Looking to upgrade

[Jester5756]

bought this pc about 3 months ago https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-Gaming-R5-1650-Super-8GB-256GB-Gaming-Desktop-Tower/943933730 and was wondering what if anything i could upgrade on it as well as looking for and idea on how hard it would be to do those upgrades as this is my 1st gaming pc and i know absolutely nothing about them any help or advice on how to go about all this would be greatly appreciated

[Downkey]

Just now, Jester5756 said:

bought this pc about 3 months ago https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-Gaming-R5-1650-Super-8GB-256GB-Gaming-Desktop-Tower/943933730 and was wondering what if anything i could upgrade on it as well as looking for and idea on how hard it would be to do those upgrades as this is my 1st gaming pc and i know absolutely nothing about them any help or advice on how to go about all this would be greatly appreciated

Upgrade to another stick 8gb of 2666mhz RAM. (So you have 16GB).
Also 256GB probably isn't enough, maybe get a 1/2TB HDD (so you have a 256GB SSD + a HDD)

[Dedayog]

7 minutes ago, Jester5756 said:

bought this pc about 3 months ago https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-Gaming-R5-1650-Super-8GB-256GB-Gaming-Desktop-Tower/943933730 and was wondering what if anything i could upgrade on it as well as looking for and idea on how hard it would be to do those upgrades as this is my 1st gaming pc and i know absolutely nothing about them any help or advice on how to go about all this would be greatly appreciated

A.  I would advocate before you do ANYTHING, watch a lot of Youtube videos from Bitwit, JayzTwoCents, LTT, Pauls' Hardware, and especially Tech Deals (he covers a lot more practical aspects).  I say this as you mention you know nothing.  Learning more about this is ideal.

 

B.  Do A some more before spending any money

 

C.  Get another 8GB of RAM, you are using 1 stick.  PC's prefer 2 sticks in tandem (known as dual channel).

 

D.  Add a HDD, as said above.  256GB is very small for Windows and games.

 

E.  Do some more A.

[Enzo1001]

I agree with Dedayog Watch A LOT OF videos

[Takt1kal]

8 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

A.  I would advocate before you do ANYTHING, watch a lot of Youtube videos from Bitwit, JayzTwoCents, LTT, Pauls' Hardware, and especially Tech Deals (he covers a lot more practical aspects).  I say this as you mention you know nothing.  Learning more about this is ideal.

 

B.  Do A some more before spending any money

 

C.  Get another 8GB of RAM, you are using 1 stick.  PC's prefer 2 sticks in tandem (known as dual channel).

 

D.  Add a HDD, as said above.  256GB is very small for Windows and games.

 

E.  Do some more A.

I don't upgrade my pc, I only do A and repeat forever.

[Jester5756]

I have looked on youtube for this specific pc and seen very little on this model but a few videos on a different model 

[Dedayog]

15 minutes ago, Jester5756 said:

I have looked on youtube for this specific pc and seen very little on this model but a few videos on a different model 

I meant just learn more about building computers, components, etc.  Not just your specific machine.

 

Learn why 1 stick of RAM is bad.  Why you may want SSD's over HDD's.  What motherboards support what processors.  What PSU's are needed for what builds.  Etc. etc etc.

[Takt1kal]

28 minutes ago, knockless said:

I don't upgrade my pc, I only do A and repeat forever.

Probably because I can't afford new parts. 

[Jester5756]

Ill look into all that thanks everyone for the info i appreciate it alot