Need help upgrading old rig

[sellun]

Hi guys, I have gotten an old rig from my cousin. It's still useable but i have some spare cash to upgrade some of the parts. Which part do you think i should upgrade first? I have a budget of around $150-200.
I don't mind getting 2nd hand items from marketplace too.

The current spec is:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
Heatsink: Scythe mugen + Noctua noctua nf-p12 [huge heatsink and quiet fan]
Motherboard: GIGABYTE - GA-EP43-DS3L [The onboard's built in sound port is faulty that's why a separate creative sound card is included]
Sound Card: Creative PCI sound blaster 5.1 vx card
Ram: DDR2 2GB
GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4350
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
Casing: cooler master silencio 500
PSU: Cooler Master - Real Power Pro 460W
DVD drive: LG dvd writer 22x

 

[sellun]

hmmm... if i want to upgrade the rig to newer parts, which parts can i reuse? and how much should i budget?

 

[shadow84]

Nearly everything i would say. At most your heatsink, dvd, hdd and case can reuse. But, no point reusing the rest.

What budget are you comfortable with?

 

[summersky1986]

Hi guys, I have gotten an old rig from my cousin. It's still useable but i have some spare cash to upgrade some of the parts. Which part do you think i should upgrade first? I have a budget of around $150-200.
I don't mind getting 2nd hand items from marketplace too.

The current spec is:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
Heatsink: Scythe mugen + Noctua noctua nf-p12 [huge heatsink and quiet fan]
Motherboard: GIGABYTE - GA-EP43-DS3L [The onboard's built in sound port is faulty that's why a separate creative sound card is included]
Sound Card: Creative PCI sound blaster 5.1 vx card
Ram: DDR2 2GB
GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4350
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
Casing: cooler master silencio 500
PSU: Cooler Master - Real Power Pro 460W
DVD drive: LG dvd writer 22x

ASUS BOOST HIS PC

 

[summersky1986]

Nearly everything i would say. At most your heatsink, dvd, hdd and case can reuse. But, no point reusing the rest.

What budget are you comfortable with?

Quite dinosaur leh.. he said 150 - 200... want buy new mobo and i3 also not enough


ASUS BOOST HIS PC!!!!

 

[JustAnotherTroll]

Quite dinosaur leh.. he said 150 - 200... want buy new mobo and i3 also not enough


ASUS BOOST HIS PC!!!!

ASUS BOOST HIS PC!!!! $1 also no need.

 

[summersky1986]

ASUS BOOST HIS PC!!!! $1 also no need.

SOMEONE CALL ASUS TO BOOST HIS PC OLEDI

 

[sellun]

SOMEONE CALL ASUS TO BOOST HIS PC OLEDI

HAHA just nice i'm using an asus laptop also.

 

[summersky1986]

HAHA just nice i'm using an asus laptop also.

Tell me no use, must tell Asus




But seriously, with your budget.. it's not feasible for an overhaul.. just get a SSD and that's about it

 

[battlegolem]

1st , can say what u want to do with this old comp ?

if not , i presume u use for surfing , see online show, youtube , buying additional used 2g ram enough.
keep the rest of the money.
or if hand itchy, upgrade used monitor should be ok