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You didn't mention a graphics card at all only Intel HD Graphics and if you don't have one that would explain not being able to run lots of games and probably factorio being unusable as it's requirements say it wants Intel 5500 as a minimum and you are a generation short of that.

To get it up to speed "for all gaming options" you would be much better off going with a new PC at this point if you can afford it, the cpu in that one is 10 years old so I'd say it's really past the point where it's worth trying to upgrade it.

If you really can't afford that and are realistic in your expectations (essentially forget about recent AAA games) then you could spend €50-€150 on a second hand graphics card.

It's best to know the board model to be sure you have a PCIe16x connector.

It's best to know the computer case size to be sure you have the physical space to house the graphics card.

How much money are you willing to spend? Do you know how to build a computer from scratch? Would the graphics card be just the first component you're going to buy or do you want to just upgrade your graphics? How old is your windows installation? Sometime reinstalling windows fixes a lot of problems... Also, dust: when did you last cleaned you computer? If it's too dusty inside you may end up having all kinds of problems... Here something to get you started: https://medium.com/tikh-tokh/how-to-vacuum-the-inside-of-your-desktop-pc-without-blowing-it-up-e96289e8be42

(just be sure to use the vaccum cleaner's hose: keep electric engines away from the computer)

To just play Factario you can throw in a 2nd hand GPU for €30-50 that doesn't need additional power that would do the job perfectly.

The real issue is that if the PC is crashing, there might be something else at play, like overheating, faulty stick of RAM, etc.

Also, throwing in a new cheap graphics cards will allow you play a lot of other games, but there are limits what you can do with a PC that old.

RTS games, E-Sports games (Valorant, Overwatch 2, even Apex Legends), sports games (Fifa, etc), most sim games, older games, etc would all be fine on an i5-3570, once you have an OK graphics card.

Stuff like the latest Call of Duty or Battlefield, Cyberpunk, Assassins Creed, etc wouldn't and would need a whole new PC.

Yes, that board has a PCIe x16 slot. Now you need to figure out if your computer box has enough space. What do you have? A mid tower computer or something smaller? Also, you need to figure out the wattage on your PSU. Check the back of the computer and try to find any reference to Watts, next to the AC mains plug.

The Intel graphics is contained inside the CPU itself, it's not a separate card.

Your PSU looks decent enough. A Radeon HD 7850 2GB would power through Factori no issue; but it is 11 years old. Maybe consider a RX 470 4GB which is a bit newer (2016) and faster than the GTX 770 that used to be in there.

Also, get a can of air duster & clean the insides! You can get them in Dealz usually.

You'll have to excuse me but from this pic it seems you have two memory modules... am I seeing things? :?

First step is to clean install the drivers.

• Download DDU here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
• Use the default options.
• For Select device type, select GPU / AMD.
• Do a "Clean and shutdown". This will remove all old drivers (Intel, Nvidia, AMD).
• When it's finished and the PC is off, double-check that the GPU is seated properly in the PCI Express slot (top, long one) - it should click.
• Double-check that the PCI Express power (red connector) is connected properly.
• Reboot and install the AMD drivers.

CEX do test graphics cards as they work on a universal platform.

The reason they don't test RAM and CPU's etc is that they'd need multiple types of boards/socket types which isn't that feasible. It's also the reason why stuff gets incorrectly labelled very often in there, eg EEC Ram sold as normal Ram, etc.

Graphics cards though can be tested on a single PC setup for that purpose, they run them through Furmark or 3DMark or something of that kind.

They're still generally fairly clueless though. Had a guy in CEX tell me a card I traded in "failed due to overheating" because it reached 80c....a perfectly normal operating temp for tons of cards.

Anyway, they should have tested that RX470 and found it to be working OK, but might have slipped through the cracks somehow.

The DDU file comes in a 7zip self-extracting archive.

When you click it, it should ask "Extract to:" Click Extract and it should create a new folder called "DDU v18.0.5.9". That's where the actual "Display Driver Uninstaller" tool resides.

The fact you're getting a signal is good! I suspect it's simply a driver conflict from the fact your machine used to have a GTX 770 years ago & you were running with Intel drivers for ages.