upgrade

Hey all, So it's around that time where my ~6/7 year old build is becoming outdated. This time i'm massively out of the loop as the machine has served me well up until now. I can't afford to fully upgrade the system at the moment although i plan to in the next year or so.. I am wondering if...

Hi all, What seems like a lifetime ago, I purchased an I5-3570K syustem and built it to run for gaming and productivity. Since then I have upgraded the cooling (Corsair H100) and the chip itself to an I7-3770K and got a little more out of it via OC'ing. I'm looking at a brand new build (albeit...

Hey all, I've been looking into upgrading my PC several times over the past few years and now I've finally some spare cash to upgrade my system. My current spec is in my sig. I want to upgrade my CPU, motherboard and ram to a new generation platform. I'll be running games like The Witcher 3...

My 5 year old PC is struggling to run things above 30fps so looking for a graphics card upgrade, potentially the ASUS ROG STRIX GTX1060 O6G. Current specs: AMD FX-6350 Six-core processor 4.40 GHz (OC) 16gb Mushkin Enhanced BlackLine Frostbyte Asus Radeon R9 270X DirectCUII 500W Power...

Hey currently using a dell XPS L702 had for about 4 years now so done it's time well aha The specs of this one are 16gb ram/ GeForce GT 555M/i7-2670QM 2.20ghz I'm thinking of upgrading to a dell inspection 15 7000. For £1000 Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ processor RAM: 16 GB / Storage: 1 TB HDD &...

Hello all, This is my current PC setup - case: Corsair graphite 230t Motherboard: asus m5a97 r2.0 Graphics card: zotac gtx 1060 6 core with 2 fans CPU: AMD FX8350 8 core 4HZ ram: 2x Hyper X Fury 8gb DDR3 (I have 16GB) I have little/No knowledge on gaming PC however i have a friend who knows...

Hey, Was thinking of purchasing this processor: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-piledriver-fx-8-eight-core-8350-black-edition-4.00ghz-socket-am3-processor-retail-cp-336-am.html# and was wondering if there are any suggestions on whether or not it is: a) a good processor to begin with? b) is...

Ok i need some help, I really want to upgrade my PCs motherboard and processor: Processor: AMD Athlon X4 860k Quad Core 3.70 GHz RAM: 8GB Motherboard: Not sure the model but I know its nothing special (entry level) Probably don't want to spend much more than £300 but if it comes to more I may...

Hi guys, I'm new to the Overclockers forum, the PC I have just now is a custom build, I had a friend a good 5 or 6 years ago build it with me as at the time I had less knowledge on PC building. Not the greatest now but a little more experienced. Now this will sound so silly to the professional...

I'm looking to purchase a 1080ti but I'm not sure if the current spec I have, will be enough to keep up with that monster. What do you think ? mobo: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 ram: Kingston 16GB 2400MHz psu: Superflow 750W cpu: i7 4790k @ 4.00Ghz

Lo all, I've been a "gamer" since mohaa, all them years ago... A friend of a friend built my existing machine a while back ,like 5-7 years back, and its kind of lagging in the fps dept nowadays, majorly in PUBG. Its old, not ancient, and still serves me well. So im looking to upgrade some bits...

Hi i want to know if i should upgrade or Not. I only play games on my rig and try to play at 1440p at 144hz. here are my specs. added the links if your curious Mobo: Asus rampage IV black edition https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_BLACK_EDITION/HelpDesk_CPU/ CPU: I7 4820K...

Hi guys, I'm looking to get a new GPU. Currently running a 7970 and have been trying to hold off until something decent came around but GPU prices are staying relatively high rather than being discounted that much, thanks to the high demand. I'm probably going more towards Nvidia at the moment...

Hi guys, I bought a PC from Overclockers in March 2014 and was looking at potentially upgrading in the very near future. I was hoping to get some advice on what would give me the biggest boost in performance for PC gaming (what I should upgrade first) and some suggested products at low...

I've recently started streaming & recording gameplay, and the older parts of my system seem to be suffering, mainly the CPU which is at around 60-70% use when streaming and thats without even loading the game up! I think I just need a new CPU (Ryzen 7) a new Mobo (x370) new DDR 4 RAM, and a new...

Hello everyone, Ok so I started to look at my current rig of which certain items are reaching the end of their life. It's got plenty of poke for the likes of Overwatch on 'Ultra' settings but struggles with any settings above 'Medium' in Elite Dangerous which I play using an Oculus Rift CV1...

Hi all, I am looking to upgrade my machine or even go brand new. Below is my current spec: My budget is around £1000. I am a Sim Racer and gamer in general so that will be my main operation. I do small graphics and video work but primarily gaming and Sim Racing. I have never Overclocked...

Hi, bought my pc around 2 years ago from oc uk. Im looking to upgrade my GPU just wondering what my options are. Looking to spend around £300 Also, worried if i will have enough power to upgrade? Current specs are: Intel i7 490k (4.00GHz) (Devils Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor...

I have the large Dell Optiplex 990 and am wanting to but the Zotac GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4 GB Mini Graphics Card, does anyone know if it will fit inside the case?

I have a HP G5105UK PC with the following spec M2N68-LA (Narra6) motherboard AMD Athlon 11 X3 440 processor 4GB RAM Integrated nVidia GeForce 6150SE I want to get into games like Rainbow 6 siege and GTA 5 on my PC. I have a budget of approx £380 so would appreciate some advice on the best...