Upgrade advice

Hi Everyone, I have my "gaming" PC for just over a year now: MB: Asus Prime B550M-A (Wi-Fi) BIOS Ver: 2803 APU: AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650G RAM: 2x Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 3200 PSU: 650W 80+ Gold Now I want to upgrade it a little bit, My requirements: 1080p resolution for gaming because I'm not...

Hello Old Faithfuls! Been a while since I needed your help. So I'm looking for an upgrade on my 5 yr old 1060- it was the 3gb version. My budget is between 400-500 USD for the GPU + whatever it takes for an appropriate PSU. I would prefer an NVIDIA card for DLSS. But the little research I've...

I came to Toms Hardware back in 2015 when I built my first system, and I'm back again to look for some help with upgrading the thing. Here's what the system currently features: - CPU: Intel Core 17-5820k 3.3 GHz 6-Core Processor - CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D155 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler - MOBO: Asus...

I've been researching for the past 5 months trying to find a GPU that would be a viable upgrade from my current RX 6600. It's a lot of money to spend for me personally, so I don't wanna pay for the stuff I don't need. I have boiled it down to 4 GPUs: RX 6800 XT ~$880-900 AUD new ~$750 AUD...

Hello :) My aging setup might be due for an upgrade. Built summer 2016. Only internal upgrade since is OS SSD and the addition of an M2 for storage. I am wondering if I should upgrade my current setup, or go for a new one? OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit Monitor: AOC 27" something 1080p 144Hz...

Approximate Purchase Date: Not sure probably at least a couple of weeks. Budget Range: $2500-$3000 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming,media watching, and some coding for school. Are you buying a monitor: Yes was the main reason for this whole rabbit hole ive got myself into...

Hi, mostly ramblings about mentioned GPU upgrade, asking for "Am I missing / misunderstanding something important?" My current system MSI B360M PRO-VDH i5 8400 16 GB RAM KFA² GTX 1070 EX Corsair RMx 550W is finally starting to show its age. As a "gamer behind the times" with humble...

I live in finland and i primarily buy my parts from a store called multitronic. I currently have a corsair vs650(grey) and was looking for a higher quality one as i was planning to uprgade my gpu and cpu, Already looked through an PSU tierlist (https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/)...

Hello, Im to make a long overdue system change to my pc. For context purposes, my current main configuration is: CPU: i5-6600 GUP: GTX 1070 MOBO: LGA1151 H170 And Im looking to upgrade to: CPU: i9-13900 GPU: RTX 4070 MOBO: LGA1700 Z790 I know other hardware needs to be upgraded as well, but...

I've got a radeon RX 5600 XT that I've been using for the past 3 years that I'm looking to upgrade from. I don't need a top tier card but I do want something I won't have to upgrade again for at least another 4 years, generally playing games that are at least a year or two old. I'm hoping to...

Hi all, Pc Specs; CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600x 6-Core MotherB- B450 Tomahawk Max RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 GPU - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB :( PSU - CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY I definitely need to update the GPU, and was thinking of a RTX3060 so will also have to update the PSU...

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) MoBo: AsRock AB350 Pro4 Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB GPU: EVGA XC GTX 1660Ti 6GB Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 Mid Tower PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Hey y'all, I'm looking to upgrade my build and have been for...

Here's my PC Specs: Intel i5 7400 @ 3.0Ghz Gigabyte B250M-D3H-CF DDR4 8 GB RAM Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050Ti 4GB DDR5 SSD 240GB Kingston 1 TB HDD 500GB HDD Coolermaster Stryker Full Tower Cabinet With these specs I was able to run almost every game but at a very low setting! But now I see lags in...

Hello guys, I would like to upgrade my 1050ti, at first I was thinking of the 3070ti but when the 4060ti was announced I thought I should wait for the specs to be announced too.Now that the specs are out and after reading threads in other forums about the 4060ti and how few it offers in contrast...

CyberPowerPC - Gamer Master Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 8GB Memory - AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 500GB SSD - Black Is what I have, link here...

Current Setup Motherboard: Msi B450 Tomahawk Max Cpu: Amd Ryzen 5 3600x 6 Core Processor Cpu fan: Amd Wraith Stealth Am4 4-pin Aluminum Heat Sink & 3.93" fan Gpu: GeForce Rtx 3080 (not upgrading) Ram: 2x 8gb G.Skill Rip Jaws DDR4 Ssd: Samsung 970 EVO 1tb Psu: 850 Case: Corsair Carbide Series Air...

I recently upgraded from a MSI 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio to a 4080 of the same. With this, I also upgrade the power supply from a Corsair RM750 to a RM1000x. After installation, I am noticing what seems to be low power output to my motherboard's rear usb ports causing audio crackling and issues with...

I have a PC with the following specs: CPU: i7 8700k GPU: 2080 Super RAM: DDR4 24GB SSD: M2 NVME I usually having FPS drop in the game when having something popup in the screen like moving too quickly, shake camera too quickly or when mob and skill effect spawns into the screen. I have tested...

Ok, I have an RX 6600 paired with a Ryzen 5 3600 plugged into a Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 motherboard with a 550W power supply. I play mostly FPS games but also games like RDR2 and occasionally VR. And I like doing some multitasking such as recording while gaming and talking on Discord...

Hi everyone, I am an early adapter of the amd ryzen cpu series. Recently I bought RTX 2070 but I started seeing some lagging playing new games. Especially playing Diablo 4 I had sudden fps drops. Weird part is that cpu usage was around 40% and gpu %20. I am planning to upgrade my system but...

I am looking for advice for pc upgrades, Im looking to upgrade my cpu or gpu as both quickly go up to 100% when playing games, Im currently playing Elden Ring and TLOU part 1 (on medium/high settings) and want to upgrade for future playstation ports. I also play multiplayer games like OW...

Hello, Currently I am running my PC with: Motherboard: MSI Pro B660M-A WIFI DDR4 RAM: 2x 8GB DDR4 3200 MHz CPU: i5-12400 GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT SSD's: WD_BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD 1TB & PNY XLR8 CS3030 M.2 NVMe Internal 500GB SSD I was looking to upgrade my RAM and thinking about DDR5, so I...

I currently have the hp pavillion 15- ec0xxx. It has the AMD Ryzen 5 3550 H processor, 8 GB ram, 1 TB HDD and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. As of late the laptop has been underperforming and giving me trouble. I was thinking of upgrading RAM and SSD as the laptop has been slow. I was...

Hello everyone. I need to upgrade my gpu, but I was wondering if I could get a bit of help out here. Current specs Ryzen 7 2700X 16GB ddr3 ram (2933 mhz or whatever) SSD+M.2 SSD PSU: EVGA 750 GQ (semi modular) GPU: Sapphire Nitro RX 570 8 GB model. What would be best to go for at this point...

hey guys! im looking for a GPU upgrade on my A10-7860k processor, (i know i should just get a new CPU but if i do change it i will also need to upgrade my motherboard sooooo yea.) my options are rx 550 2gb 64bit and rx 580 8gb 256 bit (u guys can recommend me something else) also will there be...

Hi Tom's I am planning to upgrade my PC this coming May. The parts as follows: Case: Lian Li o11 dynamic MB: Asus rog strix z790-a gaming DDR 5 CPU: i7 13700k GPU: 3070Ti RAM: g.skill trident z5 ddr5-5600, non RGB AIO: arctic liquid freezer ii 360mm My questions as follows: 1) This is my...

What's my best upgrade for a gaming PC with a £400 budget? Posting in GPUs since it's my best guess. I'm curious about advanced features like ray tracing, but they're not my top priority. Currently: Intel i-5 10400F Processor GeForce GTX 970 GPU ASRock B460M Pro4 Motherboard 16 GB 3200MHz DDR4...

I've recently made a post with a first assembly of components to make a decent upgrade of my old pc build. The PC was an old Acer Predator G3620, in which I'd added a new GPU 1660 TI, a RM650x (2018) psu as well as some extra RAM and a new SSD. I'm now about to replace pretty much everything...

I've had an acer predator g3620 for quite a while, upgraded the gpu tot a GTX1660 TI a while ago and ran it with 4 x 4GB DDR3 I feel like it's about time to do a big upgrade so i can run this rig comfortably for quite a few years. -RAM: 4 x 4GB DDR3 replacing with Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB)...

Hello! I'm currently running Nvidia GTX 1060 3 Gb with Ryzen 5 1600 oc'd to 3.4 GHz and a 500 W PSU. This has been working fine, but can't run the newest games, so I've been thinking about upgrading. My question is, can I just upgrade the GPU or will I create bottlenecks with the CPU or PSU...

Hello guys after nearly 2 years of “upgrading” my GPU it’s time again for some upgrades. As I mentioned above 2 years ago I bought second hand GTX 1080 to pair with my Ryzen CPU, now that i switched to 1440p gaming I tend to notice that in most of games either one of two are struggling so I...

Hi, I am using my pc mostly for work, but also enjoy VR and desktop gaming and use my nvidia shield to stream to my tv. this works very well however lately I bought final fantasy remake and couldnt get the game to work at 4K. this also happened with a couple other games. I am looking to see...

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 Motherboard: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory [OLD] *Recently upgraded the RAM through a suggestion, YET STILL CAN NOT PLAY LoL at 144 FPS ----> G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC...

Hi I am new on this forum. Would just like to ask if its worth it to upgrade from a i5-8400 to an i5-10400 ? currently im running (EDITED) CPU: i5-8400 Motherboard: asus ex-h310m v3 Ram: 2x8gb 2400mhz SSD/HDD: 2 500gb ssd GPU: gtx 1060 6gb PSU: corsair 450w (2 years old) Chassis: OS: windows...

Hi people, I'm about to upgrade my current rig: Fans: be quiet! Light Wings (120mm PWM, 1700 rpm) CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-K Micro ATX AM4 I think I have found two good units: CPU: Ryzen 5...

I am looking for a significant bang for the buck upgrade with, let's say, a budget of 500 to 700 euro's, or preferably, less if possible. My machine intention is gaming. Now I do not want to say my rig lets me down, as it's a pretty solid bang for the buck rig with reasonable good performance...

Hi Guys, I need some help as I'm out of the loop when it comes to PC parts. What's good or bad, I'm not too sure now! I would like to play all the latest games on max'ish settings and create videos on youtube. So the CPU needs to be for rendering also. Here is my current build: CPU: I5 4690k...

Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade certain components and seeking insight. My current system is: CPU: Intel i7-7700k @4.20 GHz Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO GPU: GTX 1070 RAM: 16 gb 2133 MHz PSU: Corsair RM850x My budget is $500. I mainly use my system to game and I'm deciding to either...

Hi, I'm wanting to play next gen titles like hogwarts legacy, can I upgrade my CPU and would I need any other upgrades to accommodate this, sorry im new to all the PC building and would really appreciate the help, here are my specs CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K Motherboard: MSI MPG z390 Gaming Plus...

Current specs at the moment: R7 1700 (Upgrading to R5 5600x) 16GB Ram Sapphire Nitro+ 8 GB RX 570 (Still not decided, though I am leaning towards RX 6600 XT/RTX 2070 Super) Seasonic M12II Evo 520w Many thanks!