I NEED some help with upgrading my computer or build

[Jrod_34]

I've had my computer for a couple years now and I kinda wanna either upgrade this one I bought, it was company built, or I want to build my own. I bought this computer for about $500+.
This computer is an IBUYPOWER- I-Series 301
Specs-
CPU- AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad Core 3.80 GHz
RAM- 8 GB
GPU- GeForce GT 610
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
HDD- Toshiba DT01ACA200
Power Supply- Allied SL-8320BTX
When I first got it I wasn't much into computers but I want to get more into it but I don't know where to start. So I would like some tips on whether to just upgrade it and what to upgrade, or should I sell it and try to build my own. Preferably which ever is the most bang for the buck. I'm not rich so whatever will do me best for not such a high amount.
Please Help, and Thank you.

 

[Ken g6]

Looks like there are quite a few things you could do to upgrade that build. So many that you could potentially do better by just getting a new build.

But let's back up. What are you trying to do with the computer? (What applications?) What isn't living up to your expectations? And what kind of upgrade budget do you have?

 

[VirtualLarry]

There's not all that much in the current PC that would be useable and useful in an upgraded build. The PSU is a bare-bones 300W ATX, no PCI-E power connector for video cards, the existing video card (GT610) is basically around the performance of current integrated graphics on modern CPUs (eg. worthless), the only thing that might be useful, is the DDR3 RAM, usable in a Haswell or FM2 / FM2+ rig. However, the newest Intel platform (Skylake) uses DDR4 now.

So, why don't you give us your budget, and fill out the questions in the sticky, and we'll go to town. Best basically to start over with a new custom PC.

It is possible, probably, to upgrade your PC to a FX-6300 / 6350, and upgrade the video card (would require upgrading the PSU as well). That might be an option, too, but it seems like it would be throwing good money after bad, really.

 

[frozentundra123456]

About the only upgrade that would be cost effective would be to upgrade the video card to a GTX750/750TI, which would run on a psu without a six pin connector. That would allow moderate gaming. You could try to upgrade the CPU also, as Larry suggested, but that is a bit more difficult if you have no experience working on computers, and would show less benefit than upgrading the gpu, at least for gaming.

As someone else also asked, what do you want to do with the computer? It is far from an ideal configuration, but it should be adequate for general use and also for moderate gaming if you upgrade the gpu.