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Toms Hardware do some quite good 'Build a PC for ...' guides, useful as a starting point if nothing else.
Got to agree with the "an SSD is worth it's weight in gold", makes a real difference to an old PC. @Benz3ne is right on the OS front as well.
To be honest though I'd just try the games you want to play and see before chucking cash at it, if you are playing at fairly low resolutions you don't need to get too fancy. Gaming performance is a bit like wet shaving et al, you can get a perfectly good experience for a reasonable amount of cash or you can spend a fortune chasing the 'ultimate' experience.
As for adding a discrete GPU this might be helpful: Desktop GPU Performance Hierarchy Table
As the chap says you would want to go at least three tiers higher than the 4000 to see a noticeable difference. An R7 240 is five tiers higher and can be found for around the £50 mark. I haven't seen/tried all the GPUs on the list of course but I've always found them to be quite accurate.
Got to agree with the "an SSD is worth it's weight in gold", makes a real difference to an old PC. @Benz3ne is right on the OS front as well.
To be honest though I'd just try the games you want to play and see before chucking cash at it, if you are playing at fairly low resolutions you don't need to get too fancy. Gaming performance is a bit like wet shaving et al, you can get a perfectly good experience for a reasonable amount of cash or you can spend a fortune chasing the 'ultimate' experience.
As for adding a discrete GPU this might be helpful: Desktop GPU Performance Hierarchy Table
As the chap says you would want to go at least three tiers higher than the 4000 to see a noticeable difference. An R7 240 is five tiers higher and can be found for around the £50 mark. I haven't seen/tried all the GPUs on the list of course but I've always found them to be quite accurate.