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Upgrading old PC

Lucifer02
By Lucifer02
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Specs of the computer http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/pcs/49816/acer-aspire-x3900-review (this is everything minus the DVD drive at this point )

Okay guys so my parents bought a PC like 6 years ago and are still using it and this PC has been through a lot so much so that the old GPU got fried so i replaced it with a GTX 220 for the time-being but now the PC seems to be heating up a bit and slowing down.

The usage of this PC now is opening documents and sending emails and sometime causal miniclip gaming by my younger siblings.

So i decided to pimp the PC a bit and let more air flow so i removed the DVD drive and it's chassis since it was a huge metal case and screwed the HDD at the side.

So for the upgrades for it i am thinking of getting a 128gb SSD and replacing the HDD as not much space is even used up right now and plus this will speed up everything quite well.

Adding 4gigs of RAM and a GTX 550Ti graphic card, and i was wondering if i should change the fan of the CPU.

What are your thoughts on this and please remember I live in UAE and am on a tight budget so parts are very expensive for me here.

 

Thank you for helping out

 

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I dont think it needs any new gfx card or ram. Just clean the dust and it should be fine. SSD is good, since it can be reused even if this machine is retired.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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