Hi Guys,
Straight off the bat I know nothing about PCs other than how to use them, that is more or less the extent of my knowledge. What has lead me here for advice is the following;
I have a gaming PC and use it to play Rocket League, I stream as I host tournaments. I play the game, use OBS, face cam, have a few web pages loaded at the same time. The demand I am putting on my system regularly results in my game crashing or stream freezing etc. When I check task manager CPU is often running at 100%, this suggests to me I'm asking too much for what my system is capable of and will probably have to upgrade.
These are the specs of my current system:
PC: Fierce PC
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 845 Quad Core processor, 3500Mhz, 2 core(s), 4 logical...
RAM: 8192MB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
OS: Windows 10 Home
If I have missed any information that might be needed please let me know and maybe suggest how I can find the info (I'm that novice lol)
So, I went to a Computer Stall on the market and spoke to them about my needs. They have made me a trade in offer for a computer they have, my current system and £200 fir the below PC:
(Note: They did say the graphics card in this PC will probably need replacing)
PC: Dell OptiPlex 7010
Motherboard: Dell
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
RAM: 16GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
OS: Windows 10 Pro
My questions:
Is the trade worth it? If so what graphic card should I buy to replace the one in the PC I will be receiving as I have looked it up and it sounds terrible
Am I better off buying new parts to upgrade my current system and just paying someone to do it for me? If so I would really appreciate been spoon fed what I should buy.
In terms of cost; Maybe up to £500? Whatever will get me into a position where I can play the game, run the stream software, face cam and have web pages open without running the risk of freezing.
Would my best option be buying a pre-build and trying to offset the cost by selling my current system? If so, any suggestions on what to buy? And if you could give me an idea of what I might get from selling mine?
Thanks in advance to anyone and everyone offering advice, as you can tell I'm in over my head
Clueless.Gamer
Straight off the bat I know nothing about PCs other than how to use them, that is more or less the extent of my knowledge. What has lead me here for advice is the following;
I have a gaming PC and use it to play Rocket League, I stream as I host tournaments. I play the game, use OBS, face cam, have a few web pages loaded at the same time. The demand I am putting on my system regularly results in my game crashing or stream freezing etc. When I check task manager CPU is often running at 100%, this suggests to me I'm asking too much for what my system is capable of and will probably have to upgrade.
These are the specs of my current system:
PC: Fierce PC
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 845 Quad Core processor, 3500Mhz, 2 core(s), 4 logical...
RAM: 8192MB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
OS: Windows 10 Home
If I have missed any information that might be needed please let me know and maybe suggest how I can find the info (I'm that novice lol)
So, I went to a Computer Stall on the market and spoke to them about my needs. They have made me a trade in offer for a computer they have, my current system and £200 fir the below PC:
(Note: They did say the graphics card in this PC will probably need replacing)
PC: Dell OptiPlex 7010
Motherboard: Dell
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
RAM: 16GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
OS: Windows 10 Pro
My questions:
Is the trade worth it? If so what graphic card should I buy to replace the one in the PC I will be receiving as I have looked it up and it sounds terrible
Am I better off buying new parts to upgrade my current system and just paying someone to do it for me? If so I would really appreciate been spoon fed what I should buy.
In terms of cost; Maybe up to £500? Whatever will get me into a position where I can play the game, run the stream software, face cam and have web pages open without running the risk of freezing.
Would my best option be buying a pre-build and trying to offset the cost by selling my current system? If so, any suggestions on what to buy? And if you could give me an idea of what I might get from selling mine?
Thanks in advance to anyone and everyone offering advice, as you can tell I'm in over my head
Clueless.Gamer