Budget (including currency): $1,500
Country: USA
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Business, Games (RPGs, Simulations, Strategy), Programming, Other
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):
After building my own systems back in the day, I started running out of time an patience to do it myself and I started buying prebuilt systems. In 2011 I purchased a Falcon Northwest Fragbox, with i7 - 2600k @3.4ghz, 16 GB of Ram, 500gb SSD, 1TB Hard drive.
It was great for a long time, in 2016 I lost my job and started a business and I started having issues with the computer but because of starting a new business I just didn't have time to figure it out. When the pandemic hit, I started working on my PC and found it was the video card so I replaced it with a Nvidia RTX 2060, and after that the monitor died so I got an Acer XZ321Q.
The system does pretty much what I need it to do except for a Random hangup where the system freezes and the drive light is lit for a few moments then everything works again. It is rare when it happens so I just deal with it.
So, here is the question. I can hear that my CPU fan is starting to go, it is making noise and I know it will need to be replaced. The question I have is should I plan to do this and replace my Hard Drive that is also starting to act up or should I replace it with a new custom build system. I figure the Video card can come over to the new system as it and I would like to keep the "small" form factor. But this processor is 10 years old and a gen 2 so I am not sure if it makes sense to rip it apart, change the CPU cooling fan, hard drive and internal RGB (Yes mine has bunt out and I miss the blue glow from my machine) or just build a new system and pass this one on to someone else.
Thanks for giving me your thoughts on the next steps. I am not in a hurry, but I need to plan what I am going to do next.
Bob
