We’ve been dating for over a year now, and she mainly just plays Fortnite on her ps5 these days. I was curious about her specs and I actually can’t believe what I’m seeing here. There is now an itch in me to get her a new cpu, mobo, ram and storage 😭 any budget friendly options?
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[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BJg4TM)
Type|Item|Price
:—-|:—-|:—-
**CPU** | [*AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/66C48d/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-47-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000593wof) | $170.49 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [*Thermalright RK120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4gDQzy/thermalright-rk120-se-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-rk120-se) | $30.29 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [*MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mP88TW/msi-pro-b650-s-wifi-atx-am5-motherboard-pro-b650-s-wifi) | $135.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [*Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4cCCmG/patriot-viper-venom-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-pvv532g600c30k) | $85.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [*Silicon Power UD90 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4kpzK8/silicon-power-ud90-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-sp01kgbp44ud9005) | $51.99 @ Newegg Sellers
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$474.75**
| *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria |
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2025-07-23 00:22 EDT-0400 |
So… You’re gonna upgrade a pc for her she won’t use?
Jesus christ, a 16 year old cpu
For budget options you can always get a ryzen 5600x with ddr4 ram.
You can keep the storage, 1tb is alr decent
For how much $?
A i7 960, shit, that’s one of the best cpus
for retro gaming… those chips can still boot from floppy and emulate floppy from usb…
But yeah, pcie 2.0… basically everything is better at this point, get her sth like a ryzen 5 5500 on a b550 board with 32gb ram…
change the ssd to something like 512GB+ samsung 870 evo sata.
it’s 2009 cpu so i dont think it has nvme slot.
Just upgrade the CPU and the RAM
Holy fucking bottleneck
Your girlfriends CPU to her GPU:
combining a 1st gen i7 with a 3070 is diabolical
I looked at that cpu and was like “where’s the rest of the numbers? 960?” jeez
Get a whole new pc dawg if you’re Able too. Those specs don’t match up good at all. Specially if she’s trying to play anything modern.
this is my first time seeing a cpu that old damn. Before that, it was my father’s old 2015~ thinkpad with a 4th generation intel cpu
X58, classic
This is so cool. I used to have a i7 950, with 12gb ddr3 paired with two ATI HD 5970 . At the time it was one of the best money could buy.
A 3070 with a 1gen i7 is so cursed
7500f + b650m hdv m.2 + cheapest 11ns< ram and thermalright cpu cooler (go with the cheapest tower cooler) and you’ll be fine.
Can we… Can we talk about bottleneck, now ? Because damn
I’ve done worse. Why upgrade if she doesn’t need it? You got an itch to spend money just for the sake of it?
1st gen i7 on a 3070 and also runs windows 11 wtf
The bottleneck is crazy. Needs a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. Also make sure you have an SSD instead of an HDD.
I can’t believe that’s a 960 in there. It’s gotta be a bug or something.
How she ended up with that combination lol?
ram running at 1ghz oof
You need to find a new girlfriend bro
Half of the comments are terrible.
Yes, the CPU is old but there is not much info about everything else.
What is the MB, does the PSU have 24 pins and 8 pins for a new MB and CPU? Does she have a stock cooler?
The cheapest way will be to keep the GPU, RAM, PSU (if it is compatible with a new hardware) and case (if size is enough) and replace only MB, CPU and add some small nvme for the system.
I would check your local Amazon or marketplace for used parts.
Second hand is your friend for budgets. Any local marketplace or maybe jawa
So many comments about the CPU, very few about the DDR3 1033 RAM 😢 even for DDR3 that’s slow…
“why am i lagging i have an i7?”
Holy shit a 1st gen i7?
https://preview.redd.it/8sj39gegikef1.jpeg?width=201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c443a2001ef70b61720e5df95722a33aeb6688f
My secondary pc is a 2700k lol
My gf has a 5070 and I have a 3070. Upgrade something for me as well
Where do you even get 12GB of RAM ??
NAH why is a first gen i7 paired with a 3070
bottleneck 3000™️
Ever thought of changing the CPU maybe?
Your gf has a cpu almost as old as me
Kudos to your girlfriend, I have a similar setup: Core i7 920@4,2Ghz and RTX 2080Ti with 12Gb ddr3@1600.