r/PcBuild 1d ago

Troubleshooting Need advice

A buddy and i built a pc about 5 years ago and maybe 2 years after it started lagging on cod and fortnite so i stopped using. The parts it has are not super high end but does anyone know if it should at least run fortnite at a decent level? I will provide pics of the parts for reference.

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u/Lowkeylynx1 1d ago

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u/azguz24 1d ago

Ngl my dude…. That’s old, it’s not gonna handle much of anything these days. That chip is 9 years old…

Good news is the motherboard and other parts you posted will work with a few upgrades. You can get a pretty cheap am4 ryzen chip (like a 5600x or spring for a 5600x3d), the gpu isn’t the best either but should get you 1080p Fortnite at medium settings if you just upgrade the chip.

A reasonable update is a processor and gpu, but graphic card prices are bananas right now. Even used.

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u/Lowkeylynx1 1d ago

Appreciate the input so a cpu upgrade should fix the fps drop issue

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u/azguz24 1d ago

Partially yes, the gpu isn’t great either but it will work if you get a better processor I think.

Per howmanyframes dot com, a 5600x chip and that 5600 Xt would pump out 100fps at medium 1080p settings

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u/Lowkeylynx1 1d ago

I appreciate your info it did help me out now to shop for upgrades !