computer needs a refresh..

[rparent]

I'll try and make this as fast as possible  

 

my PC needs a tune up. I have an i7 3770k hooked into an asus maximus mobo from 2013ish... 8 gigs of ddr3... running windows 10 on a 120g SSD with a 500gb storage drive. I currently have an AMD 580 8GB in the mail arriving tomorrow. 

my plan was to do a factory reset on all HD's and take my pc apart to clean out dust and such.. my monitor is kinda shit and i would like to upgrade to something with freesync as well. 

Here are my questions..

 

- is removing the heatsink and applying new thermal paste a recommendation. *not touched since installed in 2013*

- if i buy a new monitor is 1440p an option for my GPU *i play games like csgo, pubg, and some RTS style games*

-should i defrag my HD and do a full fresh install of windows 10

 

any tips or feedback is very much appriciated since gpu's are stupid inflated currently id like to feel i am getting the most bang for my buck on this and do it correctly.  

[Crunchy Dragon]

12 minutes ago, rparent said:

- is removing the heatsink and applying new thermal paste a recommendation. *not touched since installed in 2013*

- if i buy a new monitor is 1440p an option for my GPU *i play games like csgo, pubg, and some RTS style games*

-should i defrag my HD and do a full fresh install of windows 10

If you have not touched your heatsink since 2013, there is NO reason to not repaste.

 

1440p is an option with the 580.

 

I don't see much point in defragging if you're just going to do a clean install afterwards.