Should You Upgrade a Prebuilt Gaming PC? #Helpful Post

hey guys Austin today we're going to

find out can you buy a cheap computer

and turn into a gaming PC so this is

what we've got this is the dell inspiron

i 3650 obviously none of these

accessories are really meant for gaming

but inside we have the computer itself

now well this is a desktop one of the

things that kind of jumped out to me

about it is actually a really unusual

shape inside this guy is walking an

Intel Core i three 6180 gigabytes of RAM

and a one terabyte hard drive it's

actually really not bad the biggest

thing holding it back from gaming are

the integrated graphics that's where

this comes in this is the new AMD rx 460

what makes the 460 an interesting

upgrade for a system like this is the

low power requirements so because it's

only a 75 watt card that means it's able

to pull all of its power straight from

the PCI slot which with the system like

this with a fairly low end power supply

makes a big difference so open this up

and inside will see this a little bit of

an unusual sort of layout so basically

we have the hard drive in the optical

drive which are mounted vertically in

the case that actually is not a big deal

for us because that still lives room for

a graphics card below ok you know what I

gotta say I had really low expectations

for a pre-built system like this and

strolling the graphics card is really

easy all you do is line up with a slot

make sure that clicks all the way into

place then swing them out the latch to

hold it into place and you're good to go

so now let's find out

did this single upgrade turn our boring

desktop into a gaming PC to start with I

tried a few games using the integrated

graphics in the core i3 it wasn't pretty

GTA 5 just really isn't playable even

when you turn settings down to normal at

720p

we're consistently getting frame rates

that dip well below 20 frames per second

install the RX 460 however and there is

a huge difference we're able to bump the

settings up to 1080p on high and we're

getting around 60 frames per second

moving to dota 2 we're getting a game

that's a lot more friendly to integrated

graphics so the core i3 is able to run

it on the very lowest settings at 720p

however we are getting around 60 FPS

install the graphics card though and

you're going to see a big difference so

at a DP at max settings you're gonna get

around 90 frames per second rocket

League is another game that's fairly

easy to run and we are able to get it

playable on the core i3 now mind you we

do have to turn the settings down to

720p and performance however we are able

to get a fairly stable 30fps

move over to the RX 460 we're getting

much smoother 90 frames per second and

that's what the settings turned up to

high at 1080p shadow of mordor is a fun

game but it's a lot more demanding and

the i3 really struggles here even with

low settings at 720p it frequently dips

to around 15 fps during the action

surprise surprise move up to the RX 460

we're able to bump the settings up to

high at 1080p and we're still getting

around 50 to 60 fps as cool as well this

is it doesn't make a ton of sense to buy

a pre-built system and then upgrade it

to make it a gaming PC if you're willing

to build it yourself you can get a very

similar level of performance for a lot

cheaper however if you already have a

desktop at home that could use an

upgrade or even an older gaming PC that

just needs a little bit more graphics

horsepower for $120 the RX 4 60s I

should really solid card