CPU Upgrade

Will going from a I5 12600k to a R7 9800X3D while using a 3070 at 1400p actually have noticeable fps improvements? Games like: Hearts of Iron 4, Stalker 2, Stellaris, Project Zomboid, Dayz, Arma 3

I bought a Ryzen 9 5900x a year ago, but my brother couldn't figure out how to get my pc to start with it. Good news is that I know what I likely need to do. Bad news is that It's been a year, so I can't return it. I'm talking to the partner of a best friend who is helping me upgrade my pc, and...

Hi! I recently upgraded my CPU from a Ryzen 5 1600AF to a Ryzen 7 5700. My MOBO is a Gigabyte B450M DS3H V2. Here's what I did: Upgraded BIOS Installed new CPU Everything worked fine for a couple of hours. It crashed during a game. "Preparing automatic repairs" message showed up and got...

Hello I currently have: i5-12400f B660M Motherboard RTX 3060 12Gb 16Gb 3200Mhz DDR4 RAM 650W PSU 1Tb M2 SSD I mainly play CS2 and now I am thinking about upgrading my PC. I'm not sure whether I should just upgrade to i5-13600k or go for Ryzen 7600X and upgrade my motherboard and RAM as well...

Having an HP ProDesk 600 G5 SFF with an Intel i5 9th Gen processor, I am thinking of upgrading the GPU to an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics card, but I'm not sure if it will function flawlessly or blow up my machine. I'll use it primarily for video rendering and gaming. And because the...

Hello, i would like to upgrade my cpu to 14700 or 14700K, only difference between K and non-K version is overclocking and slightly lower boost right? What would be better choice for Asus prime B760M-A motherboard? if i get it correctly i could not overclock 14700k anyway because its not Z...

Hello Experts, So I am using this PC as my daily driver. I do gaming (1440p) Most AAA games and CS2 and work on this. I work on mostly as Shopify Developer I use photoshop, browsers couple of more tools and Adobe Premier lightly. Right now everything is going ok on my end, I won't complain but...

Hello,trying to think of an upgrade for my r9 3900x(oc),somewhere between a good gaming and animation rendering upgrade thought of 7900x and 13700k,any thoughts?havent had a very good research on the newer cpus just yet paired with rtx 2080 super(oc) at 1440p!thnx

So i have crappy I5 Cpu in my laptop and I want to change it I7 4800QM is that possible? And don't bother to say that is not worth it, don't try to game on that and stuff of that sort, I have a killer gaming PC at home but I want to upgrade my old laptop so it can run some lite games on the go...

I recently replaced my Ryzen 9 3900X with a Ryzen 9 5900X, and it was fine for the first couple of days, though I had only used it for a few hours each day. Today, it started spontaneously restarting every few minutes. The restarts are quick, I'm not getting any error or blue screens nor am I...

Hello! I am planning on upgrading my current 2600x to either a 5700x or a 5800x3d. The total price difference from me would be around 160 USD. I will use it together with a 3060 Ti and play on 1440p. Do you believe that this additional cost would be worth it? The main benefit I see is that the...

Specs: CPU: i5 9600k Mothrboard: b365m pro4 PSU: EVGA supernova 650w Gold Ram: Teamgroup 16gb ddr4 2666mhz (8+8) GPU: Palit 3060ti So I bought an i9 9900kf, I tried it with my stock cooler instead of my i5 and everything worked and the PC ran fine. I did not play games with it or benchmark it...

Hello community, since i would call myself a newbie at building PCs, i am here to reach for a help. My wife plays games ranging from -+ 2005 up to the most recent ones (Hogwarts Legacy for example). The newer titles are high demanding on CPU, not only during gameplay but loading screens (or...

What cpu should i upgrade too? I am looking to spend no more than 350$. I have a GeForce rtx 2060 and 16gb of ram. I have a Prime z270-k motherboard and am willing to upgrade it if i have to. I want to upgrade to something that has at least 6 cores. My main games are rust, gtav rp (FiveM), and...

Hi I upgraded my CPU to an i7 from an i3 and there is no display. I removed the cpu and put it back in still no display. I then put my i3 back in and tried updating to the modern bios but my pc won't load the prompt to update it. I use a Dell G5 5000 prebuilt and used the dell support page to...

Hello guys. I’m new here. And I’m from Brazil, so sorry about my bad englis I have a problem installing my new CPU. My specs are: GA M320MA-M2 16GB DDR4 2400 Old CPU: Ryzen 3 2200g New Processor: Ryzen 5 4500 SSD 480gb Kingston RTX3060 Galax 12GB Corsair CX500 ——— ——— After installing the...

Hi, I have a HP Pavilion DV7 1060ec (motherboard 30F4; bios INSYDEH20 Rv. 3.5 F.0A) and I would like to upgrade the CPU to the max, but I don't know which ones are supported. Currently I have an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400.

Hi there! Recently I started really noticing that I'm starting to struggle running some games (Mostly warzone) with my 5-year-old Ryzen 5 1600 and GTX 1060 6GB. I feel the Ryzen is still fine for now, and would like to upgrade my graphics card, however I understand that I'll run into a...

I use my pc for 2 years with a ryzen 5 2600 and an M.2 ssd. I recently upgraded to Ryzen 5 3600 and after that my mb just stopped reading the M.2 boot drive. It's not installed in the wrong slot cuz it was already there. I have already updated the BIOS for different versions (including the last...

Hi! Recently i bought RTX 3090 for a great deal, but its performing bad in my PC. I think it's the CPU problem...if im correct i need upgrade advice for stronger one! My goal is to play everything on max settings and 144FPS! Thanks in advance! (oh also im just gaming so i need cpu only for that...

Hello all, I just upgraded from a Ryzen 5 3600 to a Ryzen 7 5800x3d. I want to be excited about it but my pc is stuck only booting to the bios. I selected the newest bios for my MSI x570 gaming edge Wi-Fi motherboard and installed it just fine. Booted the pc with my old cpu attached before hand...

this is my first build and my first pc ever. i just built it about a month ago so my knowledge is very limited. i just installed a new cpu and the Q-led light for boot is constantly on. I was reading that clearing CMOS RTC RAM might help. New CPU: i9 11900k Old CPU: i5 11400 Motherboard: Asus...

current system to be updated GPU: gtx 1080 CPU: ryzen 5 2600 MOBO: msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac PSU:corsair 650 watt bronze RAM: 32 GB corsair vengance lpx 3200MHz I'm looking to do one last update to my current system before I have to do a full rebuild due to my current socket type. I game...

Need a new cpu to for windows 11. Current cpu is a i5-4460. Plan to build new machine in a year or two money is tight so trying to squeeze every penny i can out of this one til then.

Hello all. Hoping someone can help with my issue. I have an ASUS H310M-A motherboard and originally had a I5 8500 CPU. My PSU is 800W and I have 16gb (8x2) ddr4-3000 ram. I switched out my CPU to an I7 9700 and when I plugged everything in, there was no display on my monitor. I tried switching...

Upgrading AMD A4-3400 with A8-3870K for $60+ on MSI A55M-P33 MB be a good spending? Self built DT in 2013 for typical home PC for web+, and upgraded components overtime to 8GB DDR3 mem with 256 MB SSD, USB3, etc. Now with frequent Zoom use, it repeatedly asked to close apps for better audio...

Hi guys, First post on here. I bought a new ASUS ROG G20CB-DB71-GTX1070 with a i7-6700K 3.4Ghz CPU. I am having some bottenecking emulators and I'd like to upgrade the CPU. I have upgraded the BIOS from build date 2016 to the current one built in 2018 - version 2202. I've read on forums here...

Hello, i swapped my CPU with an i7-2600 (compatible with the MOBO as stated here) but when booting I get no signal on the monitor either via integrated VGA or via HDMI of my GPU Sapphire R9 270X Dual-X OC 2GB. Moreover the GPU fans don't spin, USB ports don't work (keyboard and mouse don't light...

Hi there, I'd like to speed up my daughter's PC. I have 2 CPUs with motherboards and I'm unsure if it's worth replacing the CPU: from the AMD A10-5800K to an Intel Pentium G4560. The current "rig" is an FM2 mobo with the mentioned A10-5800K, we use the integrated GPU. It has an SSD, a HDD and...

I'm currently running on an Intel i5-9400F and I'm hoping to find a decent upgrade on my current board which will be best suited for my recently upgraded GPU, the RTX 3060ti. I'm completely lost with how the sockets and chipsets work so if anyone could direct me to a decent upgrade that would be...

Hello everyone on Tomshardware forums! So currently I’m trying to upgrade my CPU from an Ryzen 5 2600 to Ryzen 5 5600x as it’s not working well with my RTX 3070 TI. some said that it should work by updating your bios that is a beta firmware to support higher Ryzen gen cpus in which I did...

my system with 3.1 anthlon, 8gb of ram, 9600gt passed away cuz i was putting ram inside of it while it was still turned on i was going to get 12900k as soon as it comes out but well i don’t have a pc anymore and to make things much worse my note8 also passed away and i’m stuck with done...

Hey guys! I'm thinking of upgrading my computer because it's been a while since i bought it and it's starting to struggle running newer games. I'm not an expert of components, so I'm here asking for your help! My setup is: CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 @ 3.2 GHz Haswell 22nm Technology RAM: 24,0 GB...

I want to upgrade a refurbished PC I bought with a new GPU and processor. Intel Quad Core i5 3.4GHz, 16GB RAM, 120GB SSD + 1TB 7200 RPM HDD, Windows 10, Nvidia GT1030 https://photos.app.goo.gl/YMkR45RaiGHrHYvF7 The motherboard is a Dell 0N4YC8. On the Dell website the computer identifies as...

Hi. I have a Dell Precision T3600 workstation. It has Intel Xeon E5 1650 3.20 Ghz on it now. And I would like to learn the most recent processor that suits for this machine? Can someomw help me? Thanks

I just bought a CPU my current CPU is i3-4150 now, I bought an i5-3570. I would like to know how to update BIOS? my BIOS Version/Date based on my System Information is American Megatrends Inc v1.4 2/20/2014. I'm just new from upgrading a PC.

I currently have a Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2 Motherboard (LGA1151) with an i3-6098p processor. I wanted to upgrade the processor and was thinking of going for the i5-9400F which also has the same socket type (LGA1151). Now, is looking at the socket type sufficient here, or do I need to make sure...

Hello Friends, I'd like to ask for your kind help what to chose for upgrade (I'm heavy into gaming, mostly action or strategy oriented games, not FPS) currently I have an I5-6600K cpu (Asrock Z140 PRO mb) with an 1071 Ti card. I'm now thinking about upgrading my motherboard to either...

Today I bought a new CPU in hopes to do a minor upgrade. Unfortunately, my PC will not boot when the new chip is in the AM4 socket. If I put the old CPU back in, the system boots fine and I can get into Windows. My PC: ASUS X470-F Gaming Motherboard (With the latest v5809 BIOS and...

I upgraded my Cpu and now i can baerly use my pc since it crashes after about 15min. Ive tried to reset windows but it crashes mid reset. Noticed today that my motherboard is an 8th gen motherboard and i have a 9th gen Cpu. Could this be the source of my issues? rog strix b360-f gaming Intel...