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So im looking to upgrade a pc that is unable to run modern games but am also looking to save money so only plan on upgrading old parts so would like advice on what to change. Specs Cpu. I7 3770 Gpu. Gtx 1660 ti Ram. 16gb ddr3

Budget (including currency): N/A Country: Sweden Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Diablo 4, Battlefield 2042, Hunt: Showdown, and other new games. Other details: I am upgrading from an AMD Ryzen 7 1800X with ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Hero motherboard. I will keep the Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 3070 Ti that I have in my computer right now and the SSD. I also want to be able to overclock in the future to extend the lifespan of the CPU and have a good upgrade path in the future. And I will upgrade to this: What I have been able to look up everything should fit in the case. But if someone knows of a better case feel free to tell me about that. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CBg4Kp AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler Asus TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS ATX AM5 Motherboard G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive Fractal Design Torrent Compact ATX Mid Tower Case SeaSonic PRIME PX 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Extra fan for the back of the case: Noctua A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan And the graphics card I got right now: Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB Video Card Is this reasonable or is there a better combination for the 7800X3D?

I mainly use my pc for everything, editing, gaming, etc. etc. I ran a benchmark but I am really clueless when it came to getting my result. Is there anything I need to upgrade, or am I fine with my parts that I currently have? Benchmarks: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/60550601

Budget (including currency): 500 to 750 euros Country: Latvia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cities skylines, roblox, hoi4, more Other details: im planing to upgrade my pc at summer, i will replace my graphics card, i will add more ram, i will buy an new psu, i will maybe buy an new monitor and new cooler for my cpu, but heres the question, will 3060 ti bottleneck intel core i3 10100f?

Budget (including currency): Budget for upgrading is 150 Pounds (207 USD and not including money for upgrading gpu) Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming/light video editing at 1080p 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): So, I want to upgrade my computer my current parts are: MSI A320m-a Pro Ryzen 5 3600 Dell Rx 560 2gb (I already know I need to upgrade this, been looking at 3060/3060 Ti, Can't get one for obvious reasons) ADATA SU630 (SSD) 16Gb DDR4 3200mhz

Hello, so as I was upgrading my PC I ran into some issues most of which have been fixed. The one problem I haven't been able to solve is that whenever I install the 3080 it doesn't appear to display video. I hook up my monitors to the card and they say "no signal detected" but whenever I switch back to my 2080ti it displays on both monitors without a problem. I know for a fact that the 3080 works because I had it hooked up to another system and it was working fine. The previous system only had a 750W 80+ Gold PSU while the one I'm upgrading has a 850W 80+ Gold PSU. I have tried installing new drivers, power cycling, re-installing, different CPUs, and different memory. Current specs: Ryzen 9 5900X 850W 80+ Gold PSU RTX 2080ti Please help me if you can. Any helpful comments are welcome and appreciated. Thank you. If you need more info just let me know.

Budget (including currency): unknown but not bank breaking Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Dayz, Csgo, tf2, Halo, minecraft, shadows of war, shadows of mordor, future games like warzone, elder scrolls, racing sims, new games I've wanted to play but never had the chance, maybe recording and editing music Other details (1060 3gb Nvidia Card, i5-7400, 8 gbs ram adding more soon, MSI b250m bazooka, unsure with the power supply): So I have had this prebuilt cyberpower (C series ET8064-2376) pc since 2017 or 2018. I bought it from a gentleman ,who used his console more and rarely every played on the gaming rig, for a trade of 330 cash and an old 720p polaroid hd tv i had at the time. I was around 16 or 17 when I got it. It retailed for about 1000 to 1100 in that range and has done me good for a while. Got me through a lot of CS:GO which has been my main played game ever since starting in 2015. Im having issues where i'm just not having enough power anymore when it comes to new games. Cant play warzone bc its too intense. Modded Dayz is slow for me and drops frames bc it needs a lot of ram. CSGO i only get 150 frames on average. The new halo I don't even meet system requirements, even though I was still able to play it after a couple games it would crash all together. Rust I bought but cant even run and it takes ages to get into a server with all the preloads you do when connecting. My parts are for the most part outdated and I plan to upgrade. I have buddies I can have help me build a new pc or upgrade using my existing case. I'm also 20 now and i'm sure its not rocket science so. Would it be plausible to save money to build a complete new rig and attempt to sell my old one( might be difficult given the parts are pretty dated.)What are the best bang for your buck parts that will get me through the next 3 to 5 years of gaming without too much drag. I would really appreciate the help. If using a monthly payment option on a website is feasible I could also look into that route. Thanks, Zach Bonus: This is my pc case and is very similar overall to what I have in visible parts. I couldnt find a direct buying ling to my current pc due to its 5 to 6 year age

Upgrading: currant build Aorus Z390 Pro WiFi, 64 gig ram ddr4 2133 MHz, RTX2080 TI Black, I9 9900K, 1600 watt power supply.’ Problem is the Frame rate is to low. I run a Flight Sim X-Plane 11 with 12 peripherals attached. I am looking to upgrade to x570 motherboard for more lanes but don’t know which one to use. I will be going to 128 gigs of memory 3200 MHz. AMD Ryzen 9 5950 chip. Water cooling . Can anyone pick one motherboard that will allow me to run everything on one computer.

I have an I5 7th Gen and I've had it running with the stock cooler for a few years now. I figured it's time to upgrade it so I was thinking of buying a 120mm aio for it. I'm really confused On what I should look for to make sure it's compatable with my cpu / motherboard. Also I would love some aio recommendations and some advice. Thank you

Hi, everyone, as the title says. I'm upgrading to an MSI B550 MPG Gaming Carbon WIFI with a Ryzen 9 3900X. What settings on the BIOS should I disable to avoid the high idle temperatures? (I'm new to 3rd Gen Ryzen) I have a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 air cooler and my ambient room 73.3 Fahrenheit at the moment. I'm not planning to overclock the CPU. Specs I have: Windows 10 (2020 October Update) MSI 370X Gaming Pro Carbon Ryzen 7 1800X EVGA RTX 2070 Super G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB ( 4 X 3 ) DDR4-3200 CL16 Corsair RMx (2018) 750W 80+ Gold be quiet! Dark Rock 4 Pro Edit: Forgot to list the GPU, my bad.

I am thinking about putting a few hundred dollars into a upgrade. I have chose the parts, I just was wanting to know if they're good choices OR if there are better choices. My main reason for upgrading is that 1050ti is NOT great for VR use. I am fairly budget restricted, but I have more or less $600. Current Build: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti SSD: WD Black SN750 M.2 250GB RAM: G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB Upgrade: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X GPU: AMD RX 6600 SSD: Samsung 980 M.2 250GB RAM: G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB I also hope that this will future proof my PC for as little as that may last.

Budget (including currency): 23k pesos Country: Philippines Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games: Genshin Impact and Elden Ring Programs: Blender and Unity to be used for a capstone project 3D game 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 Rig: MOBO: A320M PRO-VD/S V2 CPU: Ryzen 3 2200g RAM: Avexir Core 16gb 2x8 3200mhz Main Monitor: S19F350 (1366x768@60Hz) Secondary Monitor:LG TV (1920x1080@60Hz) Storage: 111GB KINGSTON SA400S37120G (SATA-2 (SSD) 465GB Seagate ST500DM009-2F110A (SATA ) PSU: CV Series™ CV450 — 450 Watt 80 Plus® Bronze Certified PSU Planning to upgrade to: MOBO: B450M MORTAR MAX CPU: Ryzen 3 3300x GPU: Rx570 4gb I'm mostly upgrading because my PC who is now 3yrs old is now slow, and I need it to be good for 3D game development for a capstone project. I was wondering if this is okay enough? since I only have cv450, afraid that I might run into problems but if its minor problem then its fine. I plan to buy them these June but not sure when but its this month.

Hello All, First time posting here, figured I'd look for some advice before upgrading my current PC. I live in the US, budget is around $1,000 - $1,200. Aim: Video conferencing, gaming (Overwatch, LoL, Rocket League), possibly coding (currently learning as a hobby/side gig). Plan is to run on 2x1080p monitors, later upgrading to a 1440p ultra wide. Current specs (~4 years old): CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.5GHz RAM: 8 GB GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Motherboard: Gigabyte Tech Z170X-UD5-CF Storage: 500 GB SSD Case: some monster full tower Raven I bought for no reason 2x1080p 27" monitors Potential Upgrades: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 GPU: not upgrading, unless recommended (GTX 1070) Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard Storage: possible upgrade to Samsung 970 Evo 1TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD, unsure Case: not required, but looking at the Corsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower PSU: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Total: ~$1,100 without case Let me know if the upgrades seem reasonable or where I should make changes. Thank you!

Hi i have build my own computer for some years ago (and are slowly uppgrading my pc) and are rocking: A gtx 1660 6gb with a i5 7600k, an 240gb ssd and an old side by storage hardrive. Olso have 16 gb of ram with a extra card(gtx 1050 2gb )for my athor screen. My mother board is an MSI z270 sli plus. Here is the thing. Why can't i play games like PUBG with somewhat acceptable fps. One seckond i have 100 fps (in pubg on lowes settings) and then it drops to 50 fps. This isent really what an 1660 should do if i have checked other bencmarks correctly. Can somebodey help me pleace. Have i chosen wrong graphics card when i upgraded it?, or do i need to uppgrade the cpu. Or is it somehing else? I am by the way, planing to by an uppgrade pakage with eather r5 3600, or r5 3600x, or i5 9600k, or i5 10600k. Do these work for high fps? And if someone know, then i olso need to say that i am a little bit of an fps hungry person..

Budget (including currency): Est. 5000-6000 NOK or around 500-600 Usd Upgrades As i understand the 3700x likes fast ram as in 3600 Mhz? So I am getting a 3700x and i'm not quite sure what motherboard and ram to go with, I want the specs to fit as much as possible for this upgrade. What are you're thoughts on how to maximize this build? CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x (380 Usd) Mobo: B450 Max? (i would like the mobo to have 2x M.2 Slots as long as no performance loss compared to 1x M.2) Ram:?? Country: Norway Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: This Pc will be used for Gaming all kinds of games until i start University as a Programmer/System Developer 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: Case: MSI Infinite Gaming Desktop Mobo: B360M Bazooka CPU: I5-8400 GPU: 2070S Gigabyte Windforce OC Ram: 2x8Gb C Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2666 Mhz Storage: M.2 120 Gb and 1TB Hdd Cooling: Stock (soon to be Noctua Nh-Dh15S) PSU: Seasonic Focus Gx750 Monitors: 3 Appreciate all the help i can get Regards McSplit

Hello everyone im very new to this and i have been wanting to try upgrading my current desktop. Any bit of advice helps really, Im preparing for the release of cyberpunk 2077 and i would like to get the best performance that can manage. I tried my own research with a couple of sites and felt a bit confused with different parts. This currently what is in my PC. Mobo; AsRock B250m-HDV CPU; i5-7400 3.00 GHz GPU; NVidia Geforce GTX 1060 3gb Ram; ( 16Gb) G skill Ripjaws V DDR4 F4-2400c15S-8GRV

Hey, just had a questions and would love anyone's opinion on them! Right now I have a pc with a Rtyzen 7 1700, GTX 1060, and 16gb of ram, with a 1440p 144hz monitor. I generally play lower spec games, or turn the resolution of the game to 1080p, so I haven't had too many problems with framerate. Oh, I am also using the stock cooler. I built this on a tight budget, and thought the stock cooler would do when I built it back in 2017. Okay, so now that's out of the way, let's get down to business. I recently watched the new water cooling video that Linus made, and after I watched the bottle necking video. Then I thought that my gpu definitely could bottleneck my rig. So I decided to ask you guys! Should I upgrade my GPU and what would be best for my resolution? I have been mostly playing a lot of minecraft and cs, and occasionally some other games. The big problem is running minecraft with shaders is really laggy, and generally gives me below 30 fps. Last thing, when I upgrade my gpu, would it be fine leaving the stock cooler, or should I buy a cheaper AIO? I was thinking about getting this evga one for 115; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N16CAKN/?coliid=ICCNVEW524R64&colid=2D8GMMPOLRE91&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it Thank you for your time

Hi. I need some help!!! I have an old (but upgraded through the years) PC that I am looking to upgrade the CPU of, and therefore all the other related required components too. I have built PCs before, but that was many years ago and I am a bit out of things now so all help and suggestions are appreciated. The current specs are: Intel i5-3570K, on an Asus P8Z77 ATX motherboard with a beQuiet cooler (all obviously to be replaced) 32GB RAM (4x 8GB Crucial DDR3 1600, UDIMM240) MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X, 6Gb SoundBlaster Xi-Fi Xtreme Audio Card beQuiet 680W modular PSU, 80+Gold, model BQT E9-CM-680W Thermaltake Suppressor F51 no window case with 2 140mm case fans of unknown type (front and rear) 1 SATA 5.25" optical drive 1 SATA 2.5" SSD, OCZ Arc 100 120GB (used as boot drive) 3 SATA 3.5" HDDs used for game installations, and for file storage Monitor: Currently an old Samsung SyncMaster 1680x1500 panel, but looking to upgrade soon (separate budget) to something 1080p with a >100Hz refresh rate. Also outputs to my 1080p TV. The main uses of the PC are: 1) Playing games, both on this PC itself and using this PC as a Host for Steam Remote Play (with another lightweight PC on my home network as client (1080p 60Hz display)), games played are not AAA titles, mainly I play things like Cities Skylines, Anno 1800 or 1404, Europa Universalis 3 and 4, Crusader Kings 2, Two Point hospital, various Total War titles, plus a load of older games. The real driver to upgrade is Cities Skylines which is painfully slow at present on the PC, and at best 5fps via Steam Remote Play. 2) Watching movies, both streaming and locally stored, plus acting as a place to store video and music files that other devices connected to my home network can stream and/or download from it to play. 3) Generic internet use, word processing etc. 4) It needs to be very quiet as it is in the living room, and it should not really be noticed... The bottleneck seems to be the CPU on games such as Cities Skylines which has it pinned to 100% full-time, hence looking for a CPU upgrade and thus everything that goes with that. Budget is what it needs to be, anything from £200 to £500 or so (I am in the UK). I am looking at the Ryzen 5 3600 as probably the new CPU, and building around that, but retaining and reusing as much of the current system as possible. Questions: On the basis of going for the R5 3600, with I'm thinking a Noctua NH-U12S CPU Cooler, 1) What motherboard? I'm really confused here as the prices and the marketing claims seem so varied. Ultimately I want a reliable motherboard that will run the PC quietly and have expansion capacity (the main point here being SATA slots, as I will already use 5 and I want to have the ability to add at least another couple of HDDs at some future point if needed), it also needs to support 2 USB 3.1 and 2 USB 2 front IO, and Gigabit wired ethernet (WiFi not necessary). I don't care about flashy things for this machine like RGB (if anything I'd rather not have it) just the core performance. I also don't really plan on overclocking (except perhaps a simple auto over-clock in the BIOS it it would do anything on a 3600 or even exist). 2) Sound. I don't know what current sound on motherboards is like. The Soundblaster card works just fine, so will likely just put that in, unless someone tells me that modern motherboard on-board sound is now better than that. 3) RAM. I'm guessing I will need to buy DDR 4 RAM, as I don't see many (any?) motherboards available that would accept the DDR3 I have, but this obviously is expensive given I will want 32GB so if there is a good decent board that will accept DDR3, that might be money worth saving? 4) Boot drive. My old OCZ SSD works fine, but it is small and even a when new a few years ago it wasn't exactly the fastest on the market. Is it worth putting a new, larger SSD in (either SATA connector or M.2) to use as the boot drive and for game installs too? Will this add much performance compared to spending that money elsewhere? 5) Case fans: Will I be fine with the current 2 case fans, or do I need to put more in? There is space in the case for extra fans, front, top, base and side. 6) From the spec list above, do I need to replace other things to make this work? Finally, if anyone has any suggestions on a new monitor in the £200-£250 range with 1080p and >100Hz refresh rate that would be interesting but I am not looking at upgrading that until early next year, Thanks in advance for all help and guidance received!

current system specs: cpu-pentium g3220@3.00ghz ram-4gb ddr3 ram mobo-gigabyte h81-M gaming 3 lga 1150 gpu-hd 4350 Im thinking bout ryzen 3000 series for cpu upgrade/system or a vega 56 or rtx 2060 for a gpu upgrade so what should i upgrade?

Hello I am currently upgrading my pc and wanted some opinions. I have a GTX 1050ti, i5-2500, 1TB HDD, 16gb 1600Mhz RAM, and the basic Optiplex 990 06D7TR motherboard. I am hoping to get an ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 motherboard, RX 590 graphics card, i5-3570k CPU, DIYPC Zondda-B black case, and a Cooler Master Extreme Power 500w PSU. I was wandering if these upgrades would be worth it for VR and triple A games in 2020 or if I should save up and get a new higher end pc in the future. Even though I already bought the graphics card, case, and PSU and there is no going back now I was wandering others opinions. I appreciate all opinions!

ok so my idea is to upgrade my pc to a better cpu, motherboard and memory im having trouble for what cpu i want because i mainly use my pc for gaming can i have some help. my budget is 300£ the existing pc i have has 16gb ddr3 1600mhz i5 4690k gtx 1070 asus z97-p motherboard 600w psu. where do i go from here?

I have a Old PC,with a i3 530 processor,4 GB ram,250 GB Hard Drive So I was wishing if anyone can chip in some ideas to make it gaming ready The game I play is Rainbow Six Siege ,I want it to be at 1080p High and 60 FPS and its also better if the graphics card is also future proof somewhat if i do build a new pc my budget for the upgrade is 100 $ ,cheers,Thanks

So my birthday is close and I am getting a gift. I was suggested to get a monitor, I posted about it to get help which one I should choose. After thinking about it, I think I need to upgrade my CPU since its stopping me from getting high FPS therefore I dont think that expensive monitors is the right move now. I am thinking of updating the CPU to one of these 3 listed. With my specs listed within my profile. Do you think I should upgrading my CPU and get a cheaper monitor? Appreciate the help

Hello everyone, So the last week my motherboard died. Since it's a pretty old one (6 years old or so) and Black Friday is coming, I've been thinking about getting a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. I've been looking at i7-7700k, which is not a bad price at my country (299 euro) and since there is not much difference between the 7700k and 6700k (295 euro) I thought it was a nice option. But I've been looking at reviews/benchmarks and so on linus' channel and some other websites and I've seen that i7-7700k has some problems with temperature. My current setup has no liquid cooling and I'm not planning on getting one right now. I thought about getting 'Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo', which I've had before and I'm pretty happy with it, but I don't know the magnitude of the temperature problem and if it will be enough to solve it. My PC current use is pretty much working and gaming. Working on my computer doesn't demand much power (since it's mostly programming or similar) but gaming is pretty important to me. My current GPU is a EVGA GTX 1070 sc. So do you guys think that getting an 7700k is a viable option? I'm not considering getting an AMD CPU since I've had pretty bad experiences with them. Thank you very much. Btw, sorry for any possible mistake on format and/or english, it's my first time here

I use my pc for gaming and I am curious what part of the computer is holding it back the most. CPU:AMD fx 8320 oc to 4.1ghz MEMORY:12gb of generic ram one 8gb one 4gb HDD:Toshiba DT01ACA100 1tb 7200 RPM GPU:Zotac Geforce GTX 1070 Founders 8gb MOBO:Msi 760GMA P34 fx PSU:Thermaltake Smart M850w