upgrading

Hello, I'm going to upgrade my pc and I can get a bit cheaper the 8700K, but the store told me later this year they'll have the 9700K version. My Current Processor is an Intel i5-4440, my machine is mostly used for gaming. Should I get the 8700K or wait and save a bit more for the 9700K?

Hi, I'm new to tom's hardware (i hope this is the right forum for this question) and also new to upgrade pc parts and things, that's why im aksing for you help. I bought my pc 3,5 years ago. I didn't build it myself. A store build it for me. I can play games on low/medium at 1080p and get...

When I play some games I am not able to turn the graphics up as high as I think I should be able to. In Fortnite, I'll get around 115 fps on low settings but it will drop down to 30 pretty consistently. I understand that this could just be from the poor optimization on Epic's side, but I'm...

I just purchased a Dell OPTIPLEX 3060 MT that has an I5 CPU, 4 GB Ram, 500GB HD, and W10P. Still waiting on delivery. I plan and have ordered 2, 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM modules, a 256 GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus MZ-V7S250B Internal SSD PCIe, a EVGA 500 W1 PSU, and an MSI VGA NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB DDR5...

Hi all, I am kind of new to upgrading RAM and would love some help as to what RAM I should upgrade to. My motherboard specs say that my motherboard has "2 * 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots - Dual Channel DDR3 1600/1333 MHz non-ECC, un-buffered memory (max 16GB)". I currently have 8GB (2 4GB sticks)...

So I just upgraded my PC and after completely installing all my parts I turned on the computer and it booted fine, rgb was working, all the fans were spinning l, hard drive was working. I go to plug in my monitors and restart and I get nothing, there is no display and on top of that I don’t have...

Hello I recently just went and bought some new parts (RAM, GPU, MOBO, SSD) and am planning on rebuilding and or upgrading my PC tomorrow. I do have several concerns though since this is my first time upgrading my pc (Not building just upgrading). Anyways, I had a couple questions I wanted to...

Hi all! Currently I have an i3-2120 @3.3GHz and a 1050ti GPU and I am experiencing in game studdering and lag on certain games. I was just wondering if I was to upgrade to the i7-3770 if that would help me out. I am not looking for maxed out settings or the best setup, but just want to be able...

I'm swapping from a ASRock Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard and a Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor , To a ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard and a AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor I wanted to know what I need to do and what steps ill need to take to switch them over...

I AM CANADIAN BY THE WAY SO MY DOLLAR VALUE IS POO Boxing day is coming up AND Thread-Ripper JUST came out and I currently have an i7 6700k cooled with a Coolermaster 212 EVO and a z270-k board with 16gb of lpx vengence ram, anyways. I believe the time to upgrade is NOW and i would love to...

Hello everybody. I'm going to buy an i3-9100F soon to upgrade from my Pentium G4400; together with this Pentium I'm currently running a GTX 1050 and 8 gigs of DDR4 RAM. My current PSU is crap though, it's a generic Sentey BCP-500XS which was included with the case I bought. So far it has worked...

Hello everybody. I've been waiting to upgrade to a actually DECENT CPU since late 2017; I'm currently running a Pentium G4400 (pls kill me), and like, at this point I'd rather eat pizza without cheese than keep running on this thing. So, I've got little to no money and the economical and...

Hi guys, I’m about to upgrade my mobo, cpu, ram and graphics card so basically the whole system 😂😂 but I’m wondering do I need to uninstall windows on my current system or will I have to option to reinstall Windows when I plug everything in after I build my pc. I’m using the same drives so I...

Case: NZXT S340 (Standard not Elite) Mobo: Asus Prime Z390-A GPU: MSI Armor 1070TI Hi guys and gals, So ever since the inception of my personal rig that i built almost a year ago now ive had this very evident clearance issue. So back when i just was putting together this PC for the first...

So i recently started my uni course studying games development and will obviously need to do some of the work at home and i am looking to upgrade my computer because i know it wont be able to handle the programs that i will be using to do my course. Some of the programs I will be using are Maya...

Hello all, I have a very specific problem. I built my pc about 6 years ago and am now looking into upgrading ram and GPU mostly. Right now this is my computer: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QWqMD3 with the exception that I have an SSD instead now. I want to upgrade my ram to DDR4 but my...

Hi, looking to build a pc for around the £600 mark for gaming and its a tight budget so cant really go over it too much, can build the pc so just looking for some help with parts. Dont need to include windows in it and also might need a decent amount of storage to store games. If anyone can...

So i recently started my uni course studying games development and will obviously need to do some of the work at home and i am looking to upgrade my computer because i know it wont be able to handle the programs that i will be using to do my course. Some of the programs I will be using are Maya...

I have recently started saving up to buy a 1440p 144Hz Monitor, and a Geforce RTX 2080 TI, and was wondering which one I should buy first. Right now I have an MSI GAMING GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDRR5 graphics card, and an Intel Core i9-9900K Processor.

Hello Community this is my first post and i need some help, so i wanted to do an upgrade to my PC but i'm kind of new to this so i need help and suggestions. I'm just a casual player so i don't want or need anything too fancy, i just want to be able to play some games at higher quality that i...

So I have been looking at the RX 5700 XT as an upgrade, would this pair well with a Ryzen 5 2600? Also, any idea when third party coolers will come out? I have looked at stock coolers and realized that I should wait. I am on a $400 budget and the RX 5700 XT looks like the best choice, how...

So i have an old laptop. It's a Compaq CQ43 and it's equiped with Intel Pentium B940 on G2 socket. Question is, can i upgrade my latop to core i5 2520m because it's using the same socket with my motherboard. And if it can, will it caused any Problem to my laptop, power consumption maybe, my...

Hey there and thanks for stopping by. So I am planning on upgrading from 8gb 4x2 ram to 16 gb 4x4 ram. I was wondering whether or not I can mix and match ram sticks with C16 and C15 latency or 3000mhz speed and 2666mhz speed. This the link to ram I currently have...

So my trusty companion has finally gotten too tired to continue. After much back and forth i've landed on the fact that the motherboard is dying. black screens, not enough power even with brand new top of the line psu's, tested psu in other systems etc. Computer boots like 1 out of 10 times...

Hello! Before i get into my title, I wanted to say that i'm a student and with no job (yet) and want to upgrade my CPU on the cheaper side without having to switch out my motherboard or ram. Right now i have a "Phenom II X4 840T " Its unlocked from 4 cores to 6 cores with 3.24ghz overclocked...

Hi Everyone I am a Newbie and I wanted your help in Upgrading My Laptop. So My Laptop is Asus FX 503 vd - https://www.asus.com/in/Laptops/FX503/ Now My Laptop is Base Model i.e it came with 8 Gb Ram and No SSD but I Have an empty ram and SSD slots. So I want to Upgrade it with Ram and SSD. So I...

Im about to get my new mobo and ram to go with the Ryzen 5 2600 ive had for like a month. Thing is, I dont know much about motherboards. Im going for, RAM wise, a 3200mhz kit from Corsair. But im not sure about the motherboard. My case is a standard CIT Raider, support for all sorts of atx shiz...

I recently bought a new GPU, the RTX 2060, and I am experiencing some bottlenecking with my i5 8400. Considering upgrading to an i5 9600k, do you think that is a good idea or just a waste of money?

I'm looking to upgrade my gaming setup entirely, but I just wanted to start with my motherboard, graphics card, and CPU. What would be some good parts to upgrade them with? My budget (for now) is 1,000$ Thank you.

Hello, Intel Core i7 4770 Dell 0KWVT8 motherboard 2x 4gb DDR3 @ 1600MHz (cpu-z says 800mhz but I assume that is for each stick) AMD r9 290 A couple of years back I bought a Dell XPS 8700 prebuilt computer. I have upgraded the PC's graphics card and power supply only. I have an r9 290 in it...

My Specs Hello! I have been thinking about upgrading my system lately and I just managed to get a 1080 Windforce OC on the cheap to replace my old 1050ti Gaming X. I am currently thinking of upgrading my cpu (intel i5 6600k OC at 4.5GHz stable) and was considering either defecting to the other...

I'm just wondering if i could switch my Intel HD Graphics 620 to something else. Laptop spec: CPU: Intel core i3-7100u 2.40 GHz RAM: 4.0 GB DDR3 System Manufacturer: Acer GPU: Intel HD Graphics 620 (1.9 GB GPU memory) Laptop: Travel mate p238-G2-M33FY

Hi guys So my pc currently has 8gb (2x4gb) of gskill ddr3 ram, which is not quite enough anymore so i decided to upgrade it with another pair of 2x4gb ram from patriot. Little did I know that the second pair would not be detected by my computer This is my new Patriot ram: And this is my...

Hello, I have a question pertaining to these pieces of tech. Soon I will be upgrading my PC, I will be adding 2 sticks of 4GB ram, replacing an i3-4130 with an i7-4790k, and replacing a Geforce GTX 660 with a Geforce GTX 1070. I am wondering if, after doing these upgrades, I will have to enter...

I'm not the best when it comes to upgrading so i'd like to know what i should do. Like which i should prioritize upgrading and then maybe what i should try to upgrade later. ty :D Specs: Ryzen 7 1700 Geforce gtx 1050 ti 8gb g skill ram (2x4) msi b350m motherboard

So I currently have a Ryzen 5 1400 Quad-Core and I've been thinking about upgrading to a better CPU like a Ryzen 5 2600 6-core CPU. I have my current Cpu clocked at 3.7 and I think the boost clock for the 2600 is 3.9. I want to upgrade because I feel like I'm not getting the best performance out...

I have a AMD dual core a9-9420 APU with radeon r5 and I am wanting to upgrade my GPU without upgrading my processor or sould I upgrade both? any help or tips?

Hi, Im considering upgrading my pc with a AMD FX-8350. Would it fit with a Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P?

Hi, not around here very often. I'm looking to upgrade my EVGA GTX 970 SC, I've been looking through local classifieds and I've run across some decent deals on GTX 1070's and such. My current specs are: MSI B250 Gaming MB Intel Core i5-7600 8 GB Ram Windows 10 OS 650W PSU By no means am I...

So as the title says I am getting an Strix Z390-E Mobo. I am also buying 6 Corsair RGB fans. The mobo will not be able to fit all six fans along with my cooler. So my question is how would I get all the 6 fans to work without plugging all 6 directly into mobo? Would I have to get like a...