I have a bad hard drive on an older Asus desktop. We replaced it as family desktop and now that my kids are older and using our computer more we want to resurrect it and put bells on it.
I have never done a computer build. Have been reading some and wonder:
Do I have to replace the motherboard?
Looked at Userbenchmark to compare build parts and costs, I figure I am willing to put $1000 into it, will the existing motherboard be worth reusing or start over?
New graphics card Nvidia 1060 or 1070
16GB Ram 2x8GB or reuse existing?
Power? /Cooling?
Solid state drive Samsung 970 Evo 500GB
CPU Intel I7 maybe?
Any helpful tips, pointers, compatability issues?
Thanks in advance, and I know this is such a newb question list, sorry.
I have never done a computer build. Have been reading some and wonder:
Do I have to replace the motherboard?
Looked at Userbenchmark to compare build parts and costs, I figure I am willing to put $1000 into it, will the existing motherboard be worth reusing or start over?
New graphics card Nvidia 1060 or 1070
16GB Ram 2x8GB or reuse existing?
Power? /Cooling?
Solid state drive Samsung 970 Evo 500GB
CPU Intel I7 maybe?
Any helpful tips, pointers, compatability issues?
Thanks in advance, and I know this is such a newb question list, sorry.