When upgrading your PC what to choose (guide)

[torment lm]

Hello Everyone.

 

Ones more I'll come with a little guide/review.

 

So ever since people started playing games on PC's and having desktops in general theres been a huge pille of topics usually named "What to upgrade?" "what should I upgrade"

and that is the reason that I today will be giving my opinion on what to upgrade and what to consider when upgrading a PC.

 

First of all some basic information about me.

 

I'm a fiber technician at a huge company in DK, I'm 20 years old and lives and breaths in Denmark.

I've been in the computer "world" and a part of desktop maniacs for over 5 years (not long hah? well your the one to judge that yourself)

 

 

Overall explanation of components in your PC.

 

I will now explain what's inside your computer and what it's function is and how it affects your computer and it's performance, however I'll be using some plain words nothing too fancy.

 

Summary of the components

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

GPU (Graphics Card)

RAM (Random Access Memory)

HDD (Harddisk Drive)

SSD (Solid State Drive)

PSU (Power Supply)

Chassis (case / housing)

MB (Motherboard)

CPU cooling (CPU cooler)

Fans (air blowing things in your case   )

That should be it.

 

So the 2 "fairly" most important and most debated parts is these 2.

 

CPU and GPU

 

And there's also a reason for that, It's the 2 main compartments that have the biggest influrence of your computers performance.

To give you an idea of what they are you can kind of tell it like this.

 

The CPU is the task manager, the one handles everything and gives and gets the commands from you and deliver them.

 

The GPU is the hard worker in the office, the one that handles all the hard visuals and the one whom that puts the picture on the screen.

 

(Hope it was understandable for some of you.)

 

More basically seen.

 

CPU = PC's power horse

GPU = The picture power horse

 

The rest of them.

 

The power supply is fairly self-explanatory, it's the unit that provides the power for everything.

 

RAM is the unit that handles all the "random tasks" such as your browser and just programs that are open on your desktop

 

HDD and SSD's are the units that contains and holds all your programs and applications, there's a few differences between SSD's and HDD's that being said the most noticeable ones is speed and shock resistence.

 

Chassis the chassis is the unit holding all the components also the unit that decides the cooling factor, it decides how many fans and how many components you can fit in your system.

 

Motherboard is a easily overlooked component but the motherboard is like the core of everything, it's the unit that connects all the other units to each other.

 

Fans is also pretty much self-explanatory since it's the fans or cooling components in your pc.

 

CPU coolers is the same, even though this specific term is used for the cooling unit that cooles your CPU.

 

That was a lot of information and a lot to read, but we have to get going.

 

So to the part you've been waiting for.

 

What to choose when you upgrade and why.

 

Now we've come to the section that many people argue about and really there is not "absolute solution here" it comes down to what you prefer and what you want.

 

Factors that depends on other factors

 

Motherboard and PSU

 

The 2 main factors

 

GPU and CPU

 

Secondary factors

 

RAM and HDD/SSD

 

Less important factors

 

Fans and Chassis

 

Let's make an example

 

I've got a computer with the following specs

 

I5-4670K

GTX 760

Z97 motherboard

Basic chassis

120gigabyte SSD

500gigabyte HDD

650W PSU 80+ bronze

 

In case I was having trying to improve FPS and Image I would upgrade the GPU

 

If my computer was slow and seemed like things was taking quite long time I would upgrade CPU

 

If my computer toke long time opening programs like "loading map" or something alike I would upgrade HDD to SSD or get a bigger SSD

 

If my computer was slow when switching between programs like If I was watching a movie or alike and was going into word (that was opened already) but it toke a long time for it to react I would upgrade my RAM

 

Some factors depend on eachother for example CPU and motherboard need to be same socket / LGA.

another one to consider is the PSU x system / GPU and CPU the more power you consume the more PSU power you need

In general it's good to be in the "sweet spot" so between 60-80% load of the PSU meaning if you use 500W a 600-700W PSU is more preferable

 

If you've got any questions or anything you would like help with feel free to send a message to me and ill guide you the best I can

 

(THIS IS A REPOST SINCE I DID NOT FINISH THE LAST THREAD AND I GOT A LOT OF STUPID COMMENTS! THIS IS STRICTLY FOR DESKTOPS AND NOT FOR IPADS OR WHATEVER YOU FEEL LIKE COMMENTING!)

 

So if you've got any questions regardin the actual topic feel free to comment with it below ill try to answer it with the best of my ability

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[torment lm]

Pro tip, set your font color to automatic so everyone can see it.

That should do it

Or am I mistaken?

[AlwaysFSX]

That should do it

Or am I mistaken?

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Cut and paste as plain text should fix the formatting.

[Slash003]

I always recommend a gpu with power cable. That way if you want to overclock you can. I was stupid and got the edition without power cord slot that was the same amount of money, and cant overclock it now.