Budget (including currency): no real limit, just looking for suggestions and will do my own price matching / comparison.
Country: USA
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Escape from Tarkov, Dark Souls series / similar games, retro games, really all kinds of stuff.
Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):
Current specs:
550W power supply
ASUS Prime B250M-C
1TB HDD
Intel i3 6100 3.7 GHZ
16 GB DDR4 2133 MHZ RAM 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance LPX
MSI GeForce GTX 1050ti 4GB
I prefer to game at 1080p with 60 FPS or better. I run Tarkov on mediumish settings perfectly fine with my current setup but I know performance could be even better especially with better processor and SSD. That is probably the most demanding game I currently play.
Well, thanks in advance for reading this to anyone who decides to, and thanks even more for replying if you decide to! As stated in the title I am an extreme noob when it comes to the world of PC upgrades so I apologize in advance for any painfully stupid questions that I am asking. I recently got big into PC gaming and the LTT YouTube channel was a big part of making me completely obsessed, previously I had pretty much exclusively played consoles.
I recently upgraded both my RAM and my GPU to what I listed above, previously I had one single 8GB ram stick and shit Intel integrated graphics. After seeing what simple upgrades to my PC can do of course I am hungry for more and to make my system even better. I have tried to find specific tutorials on processor removal / installation for my motherboard online but I could not find anything. When I see the guys on LTT replace CPUs they make it look super easy, but the idea of thermal paste and whatnot is very intimidating to me as I have never done anything like that before in my life. I have seen brief lists of compatible processors with my motherboard and I think the farthest up I could go is the Intel i7, but I am not sure, please correct me if I am wrong. I am not sure what all goes into swapping out a processor or if it is even worth it for someone with such negligible experience as myself. Perhaps an SSD upgrade is simpler? Not really sure where to start looking for a good one for my PC, I did a brief search and just got kind of lost searching. Well I feel as if this post is getting pretty long now so feel free for anyone reading this to please give me some tips and pointers. Again sorry if this is super dumb questions.