upgrade advice

  1. Envy78

    Where is my bottleneck on rust?

    Hi I’ve been playing rust and I’ve heard it’s a very CPU intensive game. My GPU is always on 100% and my cpu is usually around 30% though? Not sure what I would need to upgrade to be able to get better FPS. Any replies would be appreciated. Thanks.
  2. Pgraham93

    Area 51m r2 upgrade

    Hi, I’m wanting to upgrade my Area 51m r2 from intel i7 10700 to intel i7 10700k or even the intel i9 10th gen, does anybody know if this is possible? Is it as simple as just buying the new chip and putting it in ?
  3. truewraith

    Looking for a new AMD Graphics Card! anyone got any ideas please?

    my current one is still PowerColor Radeon RX 580 which is still great for the games i play but im going to be putting mine in my sons comp and wondered if there's any good amd radeon ones to go for at this moment as its been years since i bought mine. £150-£300 budget at the mo and hope its...
  4. Shashman

    Ryzen 5 2600 upgrade to keep up with 3060Ti

    Hi all! Been a while since I've posted here but it's that 'itch' time again. I was one of the lucky sods who nabbed themselves a 3060Ti at RRP 3 months ago, but I feel like my trusty old Ryzen 5 2600 could be holding it back a bit. Is that the case? I'm happy with the performance, however I...
  5. Stijn Teuwen

    Upgrade Advice

    Hello, I had my gaming pc for quite a while now, I think I got mine back in 2014 and till this day I never did any sort of upgrade. Back then it was a very expensive and pretty high end pc i think. My pc always handled the newest games pretty good, so I saw no problem. I used to game a lot but...
  6. PhilleH

    Upgrading my desktop

    Hi all, I built a fairly budget desktop about 4 years ago that I am now looking to upgrade. My current specs are CPU: Ryzen 1600X Cooler: CM Masterliquid Lite 120 Mobo: ASrock AB350M Pro 4 MATX RAM: 16GB Corsair vengeance PC4-24000 (3000) GFX: MSI RX 5700 Mech Case: Fractal Define mini C PSU...
  7. irisks

    Upgrade advice

    Hey guys, I'm wondering what would be the best thing for me to upgrade in my current build. Here are my specs: CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 2700x GPU - RX 5700xt Mobo - B450M RAM - 1x16GB Corsair Vengeance 3200mhz PSU - Cooler Master 750W Fully Modular I've had my AMD GPU for about 7 months but I'm...
  8. HazzUK

    upgrade advice? pls

    cpu - amd ryzen 7 2700x gpu - 11gb gtx 1080ti motherboard - x470 gaming plus ram - 8gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB 3200mhz
  9. jkwow

    Upgrade advise (or a new build?)

    Hello guys. I have recently got back into gaming (specifically CSGO) but my rig feels/looks a little bit dated. My current set up (see below) was a pre build purchased form a former team mate as my knowledge is some what limited. Intel Core i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 8.00...
  10. Daniel Mahaffey

    PC Upgrade

    My PC was built by a friend over 10 years ago, I’m frustrated with trying to get a PS5 so I’m looking at upgrading my PC. I barely know anything about my PC but to save money I’d like reuse some of current parts to try and save some money, if that’s possible. I play COD: Cold War and Warzone...
  11. Mooch0809

    PC upgrade advice

    Hi, I’ve had a pc for about 5 years but only recently thought about upgrading it. I want to get a new CPU and GPU, which I’m looking at the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and the Nvidia GTX 1660 super. However, as my knowledge is lacking I’m not sure whether my current motherboard would be compatible with an...
  12. Arthaei

    2021 New Year Upgrade/Possible New Build!

    Hi guys, I'm itching to bring my pc up to date and either upgrade it or start afresh so I'd love some advice please! My current pc is an Overclockers Titan Scythe machine from 7 years ago, only changes I've made have been to upgrade the gpu first to a gtx1070 and now to a gtx1080ti which to be...
  13. Lewis Taaffe

    Upgrades for streaming

    Hello, im looking to upgrade my PC for streaming, i have £1000 to spend please see my specs below, and advice on what to upgrade to would be amazing. i don't really know much about PC's nor how to upgrade myself but I'm sure i can learn. https://ibb.co/MNh9JYh my main game i play is PUBG...
  14. Mel_P

    How far can I go with a ASUS Z170-P Motherboard, and is it worth it?

    Hello Wise Ones, AS a group you have provided me with upgrade advice before, and now my 13 year old grandson (130 miles away and not seen / seeing for a while) is looking for an upgrade. This is now a question on his computer (or rather my computer he has use of but thinks is his!). I bought...
  15. Ben2610

    Next Upgrade?

    Hope everyone is doing well and you are getting through the current situation alright, I have decided that I would like to upgrade my PC and I feel as if my current specs are holding me back a little bit. I honestly think its between the CPU and RAM upgrade. What would you guys suggest? CPU...
  16. Mark Farrow

    AMD CPU and Motherboard, or 2070 GPU

    Hi guys, I'm looking to upgrade my rig and I have about £500 budget The nVidia 2070 seems to be the best bang for the buck I currently have a 1070 My CPU is a Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz Seems AMD are winning the CPU wars, I was thinking an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and appropriate motherboard...
  17. george1976

    Should I upgrade now?

    Serious question ladies and gents. I have been thinking at this for about a week now. I have the specs that you can see in my signature. I am mostly browsing and gaming at 1080p/60Hz at the moment but was thinking maybe, but just maybe 1440p in the future with a freesync display. I would like...
  18. truewraith

    anyone able to help please on cooling my PC/Gpu down?!

    after cleaning my pc, my cpu is at about 47c. but my my gpu is going upto about 80c while playing the same games ive played for a while and i aint changed my hardware just the same as it is in my Sig. whats good 120mm fans these days unless i need new ones as one is super loud but others seam...
  19. Girlie100

    Looking to upgrade graphics card

    Hi Guys Looking for some advice on upgrading a graphics card. My current spec: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 GTX 1660 Ventus XS 6gb Gigabyte A320M-SH2 AMD AM4 motherboard 32gb RAM 500w 80+PSU This is my first upgrade and not sure if I can just change the graphics card or if I have to change anything else...
  20. MrM2020

    Upgrading my old computer

    I want to get a 32"144 hz 1440p monitor but I think my system isn't going to be able to fully use it. My system is: i5-4690k @3.5ghz 16GB ram r9 280 3GB If I upgrade the GFX would this solve my problem? Was looking at 1660s but didn't want to buy if you thought there was another bottleneck
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