upgrade advice

In 2013 I built my first PC for my son thanks to the excellent advice on this forum. Now he's a teenager he wants to upgrade and do the build with me over the Xmas period. We're unsure about what to get so here's what we already have from 6 years ago: 1. Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB)...

Current specs: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black Corsair Carbide Series 100R Mid-Tower Case - Black Cougar STX...

Hi, I purchased a pre-built OC'd system a couple of years back and I'm looking to upgrade for better performance in FPS and also for VR. I'm happy with my current M.2 and SSD storage. Open to suggestions, if you've got a spare few minutes to have a look, here's my existing spec: OC UK System...

Hi, I recently purchased a GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XC Ultra Turing Graphics Card, thinking it would help me smooth out some of the games i play for 1080p gaming. I was kinda right, but also wrong. Some of the main games i play are Anthem, RDR2 and Metro Exodus My setup struggles in most of the...

My specs are the following: Asus GTX 770 OC edition 2gb DDR5 (with 1 failing fan) AMD FX 8350 @ 4ghz (unable to OC due to mobo) Asus M5a97 r2.0 (can barely run my current CPU) 4x8GB DDR3 ram @ 1866mhz 512gb SSD with OS 2tb WD black 1 1080p monitor Any help is greatly appreciated and I would...

I have an radeon HD 5800, intel core i5 @2.67 GHz with 4GB of memory on a P7P55D-E Pro m/b. I'd like to squeeze as much performance out of it as possible with a new graphics card and or cpu. What could I do to get the best from the current setup?

Hello, computer = Dell T5500 CPU = Intel Xeon E5620 GPU = Nvidia 1050-ti Ram = 32gb DDR3 Everything else is stock. I am aware I am using a server to game. Cool huh? I am new to this forum and am looking for advice. I have been running the setup above for a couple of years, she has served me...

I currently have an i5-6400 with a GTX 1060, I have a 1440p 144hz monitor though so I was considering to upgrade to a RX 5700 XT. Is the i5 gonna be a huge bottleneck and should I replace it as well while Im at it, or is it going to work relatively well?

Hi all, So due to a change in what I'm needing from the machine, I intend to upgrade my RAM. I'm ideally looking for 32GB DDR4, however depending on price break points and how much more expensive it works out to be, I would potentially settle for 16GB. My query is, can I purchase 2x 16GB (if...

Hello, I'm upgrading my pc to play vr and games at 1440p. My 5820k broke earlier this year and im currently running a old 1155 i5 2320 and 8gb of ram with a vega 64... Its cpu bottle necked crazy. I'm keeping the vega 64 as the gpu its more than powerful enough for what i want. I'm spending...

Hi, I am looking at buying a KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER EX 1CLICK-OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card, I am upgrading the GPU on this build: Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-ALPHA Mid-Tower Gaming Case Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit OcUK GeForce...

Afternoon, My current rig (OC purchase 2015) has the following: - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail - Stage 2: Overclock of CPU - 12.5% Overclock (Processor speed x1.125) - Team...

Hi I am looking into upgrading my box next month. I'm not looking to be cutting edge but to be at least at a decent framerate (Im happy at 80 FPS) for the latest games. My current rig manages Hunt Show Down at 80 FPS on medium to low settings but would like to at least manage 80 FPS on high...

I have an i5 4670k and im planning to upgrade and want to go with AMD this time round. I want to be set for the next 4-5 years. Use my PC for mainly gaming and some video editing and uni work. I have it narrowed down to the R5 3600x and R7 3700x. Will the 3600x be more than enough or will...

Hi, guys, I own a asus gl502vs for 2 years now and the mobility is great but It really gets hot while it's on my lap, anyway I miss playing on a big monitor. I would like to buy an AMD cpu-gpu or the Nvidia alternative if it's cheaper, I'm going for the best price-performance ratio, I don't care...

Hello all, Long time lurker looking for some opinions on upgrading the HP Microserver Gen8. So I've got a Gen8 which I've upgraded to 8GB RAM and installed an Intel Xeon E3 1220 V2 + Cooler and an SSD running in bay 1 for now. Its only used to run Sonarr, NZBget and Plex on Windows Server 2012...

Hey guys, first time posting here, I currently have a PC that is really starting to die on me, and I want to upgrade. But I literally have no idea what is good or not. Ill put my budget at about 1000 euro. Basically I just want a strong pc that can the run most games etc with ease. Do anyone...

My Current Specs GeForce GTX 960 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz Ram 8 GB MotherBoard ASUStEk P8Z68-V LX Power supply – FSP450-60APN – DC output – 450W I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card and CPU for around £500 give or take so I can get back into PUBG. But I have no idea if my...

i have had my pc for around 1/2 years now i haven't upgraded it yet but i was thinking about upgrading to make it run games a lot better then what it already can. my pc - processor intel(R) Core(TM)i56600k CPU @ 3.50GHz graphics is a 970 nvidia ram 8gb (got another 8gb...

Hi everyone, My GPU is coming to the end of it's life (I'm currently having to underclock it in order to keep games/drivers from crashing); I bought it back in Dec 2013, so I've had a good run with it. My current specs are below: Asus P8Z77-V LX Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio ATX...