There was a time in my life (high school) where I was much more into tech and computers than I am now. After graduating college, I took back my desktop and realized that I need to upgrade some of the components. Unfortunately, after trying to mess around with RPCS3, I realized that my graphic card is quite out of date and does not support Vulkan. Likewise, I am quite out of date these days with computers, and barely know how to fix or upgrade my build and I'm damn worried about compatability. Side note, is this what getting old feels like?
I'm primarily thinking I am going to upgrade the video card and the memory only. I really don't do much on my PC other than occasional emulation (RPCS3, zSNES, little Dolphin) and some old PC games from the early 2000's which is always a challenge to get to work with to begin with. I occassionally use Photoshop for light editting.
Here are some maybe relevant stats from my old PC:
Processor: I7 2700k @ 3.5Ghz
Memory: DDR3-1600 2x4GB PC3-12800H by Crucial
Video Card: EVGA GeForce 560
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3
Power Supply: 550W
Here are my questions:
I'm primarily thinking I am going to upgrade the video card and the memory only. I really don't do much on my PC other than occasional emulation (RPCS3, zSNES, little Dolphin) and some old PC games from the early 2000's which is always a challenge to get to work with to begin with. I occassionally use Photoshop for light editting.
Here are some maybe relevant stats from my old PC:
Processor: I7 2700k @ 3.5Ghz
Memory: DDR3-1600 2x4GB PC3-12800H by Crucial
Video Card: EVGA GeForce 560
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3
Power Supply: 550W
Here are my questions:
- What video card should I get for sub-$150, hell, sub-$100 that should be able to handle emulation, old games, and maybe the very rare Steam game, knowing I am not an intensive gamer? Are there any compatibility requirements I should be aware of?
- Is a memory upgrade worth it from 8GB to 16GB? I do tend to open a lot of tabs and work with very large Excel files. If so, how do I best pick out memory that will be compatabile with what I got? Do I need to ditch the old memory sticks, or do I just need to buy an additional 2x4GB that are compatabile?