Hi! My friend gave me an old desktop he had from 4-5 years ago, I’m sure everything on it is ancient and won’t work for Gw2
I was told upgrading yer current desktop is better and cheaper than buying a new system completely, but i’m only just getting into computers, so I have no idea what to buy or whats any good. I’d like to be able to play on at least moderate to high setting. Price range = €500 – 550
Are any of these usable, or just keep the case and replace everything? Pls recommend things TY!
Cpu – Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
Motherboard – HP 09F0h
Processor – Intel Pentium 4 630
Ram – 512 mb
Video Card – Intel® 82945G express chipset family
Case – HP Compaq dc7600 Convertible MiniTower
These are the Specs you need…
Windows® Minimum System Requirements
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or better
Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3 OR AMD Athlon 64 X2, or better
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI X1800, Intel HD 3000, or better (256 MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
25 GB available HDD space
Broadband Internet connection
Keyboard and mouse
Sincerely … you need to upgrade everything.
Pentiun 4 is really old (change to at least an i5 2500k), 512 RAM barely runs windows alone (4 GB is the lowest I would recommend, but I suggest 8 GB), to change the CPU you’ll need new Motherboard, and pretty much any new video card will be better than the onboard video of the motherboard.
By your setup I imagine that your HDDs are IDE, you need at very least new SATA III HDDs, SSD would be even better.
EDIT: The minimum requirements is only the enough to make the game run w/o error, you pretty much won’t be able to play.
Also, I won’t suggest / show prices since I’m from Brazil and I have no idea of good places to buy parts in other countries.
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I don’t think there is anything salvageable in that system. Maybe the optical drive if it’s SATA (type of interface from drive to PC).
As for what to buy at that price … I don’t think you will find anything reasonable at the price already built. Here’s something prebuilt that will run the game but it’s far from ideal.
This is what i play on. It is within your price range as I bought it, and some of the parts could even be down graded to include windows and peripherals and still be in that range. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/bastiat/saved/LsZFf7
If you are building, take your time buying parts. I spent 3 weeks buying parts as I saw things hit sales and various deals.
As reference, I dont play on highest settings though (at least to me) the framerate is acceptable in most open world areas everything maxed. I play mid settings and get good framerates in populated/intense areas and 90-100 solo open world content.
TY!