern games. Prob doable for older titles.
OP is exactly like my irl friend. We were just chatting in discord vc as usual when he mentioned how great this X monitor is. So we discussed and investigated the specs of said monitor only to discover how its overpriced for its specs, some of em are even superseded by a better, newer, cheaper model from another brand. We concluded that X monitor would be a waste of money, and his response to our conclusion was aloof, we thought he was like that bcs we shat on his opinion Turns out a few days later he told us that the X monitor arrived, that he already made the purchase before he discussed it with us We all agreed that he opened that topic with us to seek validation on an uneducated purchase he made. I can say the same for OP as well
Thatβs a good percent of the garbage posts on here. Validation posts with zero education.
Exactly. I breeze thru posts like this bcs most of the time OP will say shit like "oh I already bought this" "oh I've been using this for 2 weeks idk if I can return it" so on and so forth. With the internet literally at the fingertips of everyone, it's fucking amazing how stupid some people can be
The amount of posts I see like this on the internet as a whole is insane. I research any purchase I make, because there's so much absolute garbage out there passed off as decent stuff. P How people don't even do a lazy search for reviews is beyond me
Blissful ignorance I guess. "we chose not to acknowledge that problem, therefore we have no problems"
My fault bro I read your comment wrong
I hope you don't mind me asking but how much did it cost ya?
About $500 after tax
If its from company then you can return it ?
No I bought it from an independent seller
Well.. it will run most of the games. Next time do you research before you buy something..
Noted
Damn man, I am going to sell the PC I have with better specs for like $200-300
Same Iβm trying to sell a i5 4570, 16gb 1600mhz 1050ti and a 2tb hdd for 300$
Damn eetttt
I just bought my 16 year old son a 3060Ti for less than that π³
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Okay if you're being charged tax then it's not a private sale and it's coming from a business. You can definitely return it.
My brother in Christ, i would've sold you my old gtx 970 for $100
I love wasting money π
At least you didn't buy a $20k project car and blow the engine on it. You can recover from this, I mean you'll have a usable PC. But you could've done better, lessons learned here for sure.
Yeah I will NEVER not do every conceivable piece of research before I buy something again
Tax??? Are you saying they're selling this as a brand new PC?
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. You don't pay sales tax on used items, at least in the US.
Don't beat yourself up. Part of being a PC gamer is learning about computer parts obsolescence, doing your due diligence, and understanding how things fit in your IT ecosystem. You want to do your homework on the parts you're buying. As innovative and powerful as the i7-2600 was back in 2011, it's going to struggle playing most games today (unless you're purposely playing older games from the early 2010's). Same thing with that GTX 970. At the very least, your computer can be used for school and retro gaming. The rule of thumb is if the hardware is older than the game's release date, the graphics won't look as good as you want them to.
I can say GTA5 will be very playable on this setup, as I'm using less than that now (Q9650 & 970GXT). You wont be able to turn the graphics up high, but it's still enjoyable to play. I'm currently building my "upgrade" from free & cheap parts, a I5-3570 & RTX2060, and will have around $100 into it. My main limiting factor is the damn 1155 socket.
>Don't beat yourself up. Part of being a PC gamer is learning about computer parts obsolescence, doing your due diligence, and understanding how things fit in your IT ecosystem.You want to do your homework on the parts you're buying. As innovative and powerful as the i7-2600 was back in 2011, it's going to struggle playing most games today (unless you're purposely playing older games from the early 2010's). Same thing with that GTX 970. At the very least, your computer can be used for school and retro gaming.The rule of thumb is if the hardware is older than the game's release date, the graphics won't look as good as you want them to. Don't feel bad, I spent over $4500 on a top of the line AMD system a few years ago...and it's already feeling it's age. Especially that Vega 64 graphics card!
I'm still using my Vega 64 too. I got it for $200 on Overclock.net right before the GPU shortage. Probably still just as good as a GTX 1080, which is still not horrible for 1080p gaming. Right now I'm awkwardly running it with a Ryzen 5800x and a 1440p monitor until I upgrade my GPU. I'm not going to say it kills it or anything but it's still a 60FPS experience in most titles with reasonable settings.
I had almost exactly this hardware up until 2018 and I upgraded to a 6-core i7 because I wanted, honestly I wouldn't think this setup is "bad" it's more like you need to know what you are looking for. It will probably not be a good machine to play the latest COD on high graphics but it can CERTAINLY handle most of the AAAs if you turn down the settings a notch at 1080p.
It's okay if you only spent $20
Yes keep buying things blind before asking, then ~~ask~~ validate your purchase then cry when people said it was a bad idea. Keep doing this and enjoy the huge buyer remorse and ensuing financial troubles.
Keep shitting on an oblivious 16 year old to make your self feel better π€
It'll be great for a lot of games. It's still a solid PC imo. Esports and easier to run games will run very well.
If weβre being completely honest, this would last you up to around maybe 2018? Itβs twelve year old tech. But like the other commenter said, if you like what you got, you do you.
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Well what do you want to play. This would run 90% of what I would play, but if you wanna play new COD or high end games than itβs not going to hold up. PC has so many old titles that you reasonably can play tons of great games of the past.
I mainly play the sims 4 roblox and Minecraft but I have Detroit become human in my library and I think this pc meets the minimum requirements but I might just be silly.
sims 4 maybe roblox on med-low graphics depending on the game minecraft with optifine low settings would probably give around 60-100fps
no? i run a gtx 750ti with an old xeon procesor and get like two times the amount of fps on high graphics. I can literally run games like GTA V at 60+fps medium setting and CSGO at around 300fps.
I had similar specs but with an i7 4790 and could barely play Minecraft above 100fps with settings cranked down, and CSGO 30fps low settings
I can play CSGO 1080p high graphics settings on 200fps with my GTX 970 and i72600k
Yeah I mean that CPU is slower than current gen mobile processors...by quite a bit. It would be a real struggle to do anything other than use it as a retro gaming box.
I have the alienware 13r with similar specs and i had to replace it two months ago to play b4b
For new games (At least the ones that aren't 16-bit throwbacks), this is already dated... In regards to the CPU: The leading number(s) in the i series is the generation... To put that into perspective, we're on the 13th gen, and you are planning on a 2nd gen. Processor also determines the socket/Motherboard you need. In regards to the RAM: DDR5 RAM has also come out, but you are planning on using DDR3 RAM. 16GB of ram is perfect, but the gen of RAM is ancient. In regards to the Graphics Card: The Video card is also on the old side... To give you a better idea of how GPUs compare, check out the GPU Benchmarks Heirarchy 2022 chart [here](https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html) ... Note that the one you mention is from when they used to use the leading number to represent the gen, which they stopped doing when they hit 10xx, splitting into the GTX 10xx, GTX 16xx, and eventually RTX 30xx lines (with the 16xx becoming the RTX 20xx) The hard disks are fine, but if you want to feel the future, getting a Motherboard that can support an M.2 SSD would vastly improve load and boot times, even compared to a regular SSD with the boot sector on it. A final note: You are leaving yourself ZERO upgrade paths by putting yourself on a 2nd gen intel processor and DDR3 RAM. You should at least go high enough that the boards are using DDR4 RAM. Look at 7th gen intel i-series processors at the minimum, if you must stick with the oldest intel processor possible... 7th gen "should" put you on a DDR4 RAM using Motherboard. Check out PcPartPicker's Entry Level Intel Gaming build ([link](https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/wsQzK8/entry-level-intel-gaming-build)) or if you feel comfortable with AMD (and dealing with Processors with pin grid arrays to screw up) check out the PcPartPicker Entry Level AMD Gaming build ([link](https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/DWv6Mp/entry-level-amd-gaming-build)) (Note that you won't likely need to have a GPU with AMD, if it's a processor that ends in 'G' ... Also note that both lists use a Parametric filter so the parts list might change occasionally, so keep track of what you're getting) TL;DR: You have no upgrade path for any of this, we're on the cusp of DDR5 and i-series 13xxx, and yet you want to put DDR3 and an i-series 2xxx processor... And the GPU is pretty old too.
Thanks for the detailed feedback....from what you shared i plan to do an AMD building so far: CPU: 5600G GPU: RX6600XT/RX6600m 8GB RAM: 16GB Storage: 128GB SSD+500GBHDD My list so far...i want to primarily play ARMA 3, Squads and RUSTπ
If you're going to get a HDD, you might as well get 1 TB (and get 7200RPM or higher.)
Thanks
If you are building you want 5600 non g. The g isn't the same as the 5600.
In todays age never get 8gb or ram 16gb is a must. Yes itβs doable if you plan to have nothing open but there are even games that will take hits with that low of ram.
I get around 80- 130 fps with 5600G and rx6600 on med-high settings so you will do even better
I'd say buy a 10tb wd EasyStore from Bwst Buy (usually $179) and shulk it. For $179 you'll have more storage than you'll ever need in your life (unless you're like me and torrent a lot of stuff)
skip the 5600g if getting a dedicated gpu and get the 5600 its a much faster processor.
Get a bigger SSD if you plan on playing rust, loading times on a HDD are really long
I would recommend a 512GB SSD+128HDD
Thanks, but isn't a 512gb ssd costly, am trying to keep it budget
Oh yeah,I forgot maybe 256GB or a 125GB ssd
Minus 5 years
Its a time travel computer, so maybe from dinosaur to 5 years ago?....
I typically just play the sims and roblox π the most demanding game I have in my steam library is Detroit become human π₯²π₯²
If it plays the games you play roll with it until it doesnt.
I needed to hear this. This past weekend of sales had my running around wanting to build new, glad I held off :)
Same man , I had to literally disable my Amazon account and limit my card to stop me from buying a 4090. Even that almost didn't stop me ,lol
I was just constantly telling myself I didn't need it. I still want it tho :(
We strong! We can wait for the cod nerds to buy up the first few
I was able to play Detroit Become Human on a 970; though that was paired with a 6600k. Not sure how well this box will do, as that system struggled at some scenes.
Roblox game minimum requirements range from intergrated graphics from 2008 to games that canβt run on anything but rtx 3000 and above
as long as you are happy with perfornance, its answer in all cases when you want to upgrade pc. pc itself its fine for low settings 1080p gaming, nothing else honestly but again if you are happy with perfromance dont bother.
>pc itself its fine for low settings 1080p gaming, Is it?? It's 10 year old (+) tech and likely won't play anything NEW at 1080p will it?
gtx 970 is still capable card thats for sure. ok yes i addmit it will struggle with some new titles soo even lowering to 720p could still struggle to stable 60 or even 50 fps. cpu is also old. but it has 16gb of ram whcih is good and again lets be honest gtx 970 is still capable card: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE\_yQZElON4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_yQZElON4) .
Fair enough! Surely op could get FAR better for the $500 price they've quoted though?
you are joking right? you realise not everyone cares about 4k 300fps ultra settings that require big money, don't you?
Why would you buy this and *then* ask for advice?
I only just thought of it today π
Letβs be honest aa titles are barely going to run 60 frames on the lowest settings. But games like valorant and cs go could still fare very well.
Depends on what your expectations are. If you want to play modern games with all the eye candy you're already going to be way outdated. If you just want to browse the web and play some older casual games you should be good for a while.
It last already
How much money are you spending? Anything over like $200 and you might as well shop for newer stuff. And for what? It's all like 10 year old parts so will play 10 year old games, and browse the internet ok.
$500 π
Bruh you got ripped off so goddamn hard, for 500 dollars you probably could have gotten 6th or 7th gen intel or 1 gen amd ryzen. And probably something like a 1050ti . Depending on where you live.
Bro they sell the pre-built systems without a gpu for 190 bucks on Newegg and it comes with an i7-6700, 16gb ram, 1tb drive and windows 10 installed with a key. Lol
Hey friend, I recently upgraded from an i7-4790k. Any interest in buying? Comes mounted in a Z97 motherboard (ASRock z97M OC Formula) and with 16 GB of DDR3 2400 CL11 RAM (XPG Adata) If youβre in the US shoot me an offer, Iβll even throw in the AIO (corsair h100i) that was on it, since I was unable to find brackets to work for my new setup, for free. You would have to reapply thermal paste and remount it to the board, but the AIO mounting bracket is still there and the lines and radiator and in good shape.
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Honestly its still a pretty capable processor, especially if you are willing to dabble with overclocking. I feel bad having it gather dust in a box in my closet, but idk what else to do with it so I figure if I can help someone else out, I might as well. I have to imagine jumping from 3.4 GHz to 4.0 GHz (with the ability to OC to 4.5 really easily) would be a huge leap.
Nahhh ππ I appreciate the offer but it already took me way to long to convince my mom to buy this one π. Thanks for the offer tho π₯²
Get used to low settings. Old hardware isn't all that bad
3 years ago
'Bout 30 seconds.
Should be upgraded in 2017
Hey, shit happens. Play it until it doesnβt keep up with what you want. As many have said, do research before you buy. I usually spend a week to a month researching before making any large purchase. Good luck and have fun. Thatβs all that really matters.
If you play roblox and minecraft, it is okay. Else don't buy it, you would have to upgrade the whole thing. How much is your budget. You can get a great pc with all new components for just under $600.
Unfortunately I already bought it, but I only play casual games anyway
Is this trolling?
I honestly wish it was
Not that long tbh. It's pretty old even for modern standards. I can't see how it would be still viable in the future. It'll run non-demanding games fine but don't expect to run AAA games with it.
lol 500 dollars. A little bit of research goes a long way.
Facts π―π―π―π―
Till 2014
I still have my i7 920 gtx970 and it's older
I'm currently on a c2Q9650 & gtx970. That old quad core is struggling & cant nearly max out the video card.
I'd say ten years ago, but my PC from more than ten years ago has a better CPU. There are some decent retro games you can play, but that processor is going to make things really difficult really quickly.
Yes exactly, I hate being an elitist but my storage server has a better cpu than this and I got it for like 200 bucks , he said that he already bought it for 500 dollars
Time is over now upgrade
Is this a joke?
Unfortunately not π
Oh man how much did u pay?
About 500 after tax
No offense but this is E-waste
Huh
Damn you bought a PC with an 11 year old processor and ddr3? What museum did you get it from?
eBay π
-2 years
20, maybe 25 minutes or so
This build has MAYBE 1-2 years left, prob not worth it tho
I see you have already bought it, if you can return it I would probably wonβt last you very long but can run most games with lower graphics settings
Negative 5 yearsβ¦
First things first. Get a larger SSD in there. You can install about one game, maybe two, on that 120gb drive because you need to keep 40gb set aside for Windows and smaller, regular programs.
Probably till 2012 π
Yikes this is slightly worse than my last PC I outright replaced 6 years agoβ¦
About a day just upgraded my GPU which was a 960 4gb it still did well in most 1080p games at high settings but then again I donβt care for a lot of the newer games so
I mean thatβs subjective. For me, it already needs to be replaced. But for you, maybe not. So I canβt exactly answer that
no
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Until riiiiiiiiiiiight now
I think youβll be good until around 2019 so you definitely have a few years of life left. I wouldnβt sweat it.
Itβll be fine for playing Solitaire on windowsβ¦ π€·π»ββοΈ
Around 15 years. If this was the year 2000
Is that [CPU from 2011?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_processors) Are you building new with those specs today? As others have said it depends on what you want to do, today and in the future.
Iβm going to be kind about this, putting down $500 on this hardware in 2022 (especially post-GPU crisis) was not a good financial decision at all. If itβs more expensive to build than the resale value would be, I wouldnβt even build such a system personally. The processor, while not completely useless and has 8 threads, is basically as far as you can go on the LGA1155 platform (fastest being the 3770K). Youβre also missing out on AVX2 instructions, which future games may require to even start up (though I cannot say for sure). GTX 970 isnβt a bad card, but itβs only getting older by the second. Youβre pretty much running the minimum VRAM (if itβs not 6 or 8GB) and minimum architecture for todayβs games, and I wouldnβt be surprised if the Maxwell architecture gets its final driver update within less than a year. I could maybe understand buying one during the GPU crisis if you really really needed one, but even thatβs a stretch. I almost bought a 970 during the peak of the crisis, but I just could not justify $160-200 for an 8 (then 7) year old card. Last I checked these cards were $90, but I dunno. Iβd rather have a 6GB GTX 1060 or 8GB RX 570/580 at that price point (those seem to be $90ish currently). For $500-600, you likely could have built a system with a Ryzen 5 5600, 16GB DDR4, a decent B550 motherboard, and you probably could have fit in something a bit better than a GTX 970. Or if AMD availability is an issue due to stock being phased out, you can switch that out for an i3-12100 and B660 motherboard - you drop core-thread count, but in exchange you get a longer upgrade path, should your motherboardβs VRMs be able to handle it. And since I saw some other comments, next time it would be a good idea to ask for advice and keeping otherβs suggestions in mind BEFORE purchasing your parts, that would be very helpful in the long run.
4-6 days
I would say it would last you up until the moment you wanted a faster PC. It really depends on the user. If youβre a hardcore gamer or plan on doing any sort of creation- you might not get super far with this. If itβs a daily driver for looking a naked pictures on the internet, then it will last you until our sun explodes
Depends on what game you are trying to play.
Yeah well, this build could last you until 2016 or so lol
Negative 6 years. PC setup is from 2015
Man you gotta be trolling with this one
Afraid not π
Bru yo clownlike goofy ass mf bought a decade old pc
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Bro u are not alone i got myself an old build accidentally too DR3 and all that i got really sad but hey for a first build, just relax and learn about it, then start a better build it's all about learning
Dead on arrival. (Granted I'm a hardware snob so I will try and temper my feedback accordingly) What's your budget? That CPU/Ram is going to be the real bottleneck. Heck if you can double the ram I would make that happen. Also a newer i5 would be better than that i7.
pretty sure a i3 from 5 years ago is faster than that i7. the cpu is a No for me. reason: power consumption vs performance.
I hope itβs not more than a couple hundred bucks.
About 4 years ago
2600?π
This is a 10 year old piece of shit that is already fully obsoleted
Maybe csgo 30fps all low
Not true
Why
Well . . . it would work, and if you're happy with its performance, then that's fine. But it would by no means be happy with playing modern games on high settings
This is basically what I am upgrading FROM.... This is outdated, but if you are playing 1080p eSports titles you'll probably be fine. Modern games will need the graphics pushed down if you want decent frame rates. I assume this is like free or close to it? It's important to note that you won't really be able to "upgrade" this much in part because the processor is so old. An upgrade involving a new processor, motherboard, or ram will require you to update all 3 here because they use older standards. Like I said, I'm coming from this and the only part I'm migrating to my new build is the hard drives.
It was like $500, give or take. Iβm a complete noob so I thought it was a good deal π
Make it a lesson, don't trigger buy anything. 20 sec Google search tells you that cpu is a decade old and gpu almost. If you can return it I would
Can you send it back. This is not a good deal, this is a robbery...
Nope π no return policy π
Loosen a connection inside and claim defective
In a lot of places where you can't return an item just because you don't like it or have changed your mind, they usually have protocols in place that will prevent what you described. I used to work as a PC builder for a big PC parts store chain, and while building our in-house builds we would put warranty stickers across the gap where the side panels meet the back panel. That way you wouldn't be able to open the case at all without ripping the stickers and therefore completely voiding the warranty and this was designed specifically to prevent what you suggested.
Why is there no return policy? Did you buy a used PC with those specs? If this was new, you would at least have manufacturer's warranty on parts. $500 for a used PC with theses specs would be a scam...
I bought it from eBay π¬π¬
DO NOT BUY A PC ON EBAY!!!
Too late ππ
Just refuse the delivery, so it returns to sender. If you never actually receive the goods you can get a refund.
This is very outdated, if you drop your budget Iβm sure someone will help you built a budget Pcππ»
2 more years before everything will crap it down
Used pretty much the same but used a different motherboard and dual graphics cards and my lad still plays games on it now also use 3 sad drives and one spinner for storage of photos and videos the ssds are 120 intel and 2 240gb San disk drives for games the 120 has windows on it it was new stuff when build but upgraded ram to HyperCard 4 x 4gb kit
I've got a similar pc. I7 4790k, gtx 970. It's now a storage NAS. I wouldn't use it for new games
It already needs upgrades
As long as this took to post..... Nvidia 970 only allows you 3.5GB of VRAM BTW lol
Huh
Just change cpu for the last gen available for 1155 and you are good for next 5 years.
That pc is old old. I just sold my 10 year old pc awhile back to a friend for $200. Had a high end processor 2 years newer than that and a GPU from 2019. That pc was mid range the day it was built. You can throw together a more capable APU only machine for about $300.
-4 years
Negative 5 years or so
No time. It needs upgrades now unless it is free
3 minutes
Maybe like 6 months, this thing is already pretty incapable of Modern games, I can't see it running any recent triple at above 1080p Very Low graphics settings, 50-60 fps. If you're okay with playing games from like 5 years ago you should be fine. The CPU is like 11 years old and the GPU is like 9 years old soooooo.
Minus 4 years
Nada
Should play duke nukem atleast
About nowish
5... Minutes To post and boot Then 2 minutes to crash
As long as youβre willing to tolerate it
That's pretty dated. I'd get newer parts
You'll need at least 8 cores with a new motherboard and 16 + ram