Recent content by Ekf501

That sounds drool-worthy as an upgrade tbh. Found out today that I likely have to keep the motherboard because of a bunch of 1-use software licenses that I don’t have the original docs for but need to use the software daily. How would your hardware suggestions change if the motherboard Amibios...

Fair enough. Let me switch gears then, if I were to scrap what I have now and use the money to build a new pc, are there any parts I have that are good enough to save and move to the new build?

Ah, alright. I’d really rather upgrade bits and pieces of the system rather than get a whole new rig. Sure, eventually it would all end up being new parts anyway but I have a really difficult time with change. So scrap my original intent with the i7, would upgrading it extend the life like I want?

Approximate Purchase Date: the sooner the better Budget Range: max $1000 CDN final total System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, animating, video/sound editing, watching movies, spreadsheets, surfing the net Are you buying a monitor: No Parts to Upgrade: Graphics card Radeon HD...

That's great news! And such a relief now that I can feed that PSU budget into the card budget haha. Thanks so much Popatim, you're a lifesaver!

Ahhh got it. Apparently it's a problem with the 8500 because it's organised so tightly so all the discussions I found had people recommending 4.3" and under or it would have a hard time fitting

Good to know, and do you think the PSU is enough for all of them? I have the 8500 as a tower, it's what my System Information says when I run an msinfo32. You've made me curious now, what about my specs sound like the 8300?

I've got an older Dell XPS 8500 with the specs below and need to upgrade my graphics card because it's really putting a hamper on the games I play (Sims 4, Castlevania 2, Life is Strange 2, etc.). I meet all the other Recommended specs on the Can You Run It site except for the video card. On...