help upgrading

Michael Hall · 3 Feb 2019 at 15:28

Hi, Im looking to upgrade my PC as its starting to run really slow, from looking at my spec, i believe i might just need to upgrade the motherboard/CPU? any help would be appreciated:

Processor
AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
Manufacturer
AMD
Speed
3.3 GHz
Number of Cores
6
CPU ID
178BFBFF00600F12
Family
15
Model
01
Stepping
2
Revision

Memory
RAM 16 GB

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Chipset

GeForce GTX 970
Dedicated Memory
4.0 GB
Total Memory
11 GB
Pixel Shader Version
5.1
Vertex Shader Version
5.1
Hardware T & L

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 (build 17134), 64-bit
Service Pack
0
Size
64-bit
Edition

NVIDIA
BIOS
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Version
Award Software International, Inc. F4
Manufacturer
Award Software International, Inc.
Date
10/19/12

Sound

Audio 1
Sound Device
Realtek High Definition Audio
Driver
6.0.1.8382
Audio 2
Sound Device
NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Driver
1.3.38.4
Audio 3
Sound Device
NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Driver
4.11.1.0

Drives

DVD
ATAPI iHAS124 D ATA Device
CD
ATAPI iHAS124 D ATA Device
Size
931.0 GB
Free Memory
303.0 GB
Software
Internet Explorer
11.523.17134.0
Chrome
71.0.3578.98
Firefox
60.0.2
Safari

Java

Flash
18,0,0,203
DirectX
11.0
.NET
4.6.2
QuickTime

Adobe PDF Reader

ExRayTed · 3 Feb 2019 at 18:17

Everything is DDR4 nowadays so you'd need RAM too. How much do you have to spend and what size motherboard do you need - ATX, M-ATX, ITX etc?

Michael Hall · 3 Feb 2019 at 18:24

My Case holds a Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-USB3. Ill probably able to spend up to 500.

4K8KW10 · 3 Feb 2019 at 18:36

Hi,

I don't see a SSD, so one included?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £119.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700 4.10GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £248.99
1 x Seagate 250GB 2.5" BarraCuda Solid State Drive (STGS250401)= £43.99

Total: £494.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)

lee32uk · 3 Feb 2019 at 18:48

What is the pc being used for ?

orbitalwalsh · 3 Feb 2019 at 19:54

Yeah, you could moving to a 4 core 8 thread ryzen and it'll still perform better at 1080p/1440p/4k gaming or workloads miles better the .your FX 3 core (not actually 6 core)

4K8KW10 · 3 Feb 2019 at 20:00

orbitalwalsh said:
Yeah, you could moving to a 4 core 8 thread ryzen and it'll still perform better at 1080p/1440p/4k gaming or workloads miles better the .your FX 3 core (not actually 6 core)

Don't troll it. It is 3 MODULES, 6 cores.

orbitalwalsh · 3 Feb 2019 at 20:12

4K8KW10 said:
Don't troll it. It is 3 MODULES, 6 cores.

We'll wait to see what the class actually law suit says

Exactly why ryzen is completely different design.
Theory was good, execution not so nor developersupport .
FX 9*** only chip to want to sleep with as many VRMs as a 9900k haha

Glad to see though and as risen from FX days and GPU should catch up

4K8KW10 · 3 Feb 2019 at 20:49

orbitalwalsh said:
We'll wait to see what the class actually law suit says

It doesn't matter what the jury will decide. It may be right or wrong, equal probability.

ilc72 · 3 Feb 2019 at 22:40

4K8KW10 said:
It doesn't matter what the jury will decide. It may be right or wrong, equal probability.

Only in America, what a crazy situation! These frivolous type of lawsuits rarely enrich anyone other than the lawyers themselves.