Hello!
I'm fortunate to have been selected in the Newegg Shuffle. I just wanted a video card; I had to buy the card with a motherboard, the ASRock B550M STEEL LEGEND.
Now, bear with me and don't laugh: I'm pretty happy with my 10-year-old Dell XPS9000 on which I've upgraded the CPU to a Xeon X5690, the RAM to 24 Gb, and the power supply to 600W.
With my current Geforce gtx 1070, I am able to play FarCry 5 and GTA 5 at pretty decent graphics settings.
The new card, a Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, will take my occasional gaming to a new level (I think).
Importantly, today I use this computer for work with really no noticeable issues: slack, google meet, google docs - that's all I need. Even an occasional local excel spreadsheet runs fine.
It's become a source of amazement, how this crazy old workhorse still meets my needs in this new day and age.
Now what would you do if you were me and why?
1. Just swap the video card, probably will take me 1 minute - if the rest ain't broke, don't fix it. And give away or resell the mobo.
2. Embark on an adventure of purchasing a CPU, RAM, maybe a new case while I'm at it... and on a day-long PC-building project
Thanks!
I'm fortunate to have been selected in the Newegg Shuffle. I just wanted a video card; I had to buy the card with a motherboard, the ASRock B550M STEEL LEGEND.
Now, bear with me and don't laugh: I'm pretty happy with my 10-year-old Dell XPS9000 on which I've upgraded the CPU to a Xeon X5690, the RAM to 24 Gb, and the power supply to 600W.
With my current Geforce gtx 1070, I am able to play FarCry 5 and GTA 5 at pretty decent graphics settings.
The new card, a Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, will take my occasional gaming to a new level (I think).
Importantly, today I use this computer for work with really no noticeable issues: slack, google meet, google docs - that's all I need. Even an occasional local excel spreadsheet runs fine.
It's become a source of amazement, how this crazy old workhorse still meets my needs in this new day and age.
Now what would you do if you were me and why?
1. Just swap the video card, probably will take me 1 minute - if the rest ain't broke, don't fix it. And give away or resell the mobo.
2. Embark on an adventure of purchasing a CPU, RAM, maybe a new case while I'm at it... and on a day-long PC-building project
Thanks!