Upgrade my HP PAVILLION PC into a gaming pc

[Compton]

ok we need to know what is your budget? , what is your expectation of a gaming system?

what kind of games are you looking to play?

can you post that video you speak of

[Martin2781]

(06-24-2017, 12:00 AM)Compton Wrote:  ok we need to know what is your budget? , what is your expectation of a gaming system?

what kind of games are you looking to play?

can you post that video you speak of

https://youtu.be/gio_zWCPNdA

https://youtu.be/ZH6ZQDlCK7Y

looking to play all the total war games, i have gta 4 cant play it, i have a couple of flight sims that struggle to load, total napoleon has some issues with graphics, rome 2 struggles to play, shogun 2 total war cant even play it, and i want warhammer total war. i'm not looking for the same specs but something cheap that can do the job

[Britec]

Yeah, you can do a sleeper PC. But that will mean building a complete system inside your old case which is always possible, built many a system in an old case. BUT I would say that for your first time build you're asking a lot because the case may need to be modded slightly to fit everything in. Also, what is your budget? your title on the post is a bit misleading "Upgrade my HP PAVILLION PC into a gaming PC" what your really want is a new computer in your old case and make it a sleeper PC.

[BARRETT KISS 400]

Hi Martin. As you want to play the old games like GTA 4 and that your Q6600 is an okay chip still today. It should be able to run old games like GTA 4. What I would do is upgrade your ram to 8 GB ram. I would also get Windows 10 as Windows Vista does use up a lot of ram. Then get a GTX 750 TI the EVGA one. EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2Gb PCI-E Graphics Card (DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort) That should be able to fit into your case as your case is small. But remember to get DDR2 Ram. And also you need to get at least a 500 or 450w PSU.

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This is an video of me putting my Graphics card into my PC. It should give you a good idea how to put your Graphics card into you PC

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpC2uG44l54&t=282s

[Compton]

the guy in Bitwit  said he has to modded things to fix. like britec said this being your first you don't want to go down that

if you want to cut cost you could use back the same hard drive if it is in good health

don't take this the wrong   but when building a gaming  system don't want to have a rat budget

[Martin2781]

(06-24-2017, 11:39 AM)Compton Wrote:  the guy in Bitwit  said he has to modded things to fix. like britec said this being your first you don't want to go down that

if you want to cut cost you could use back the same hard drive if it is in good health

don't take this the wrong   but when building a gaming  system don't want to have a rat budget

how do i get windows 10 and is it possible to put a 1tb hhd drive on my motherboard

is my graphics card any good as it was installed 3-4 years ago

[BARRETT KISS 400]

You can get Windows 10 by downloading it from the store but you would need to get a key. And your graphics card is still ok. I had that card before and it did play GTA 4 and the older sims.

[Martin2781]

(06-24-2017, 12:38 PM)BARRETT KISS 400 Wrote:  You can get Windows 10 by downloading it from the store but you would need to get a key. And your graphics card is still ok. I had that card before and it did play GTA 4 and the older sims.

Ok is it easy to put a new 1tb hhd on my motherboard and what do i do after that
when i put new windows on my computer will it wipe all whats on my computer
how do i uninstall windows vista to get windows 10

[Britec]

Bitwit sleeper machine costs over $1000, what sort of budget do you have to spend on parts and I can help choose the right parts for your build.

[Martin2781]

(06-24-2017, 02:06 PM)Britec Wrote:  Bitwit sleeper machine costs over $1000, what sort of budget do you have to spend on parts and I can help choose the right parts for your build.

maybe 100-200 as money is tight so i was trying to use what i can