Upgrading My Computer

[Liam Wilson]

1 minute ago, DukeChocula said:

This is compatible. I think it comes with a SATA cable. Basically you'll reinstall windows onto the SSD only. Then you'll take windows off of your old hard drive leaving just the files you want to keep (pictures, movies, documents, games) then you just use the computer like normal. Except now it will be super snappy and boot in 10 seconds. It's a little confusing of a process if you're new to it. But it's not really that hard once you know what you're doing. I'd be happy to walk you through it!

 thank you, so let me put this into perspective, I can have the OS AND the main programs that I use? Or only the OS?

[DukeChocula]

You can put anything on the SSD. But things like music and documents don't really benefit from it. Games do, but games take up a lot of space. Lets say you play CS:GO and TF2. CS:GO you play daily, TF2 you play 3 times a month. It would make more sense to put CS:GO on the SSD than it would to put TF2 on there.

 

It's 240GB, so windows will eat up 20% pretty much leaving you with 190GB left for programs, games, whatever you want. You can put more games on there. But files and stuff should go on the hard drive as they won't see the speed benefit.

[Liam Wilson]

1 minute ago, DukeChocula said:

You can put anything on the SSD. But things like music and documents don't really benefit from it. Games do, but games take up a lot of space. Lets say you play CS:GO and TF2. CS:GO you play daily, TF2 you play 3 times a month. It would make more sense to put CS:GO on the SSD than it would to put TF2 on there.

 

It's 240GB, so windows will eat up 20% pretty much leaving you with 190GB left for programs, games, whatever you want. You can put more games on there. But files and stuff should go on the hard drive as they won't see the speed benefit.

What will be the benefit of playing a game off of a ssd?

[DukeChocula]

Faster loading times, less noise from a hard drive reading from the drive while you play.

[Liam Wilson]

4 minutes ago, DukeChocula said:

Faster loading times, less noise from a hard drive reading from the drive while you play.

Other than that no fps gain 

[DukeChocula]

Oh. Very minimal. I know you just bought that not long ago. But it'd probably be way easier to just build a computer yourself for like 500 dollars and it'd be way better for gaming.

[Liam Wilson]

2 minutes ago, DukeChocula said:

Oh. Very minimal. I know you just bought that not long ago. But it'd probably be way easier to just build a computer yourself for like 500 dollars and it'd be way better for gaming.

Alright

[Liam Wilson]

2 hours ago, DukeChocula said:

This is compatible. I think it comes with a SATA cable. Basically you'll reinstall windows onto the SSD only. Then you'll take windows off of your old hard drive leaving just the files you want to keep (pictures, movies, documents, games) then you just use the computer like normal. Except now it will be super snappy and boot in 10 seconds. It's a little confusing of a process if you're new to it. But it's not really that hard once you know what you're doing. I'd be happy to walk you through it!

Thank you for all the help  , I have another quesiton, I noticed a red switch on the back of my PSU, (please check the image) What does it do?

[DukeChocula]

Leave it on 115. It does 115 or 240v. 240v will just not turn on in our country. If you were in another country and turned it to 115 and you were on a 240v circuit you'd blow up the PSU.

[Liam Wilson]

2 minutes ago, DukeChocula said:

Leave it on 115. It does 115 or 240v. 240v will just not turn on in our country. If you were in another country and turned it to 115 and you were on a 240v circuit you'd blow up the PSU.

Ah, thats good to know  thanks

[Liam Wilson]

On February 7, 2016 at 11:01 AM, 19_blackie_73 said:

at least throw in an ssd; that'll help a lot. But other components such as new video card will be bottlenecked pretty fast by your cpu, and a neq cpu mobo combo will 1) most likely not fit into your case and the gpu will here screw up you fps results. I'd save a bit and get sth new

What half decent cpu's I could get with the motherboard suggested? And what gpu's? Do you think this would be a good idea?http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Gaming-Graphics-GV-R938G1-GAMING-4GD/dp/B00ZGF3TUC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1453288570&sr=1-2&keywords=R9+380&linkCode=sl1&tag=culto-20&linkId=5f43eb2de3c1ff2249914cb0bbd2dfc0

[19_blackie_73]

10 hours ago, Liam Wilson said:

What half decent cpu's I could get with the motherboard suggested? And what gpu's? Do you think this would be a good idea?http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Gaming-Graphics-GV-R938G1-GAMING-4GD/dp/B00ZGF3TUC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1453288570&sr=1-2&keywords=R9+380&linkCode=sl1&tag=culto-20&linkId=5f43eb2de3c1ff2249914cb0bbd2dfc0

The thing is - I tried to install a new gpu on a HP board and it didn't even boot, so I don't know how far you get with a new gpu. Because you have a relatively new CPU (and system, i guess sth around 2014?) it will more likely work. This gpu series is a good budget one, but AFAIK Gigabyte AMD cards seem to be not the best alternatives, sth. from MSI/Sapphire will be better. But as you have very limited room in that case, I guess this particular model will be not that bad.

You will not get much better cpus for that board, they are all kinda budget oriented and it's almost the top of the line, AND the next thing is whether that a new (& only marginally better) CPU (in this case you get only APUs) will be supported by that board.

The thing you have to have in mind is that you will need a new PSU if you get a new GPU.

[Liam Wilson]

5 hours ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

The thing is - I tried to install a new gpu on a HP board and it didn't even boot, so I don't know how far you get with a new gpu. Because you have a relatively new CPU (and system, i guess sth around 2014?) it will more likely work. This gpu series is a good budget one, but AFAIK Gigabyte AMD cards seem to be not the best alternatives, sth. from MSI/Sapphire will be better. But as you have very limited room in that case, I guess this particular model will be not that bad.

You will not get much better cpus for that board, they are all kinda budget oriented and it's almost the top of the line, AND the next thing is whether that a new (& only marginally better) CPU (in this case you get only APUs) will be supported by that board.

The thing you have to have in mind is that you will need a new PSU if you get a new GPU.

Are all PSU's generally the same size?

[19_blackie_73]

2 hours ago, Liam Wilson said:

Are all PSU's generally the same size?

they come within different  lengths so just measure how long your actual psu is and you should be fine. There are different form factors - ATX - SFX (and maybe one or two more standard sizes) - but sfx psus are normally tagged in the article name. Just make sure you are getting a atx one. (if you are not sure just contact me)

[Liam Wilson]

On 2/7/2016 at 11:08 AM, DukeChocula said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TkgkFT

This is basically what you need to upgrade to, some of the stuff is subjective. But this keeps as much of your build as you can. You can overclock this setup, making it slightly stronger. It's not as scary as it sounds, many failsafes prevent you from destroying your build. if you decided to upgrade your computer you could add a 200 dollar graphics card and be able to play games around medium/high 1080p.

I was rereading this XD, Is there a cheaper case I could get? Because In Canada that case on amazon is like 70$