Hello!
I upgraded my PC earlier this year (thread). My 7yr old motherboard's onboard audio no longer lets me output audio which prevents me from taking meetings on my desktop. I was recommended to replace my CPU and motherboard
Hardware Experience: 2/100
Computer: ASUS CM6870 with upgraded storage, GPU and PSU.
Goal: Replace CPU, Motherboard and RAM
Questions:
Thank you for your time!
I upgraded my PC earlier this year (thread). My 7yr old motherboard's onboard audio no longer lets me output audio which prevents me from taking meetings on my desktop. I was recommended to replace my CPU and motherboard
Hardware Experience: 2/100
Computer: ASUS CM6870 with upgraded storage, GPU and PSU.
Goal: Replace CPU, Motherboard and RAM
Questions:
- What CPU, Motherboard and RAM should I get?
- Below are the upgrades I'm looking at but I'm unsure about everything's compatibility
- For the Motherboard can I choose between ATX or MicroATX?
- My PSU says ATX but does that make it not compatible with MicroATX? I understand Micro is smaller and allows only 1GPU which is fine cause I only plan on using 1
Parts | Current | Upgrade |
CPU | 3rd Gen Intel i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3401Mhrz 4 Cores, 8 Logical processors | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X |
Motherboard | ASUS P8H77-M PRO | MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 |
RAM | 16GB - 4x DIMM (ASint DDRIII 4GB-1600) | Not sure what to get for RAM |
GPU | NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER | Not upgrading |
Storage | -Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA 2.5" Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0/AM) -Seagate 2TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive | Not upgrading |
PSU | Dark Power Pro 10 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | Not upgrading |
Thank you for your time!
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