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[SOLVED] Should I upgrade my current PC or buy a new one?

Apr 9, 2019
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I bought my PC about 3 and a half years ago, I didn't know much about gaming computers back then and bought a pretty bad one. I upgraded my graphics card from a gtx 950 to a gtx 1060 6gb back in december of 2017. My other specs are the defaults on this one https://www.asus.com/Tower-PCs/G11CB/. I was thinking of upgrading my CPU and RAM, but I don't know is I should buy a completely new one or make a new one myself. What do you guys think?
 
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Try making a list of all the parts you have on your pc .
Then make 3 sections.
First section , Your old pc specs, Then the upgrades you could do to it. Then a list of the new pc spec or one you won't to build. ( Including prices). This could help visualize if you really want to spend the money on building or buying another pc or not.

p.s make the note of stuff you would switch to the new pc.
I bought my PC about 3 and a half years ago, I didn't know much about gaming computers back then and bought a pretty bad one. I upgraded my graphics card from a gtx 950 to a gtx 1060 6gb back in december of 2017. My other specs are the defaults on this one https://www.asus.com/Tower-PCs/G11CB/. I was thinking of upgrading my CPU and RAM, but I don't know is I should buy a completely new one or make a new one myself. What do you guys think?

what CPU and ram does it have?
 
Try making a list of all the parts you have on your pc .
Then make 3 sections.
First section , Your old pc specs, Then the upgrades you could do to it. Then a list of the new pc spec or one you won't to build. ( Including prices). This could help visualize if you really want to spend the money on building or buying another pc or not.

p.s make the note of stuff you would switch to the new pc.
 
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