upgrade advice

My 16yo son has a Dell 9020 SFF PC he uses for gaming - he tells me the graphics are not great and he would like to upgrade the graphics card and memory. I have looked and looked but I'm just getting confused, particually around the graphics card. The current PC specs are: Intel Core 15-4590...

Hello, I built a new PC in 2020 and now I feel that if needs a refresh. Mainly the CPU and GPU. I game at 1440p so am not fussed about 4k. My innards are: CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Mobo: Rog Strix X570-E Gaming GPU: 2080ti I don’t want to spend too much as this is intended as a mild refresh. Thanks...

After posting about stuttering and fps drops i received lots of theories but the thread became longer and confusing so here is my setup including some info/changes i made along the way: * MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte H510M H 1.1 rev - upgraded BIOS to latest F18 - Speccy link HERE - theory about vrm...

Hello i am experiencing fps drops and stutters playing games for some time now, i wanted to upgrade and posted about it, there i got info about various gpu/cpu, components compatibility, etc.. then i posted a game capture using afterburner/rivatuner stats and i got answered that it doesnt seem...

Hello i bought a built gaming pc some 10 months ago i mostly play counter strike on lowest video settings where i average 190 fps with some drops to 130 and stutters. I wanted to upgrade to intel I7 12700K or something but i read that you need compatible components for upgrade. Here are my...

Hello i bought a built gaming pc some 10 months ago i mostly play counter strike on lowest video settings where i average 190 fps with some drops to 130. If you can access link this is my components setup Link removed. i wanted to upgrade to intel I7 12700K or something but i read that you need...

Hi, I currently use a Lenovo Legion for VR Sim racing using the Quest 3: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Nvidia RTX 3070 32gb DDR4 Unused PC is: i7-8700K on Asus Prime Z390 (2x8)16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Conundrum is to buy a 4080 super or a 4070(something) and upgrade the cpu. Would anyone have...

Hello, I upgraded my GPU a couple of years ago but only recently started playing more demanding games and have been underwhelmed with its performance so thought this could be caused by a bottle neck from the CPU? Should i be looking to upgrade the CPU and motherboard now or am i wrong with my...

Hi guys, I’m looking to upgrade from my current gaming setup which uses a 1080ti, over to something I hope can give me ray tracing at 4k with decent frame rates (not much to ask for I know). I play games that are pretty demanding like Cyberpunk, Starfield, Sons of the Forest, Bannerlord etc...

Hey folks, Long story short, i have been buying Asus ROG STRIX everything (much to my eventual dismay) I have had more issues with the Armoury Crate than most people have, and i vaguely recall contacting Asus for some advice, and they said they think i may have had a faulty MOBO, but at the...

Hi im looking to upgrade either my mouse or keyboard or maybe both depending on price this black friday. I currently have a corsair harpoon wireless mouse and a royal kludge r61 keyboard both about 2 maybe 3 years old. Id like suggesting of which you think should be upgraded or if i should stick...

Hope someone here can help! Here's my PC Specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz, 8 Core(s) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) RAM Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard Intel 660P 1TB Solid State Drive I use my PC for my work...

hello i built my pc in 2020 it has ran fine but now i am finding that it has problem playing some games (starfield and call of duty ) i checked my diagnostics on my pc (amd adrenalin ) it says i am useing 99% of my gpu i think i need an upgrade i was thinking of gettin a Gigabyte Radeon RX...

Dear readers, I have amd ryzen 7 2700, 32gb ddr 3000, zotac rtx3080 nvidia trinity oC 10gb videocard and X570S AORUS ELITE AX mainboard. My question is Will i have a lot of benefit when upgrading to ryzen 7 5800x ? I know ryzen 7 2700 is limited to pcie 3 and ddr 3000 There is a lot to find om...

Hi there! I'm currently thinking if i should upgrade or not. I'm on a DDR3 platform, but as DDR5 is on the market, i don't know if it's still worth to go on the DDR4 platform. Currently my build is as follow : - I7 4770k OC @4.2Ghz - Noctua NH-D15 for the cooling - G Skill Ares 8Go x 4 @...

Hi, i'm fairly new to pc gaming and brought a pre built which runs fine but I'm having speed issues and graphics problems in games such as fortnite, only able to run smoothly on medium graphics quality, I'm wanting to eventually be able to play games like hogwarts legacy but at the moment i dont...

Hi guys, Finally have both some money and time to upgrade! Will refit old components into a 2nd PC for friend. I put together the below specs in 2017. My graphics card is on it's last legs so that will be need replacing (thinking rtx 4070) I have no idea if anything else needs replacing along...

Hey everyone I was looking for some advice for my current build. I am looking to upgrade my gpu to the 7900xtx Sapphire however, I am not sure if my motherboard will be able to cope with that card under my current setup. My Setup: - Ryzen 9 3900x - 2 x 32gb DDR4 sticks of ram - RX 590...

So I need some advice on my gaming PC.I have been playing at 2560 x 1440 at 144 hz but I am thinking upgrades maybe needed I do mainly like to play games that are either AAA or indie. My VRAM gets maxed out straight a way and a lot stutter in games like RE2 any help is appreciated these are my...

Title pretty much sums it up. I've been looking at making some upgrades and I've come to the conclusion that my GPU is probably the weak link in my current build (Correct me if I'm wrong) Most games I end up having to change settings to some odd combination of high/medium/low depending on...