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    Build Advice Upgrading CPU on a 10-year old build

    My current OS was originally installed with a Windows OEM system builder license. Think I can migrate it? I assumed OEM meant the OS was bound to my motherboard once installed.
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    Build Advice Upgrading CPU on a 10-year old build

    Thank you all for the replies! I appreciate the precautions against 13th gen Intel CPUs and re-using my 10 yo power supply. Feel like I have enough info to finalize my upgrades.
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    Build Advice Upgrading CPU on a 10-year old build

    Hi all, I'm planning upgrades for my build from 2014... I mostly use my PC for gaming. Upgraded the GPU in 2020, now my CPU is the performance bottleneck. I'll need to replace the mobo and RAM. Gonna throw in a new case as well. Doesn't need to have the highest gaming performance, I just want...
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    Thoughts on this gaming/video editing build?

    Hey everyone, I'm just looking for your opinions on a new build. I want it to be a dual monitor setup that's used mostly for gaming and video editing. My budget is around $1400. I think it looks pretty good as it is but I'm not that experienced. Please let me know what you think and if there is...
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    First gaming PC build, what do you think?

    I don't plan on doing video rendering, I'll go down to 8gb of RAM. I'll add an SSD as well. Thank you!
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    First gaming PC build, what do you think?

    Got it, would the 4gb dual superclocked ACX be a better option? http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp43774kr I'm also still unsure if I'll use dual monitors. Is the 2gb version fine for a single monitor?
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    First gaming PC build, what do you think?

    Hi everyone. Decided to save money and learn something so I'm building a PC for the first time. Want to know what you think of my build before I spend all this money. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/gandc/saved/4AlT Criticism and advice are much appreciated. Thanks!