[Build Ready] Upgrading my PC for low-key gaming for the next ~4 years. Need some help.

Build Help/Ready:

Have you read the sidebar and rules? (Please do)

Yes, hopefully I won't break any.

What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

Gaming on low settings (comparable to consoles) and day-to-day usage, university projects (which mostly requires Office, Eclipse, and Python for the moment).

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, FPS, game settings)

• Low settings

• Whatever I can get between 720p-1080p (I can compromise for less if the game is very demanding or poorly optimized, and don't expect to get more)

• Targeting 30 FPS with as little unbearable framedrops as possible (more would be welcome, of course)

• Low anti-aliasing (if any), medium-to-low draw distance and everything else. As long as the game runs and doesn't look completely horrendous, it will be fine.

What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?

~$200-250 for the entire upgrade (see below what I consider upgrading).

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

Israel. It's about 35% more expensive than the US for anything that has to do with technology.

Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please). Consider formatting your parts list. Don't ask to be spoonfed a build (read the rules!).

My current build (not potential, I actually own it): http://pcpartpicker.com/user/idosc/saved/WTM2FT *Note, the CPU, GPU, and motherboard are the actual components inside my machine, the others are equivalents.

Potential new components:

• Radeon R7 260x 2GB

• 2x4GB RAM cards

• A new fan for the CPU (looking for suggestions).

Provide any additional details you wish below.

So I've had this computer for a few years, on its first year or two it could run the little amount of games I threw at it pretty well on medium settings. I want to get very comparable performance to consoles or even slightly worse if that's impossible. I'd be fine with running everything on 720p, low settings overall etc as long as it still looks bearable (not much worse than what an Xbox 360 game would look like, for example), and as long as my PC will last on these settings for 2-4 more years.

I'm a student so my budget is low and I don't do a lot of gaming anyways, but when I do I want it to work. If you're going to say that my PC will not be able to run anything at all and think that I should upgrade everything that's fine, but if you think that it can run most things for the next couple of years, even poorly, with just one or two hardware upgrades, please stick to that.

My questions:

1. Will this PC be able to run games on the settings mentioned with the R7 260x? If not, will it be able to do so with 8GB RAM as well (instead of the current 4GB)?

2. If you believe that adding the R7 260x is not enough of an upgrade to redeem this part list, which GPU would you add instead (if any)?

3. Are there any recommended CPU fans for an LGA1156 socket?

Thank you!

Submitted by idosc Xbox 720 Release Date 2015