Approximate Purchase Date: 3-6 months from now
Budget Range: Ideally < $600, but may be able to sneak up a bit higher if necessary
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Streaming Videos, Coding (IntelliJ or VS Code, mainly)(
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, likely also Mobo, RAM
Current Parts I hope to re-use:
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, amazon.com
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Parts Preferences: AMD is fine
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: have multiple monitors: 2x 1920x1080, 1x 1600x900
Additional Comments: would prefer something relatively quiet; no need for any blinky lights, etc
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Having trouble running AAA games from the last few years (Assassin's Creed, Arkham Knight, etc). Don't have a need to run VR games, but would like these and similar games to run better.
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I got some good advice here almost 10 years ago, but the old build is showing its age.
I've added some more RAM, a freebie SSD, and a newer video card, but my bottleneck now seems to be the CPU.
I think my mobo is old enough that I'd need to replace it, and that means I probably also need to replace the RAM?
I'd appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks!
(Also, if you think I'd be able to get something overall better for my $$$ with a pre-built system, I'm not opposed to that at all)
Budget Range: Ideally < $600, but may be able to sneak up a bit higher if necessary
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Streaming Videos, Coding (IntelliJ or VS Code, mainly)(
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, likely also Mobo, RAM
Current Parts I hope to re-use:
- PSU: 600W
- Case: Rosewill ATX Mid Tower
- Existing SATA disks: 2x HDD, 1x SSD, 1x BD/DVD
- GPU: Radeon R9 380 (upgraded from the original Radeon HD 5770 in 2016)
- Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3
- CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 630
- RAM (total 12GB)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, amazon.com
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Parts Preferences: AMD is fine
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: have multiple monitors: 2x 1920x1080, 1x 1600x900
Additional Comments: would prefer something relatively quiet; no need for any blinky lights, etc
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Having trouble running AAA games from the last few years (Assassin's Creed, Arkham Knight, etc). Don't have a need to run VR games, but would like these and similar games to run better.
----------
I got some good advice here almost 10 years ago, but the old build is showing its age.
I've added some more RAM, a freebie SSD, and a newer video card, but my bottleneck now seems to be the CPU.
I think my mobo is old enough that I'd need to replace it, and that means I probably also need to replace the RAM?
I'd appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks!
(Also, if you think I'd be able to get something overall better for my $$$ with a pre-built system, I'm not opposed to that at all)
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