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Hi guys, I got a 2012 high-end pc that still does its job quite well, but with photoshop and blender it's hard to manipulate big scenes. That said, due to the price increases and my short budget, I'd like to just do an upgrade to my hardware, trying to get every single juice of power I can...

I'm upgrading my pc from an old asus ddr3 board and i5 6600 to an MSI A620m-e ddr5 and a 7500f, will i need to reinstall windows? my activation key says it is activated with a digital licence linked to my account. will i lose my data? If so, what will i need to do to keep it? it will be the same...

Hello! Since my new monitor became an LG OLED C2 42" TV, I was forced to buy a new video card. My current config: Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K Motherboard: MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C80) Memory: 16 GB DDR4 Video card: I am replacing an RTX2080 with this: ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon™ RX 7900...

I am considering upgrading my cpu to a Ryzen 7 5700x. I love playing cyberpunk but I feel a bit limited in performance so I wanted to ask the community for their honest thoughts on that upgrade. Ryzen 5 3600 ASUS RTX 3060 12gb OC ASUS Prime B550m-a RM650x PSU 16gb DDR4 3200mhz 1TB Samsung...

Hello, I have an old Asus Q87M-E motherboard with an i5-4670, and GTX 1060 using 4 sticks of DDR3 4G on all 4 slots, for a total of 16G of RAM using Windows 10 LTSC. Some of the sticks are failing, and I want to upgrade to 32G of RAM if possible (not a gamer, but use CAD software, browser, 3D...

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...

Hey, I've been considering upgrading and downsizing my ATX PC to Mini ITX for space and travel reasons. My Current Specs: MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 16 gb Ryzen 5 3600 EVGA 650 B5 80+ Bronze MSI GTX 1660 Super I'm looking into getting one of the cheaper Mini ITX mobos...

So as I put in my title my hyper x is starting to fall apart and become janky etc now so looking to get myself some new headphones. Any recommendations are appreciated.

Hi! I am thinking about upgrading my current system to a 13th gen CPU (And with that, my graphics card) but I realized that the 13th gen will be the last gen supporting the socket LGA1700, making me doubt in buying a whole new motherboard with no ability to upgrade later down the line without...

so guys Hi i have been having a few issue lately with frame drops while recording gaming content with OBS, games like Horizon zero dawn , and Ghostwire tokyo to name a couple, like 30 to 40 FPS drops. now the games run perfect when i've not got OBS open, i only have 2 plugins on OBS and they are...

Hi, I have the current system: i5 9600k Asus Prime z390m-plus 16GB DDR4 4200Mhz Asus RTX 2070 SUPER I am planning on playing Starfield and some other games on 1440p and i was thinking of makis some small upgrades to gain some extra FPS. I do not want to spend a lot of money so a GPU upgrade is...

I currently have Ryzen 5 5600 16gb ram 1070 ti corsair cv550w psu my options are RX 6700 XT for 400€, RTX 3060 TI for 370€ and RTX 4060 for 350€ is rtx 4060 worth it because of dlss 3 I need upgrade to last me about a year and a half till new gen comes out, because I plan to build high end...

Upgrade question Hi everyone, my current setup is this: -I5 6600k cpu air cooled -Gigabyte gtx 970 g1 gaming -Asus 170 pro gaming motherboard -Corsair 750w power supply -2x8 Gb 3200 or 3600 mhz ram -A random and old 250gb ssd -Western Digital Green 2TB hard disk I’ve built this pc in 2016-2017...

Hey everyone, I would like to upgrade my system from 2016 in the following months, towards the end of this year to be precise. I would love if I dont have to change a lot of hardware to save some costs. I will game on this machine and I do sound processing in Ableton from time to time,nothing...

Hello, I've got a ryzen 5700x, 32gb ram, and an msi 2070 super. Gaming is great at 1440p but I am thinking of moving to a 4k monitor. Question is, what's the fastest gpu that I can reasonably pair with that 5700x? My 2070 super is still kicking, but I've been looking something maybe a little...

Approximate Purchase Date: Old components where bought in october 2018 Budget Range: 1500- 2500€ System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming(eve online, black desert online) , Virtualization, Developing web/desktop apps, android emulators etc Are you buying a monitor: Yes, but only 1...

Hello, I have the ability to upgrade to windows 11 from the update menu of windows 10 but won’t give me the option to select a specific drive? If not how do I do this? I want it on a different drive so I can test it and I don’t want it to overwrite current OS disk

Hello, I want to upgrade my RAM to at least 16GB. My current PC setup: MB: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 - Intel Z68 CPU: Intel Core i7 2700K GPU: ASUS STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING RAM: Corsair 8GB KIT DDR3 1600MHz CL8 Vengeance PSU: Fortron Black Power 650W I searched for a bit and found out that I can...

I'am in doubt about my system, for now I have B450 Tomahawk Max with a Ryzen 5800X3D and RTX 3060 Ti, and RAM is Ripjaws V g-skill 3600mhz cl16 (Hynix chip single rank) 16gb (2 x 8gb). Now I have something in my mind and wanted to buy a B550 mobo to boost a low FPS, or to buy a better ram kit...

I have a i5-9400 and a GTX 1060 and be seeking to upgrade my CPU/Motherboard/RAM/GPU. I have an option in mind to buy first a used i7-9700f available in my location for 125-135 USD (7000-7500pesos in my country) and upgrade next the motherboard (H310M) to a used Z370 which is roughly 70 USD...

Hi everyone here, I need help deciding to upgrade GPU and preferably other parts that I can upgrade on my HP ProDesk 400 G3 SFF so that I can use it for gaming and working (customer support work, only Google Chrome browser-based work) I saw this post 1650 GTX Low Profile - HP Prodesk 400 G3 SFF...

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 (future proofing) and create videos on youtube. So the CPU needs to be for rendering also. Here is my current...

i have an Intel core i3 gen 9 CPU and am going to upgrade it to an i7 9700k CPU is this okay? It has the same LGA 1151 socket but I’m just posting this because I already got a CPU that was an i5 7th gen with the same socket but it was incompatible. If someone can tell me if this is a compatible...

My current rig is: Ryzen 5 2600 Asus B450M-A Sapphire Pulsa RX570 8x2 GB Avexir Core 2 16gb 2666mhz 2x8 Seasonic S12II 520 Asus VG249Q1R My rig is currently running in its 5th year. Mobo has been brought to Service Center around 2020, also currently the Dual Channel slot doesnt work. (Ram...

First of all , good evening, i already write on the it forum and they suggest me to go and buy it ( and so i did ) . But i feel like the improvement are zero in my case. My current build is Moba: Msi Mpg X570 Gaming Edge Wifi Cpu : R7 3700x(yesterday) , R7 5800X3D ( today ) Ram : 2x8 gb 3200...

I have a toshiba laptop with AMD E1-2100 APU processor with Radeon HD graphics 1.00 GHz, and 4 GB RAM, that i have bought since years, and from the moment i purchased it , i can almost do nothing, even browsing. Can you suggest me if i can upgrade it, put some more RAM , or something else so i...

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/)...

I have a question regarding my Motherboard ( Asus Prime A320M-K) I wanted to get a newer Video Card ( Asus GT1030-2G-CSM GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Video Card) and I wanted to ask if the Video card is compatible with my Motherboard or if there are gonna be any issues when i connect the Video Card?? My...

Hello, I'm looking for someone to quickly double check if everything in my new build is compatible / fits before I buy it. I really need a second set of eyes to make sure. This is the 3rd time I've ever built a computer. Please can you let me know? Thanks! Here is the link to pc part picker...

I have recently picked up a pre-loved mini pc from HP and upgraded it with few readily available hardware with me. The system is quite solid with i5 12 gen (10 cores and 10 threads) and 32 Gig of RAM. Its come with one NVME slot, multiple USB2 and USB3 ports but lacks SATA ports for me to boost...

Hi there, new to this site and forums in general. I apologize if I have posted this in the wrong forum or something! I would like some help and some opinions if possible in terms of this PC I would like to upgrade, this is not my PC, but my partners' I'm not too sure about PCs in general as I...

Specs: CPU - Intel® Core™ i5-4460 Processor GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB VRAM) RAM - 12GB DDR3 1600MHz (Slots used 2/2) MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte H81M-S2H PSU - SilverStone SST-ET500 I do not need storage and my case is MSI MAG VAMPIRIC 100L

Current Build CPU: Intel i5-12400F MOTHERBOARD: Asus Prime B660-PLUS D4 GPU: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti STORAGE: Kingston NV1, 1TB, NVMe PSU: SeaSonic FOCUS, 650 W MONITOR: ASUS ROG Strix XG248Q, 1920 x 1080, 240 Hz Looking to upgrade parts to reach ~240 1% lows (1080p) in online competitive...

The other day I upgraded some parts to my computer and after everything was placed and I installed the new GPU drivers, it seemed fine, until randomly crashing while playing a game. The new parts were a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070TI Windforce, a Corsair RM850x 80+ GOLD, Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus...

Hi first of all I need to mentioned that now I have 2 sticks of DDR4 on 3600mhz cl16 (16-19-19-19-39) single ranked Hynix Ok what is the best DDR4 ram kit to get for update for my 5800x3d? :] - 4 sticks from 8gb = 32gb 4000mhz cl16 (16-16-16-32) dual ranked (cost 200$) - or it will be...

Hi all, I'm in the market for upgrading my cooling solution within my PC. Recently, I upgraded my CPU from an i5-9400F to an i7-8700 (non K version) and it wasn't the smoothest transition (see profile for other thread asking for help) which is likely due to my inadequate CPU cooler. I've...

So I´m considering upgrading my old i7-7700K CPU to something like an i5-13400F to use with my RTX 2070S, in addition to a new cooler and motherboard so the total upgrade price here in Norway will be around 500 dollars i think. How much of a performance increase can I expect? FYI I game on 1440p.

Hello! Currently in the process of doing some upgrades to my PC and could use some advice. I mainly play CSGO/ (cs2 soon) and WoW, some pubg. I play at 1080p, 144hz. My main goal is to future proof for 3-4 years. Because im upgrading my cpu and cpu cooler i'm thinking of also upgrading my ram...

Hello, I just got a new set of ram from the same manufacturer(same everything) hoping to upgrade to 32gbs of ram. Weirdly PC won’t boot but works fine with 16. Tried removing cmos for 15 mins to reset bios, tried increasing voltage, tried enabling disabling XMP, also tried 2133 to max frequency...

Hi all, I recently bought a 4070 Founders edition and I'm not sure if I need a new PSU. Here are all my specs. CPU: I7-8700k Motherboard: Z370 Aorus gaming 5 Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16GB GPU: 4070 Founders Edition Storage: 250gb SSD, 1 TB HDD, 1 TB SSD My current PSU is EVGA 600 B1 600W 80+...