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I haven't upgraded my dusty computer nearly 3 years and I've got a decent amount to spend on actually making it capable of running new releases at decent settings. And I'm wondering what you guys would advice me to get for my parts? These are my current specs. http://i.imgur.com/dutHMpt.png I'm...

Hi everyone, I have my desktop which has definitely got near the end of its life and looking to upgrade a good chunk of it. It has been a long time since I built this but unfortunately with old graphics card prohibiting new games and processor bottle necking the whole thing I think it is time...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and hoping for some help as I'm looking to upgrade and whilst I can put them together, I'm out of my depth these days in terms of the best performance and value parts. I hope there's a kind soul who can offer advice. I'm looking to take my older rig that can't really...

Hey guys, Im fairly new to PC gaming... ive previously built a PC before, but it was quite a while ago, so i feel im not as well educated as some of you to help me with this :) Im looking to get back into PC gaming, and for now i would be looking to max every game out, at 1080p at 60fps. I was...

Hi All, I have an old PC that I have upgraded a little over the years. It is still going and I have been running my Vive on it. I will be getting a new gaming rig after my wedding later this year but I was thinking of upgrading the processor on my old PC in the meantime. Everything else was...

hi guys, I grabbed a EVGA GeForce 1080ti Founders the other day as part one of my upgrade to my slightly aging 5 year old GTX 680 machine, but now just need a new motherboard, CPU and RAM, and would like your advice/suggestions on what I've picked out below. Worth noting now that there isn't...

Hi all. Been thinking of building a new rig soon, I've had this one for about five years! However, it's still actually going pretty well, so I wondered whether it was worth upgrading anything instead? I know it's possible, but I really do mean is it 'worth' it? As in, no point sticking in a...

So I recently bought an Asus Prime B250M-K with an Intel i5-7500 processor and they work fine. However what the guy who put them in my case didn't tell me is that I had to do a system format (reset) as my AMD Radeon 380 was not running during games and I keep having to change the source on my...

hi guys, i built my current system with your help so i was hoping to get some advice on how i can go about updating my build now that the next gen gpus are out. I play a lot of occulus rift titles and spend a lot of time playing elite dangerous in VR so I'm ready to make a move to a gtx...

Hi all, Back after a bit of a break. I was wondering if someone who is up to date on things can tell me what the best AMD graphics card I could buy for under £250 would be? I want the best card that won't be bottle necked by the rest of my system. I do a bit of gaming, Project CARS and also...

Hey guys, I'm upgrading my EVGA GeForce GTX 680 to a 1080ti but just curious of the fan noise of these cards? I've seen the "founders edition" and "blower edition", not sure of the difference? Does one use cheaper components? Not to fussed bout price, but want to get the better quality, more...

Hello all! This is my first ever post here, and as you're about to tell, I'm a complete moron. So please, bear with me. I'm know you get plenty of these sort of forums posts daily, and am aware you're probably fed up of them all by now! But if you happen to have some spare time. I could do...

Just upgraded to a Gainward GTX1070 Phoenix 8GB from my old XFX R9 280 3GB DD. I play, stream and record at 1080p... A good upgrade?

Posted originally in General Hardware but may be more suitable in here? So I'm thinking of upgrading my system since the CPU & mobo are coming up to 5 years old, looking to may get a new CPU, Mobo, Ram & Case? £600 ish max.. my current specs are: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket...

Hi All, I built my PC nearly 4 years ago now so it's pretty dated at this point. I'm trying to work out if it's going to be better to buy a new PC or upgrade what I currently have. I'm mainly looking to stream 1080p from console with no issues and strain and also game to a decent standard on...

I purchased a gaming PC a couple years ago.... starting to get old, but I think still has decent life in it. I looked at the minimum spec and recommended spec for a game that I want to play (LOTR Middle Earth Shadow or War) and the RAM is at the very minimum (8GB) so I think its probably the...

So I'm thinking of upgrading my system since the CPU & mobo are coming up to 5 years old, looking to may get a new CPU, Mobo, Ram & Case? £600 ish max.. my current specs are: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor @ 4.3 ghz OC Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Air CPU Cooler...

Hi guys! I am looking for some advice when it comes to potentially upgrading my CPU and GPU. I have around £200-250 that I can put towards upgrades and am not expecting to get anything super special. I am a casual gamer who enjoys playing games like Overwatch, PlayerUnknown's BG, Witcher 3...

Time has come that my faithful 290X is starting to struggle with some games and it's been a great card. I've no particular ATI/Nvidia issues - happy with either. Gaming is normally 1920x1080. What are my options? RX 480 seems decent? Not bothered about the latest and greatest, i don't tend...

Hi all, I'm due an upgrade (as you'll probably agree). Current Setup is in my signature (minus a new HGST 2TB enterprise ultrastar 7600k Hard Drive which is on it's way). Keeping: Hard Drives and Optical Drive (Sony DVD-RW DL) CPU Cooler (Thermalright have assured me it is compatible with...