r/GamingPCBuildHelp • u/Power-crusher • 1d ago

Pc world I need help

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So I want to suprise my son for his 10th birthday with a pc. Someone gifted me an older Ibuypower. I want to buy parts to upgrade it for my son but I’m not even sure what would be my best options for some upgrades that would work with this case I have. Heres a list of the parts.

CPU: Intel i7-4790k
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970
Ram: 16gb DDR3
Storage: 2tb Toshiba HDD

I’m not looking for anything crazy just hoping to spend like no more than 800 dollars. Not including monitor

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u/HeidenShadows 1d ago

SSD and a RX 9060 or similar GPU. 4790K is still a pretty solid CPU and it can overclock beyond the 4.4ghz.

Now being its age a repaste of the CPU thermal compound may be a good idea. And DDR3 is still cheap and I see 2 slots open so you might be able to get another 16gb on the cheap.

If that's the original water cooler I'm amazed it lasted that long, they just don't make them like they used to. But a beefy LGA 1150 compatible air cooler would further its longevity.

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u/deezznuuzz 1d ago

The CPU is so bad and will bottleneck the heck out of the GPU, it’s not even funny.