Still good or need upgrading?

drewl5799 · 8 Jun 2025 at 12:43

Hi all, I built a gaming PC about 5 years ago but not really used it too much recently. I’m going to hand it over to my son to play current games. Will it play most fine or do I need to upgrade any of the components? Or, if outdated, it would be fun to build a complete new rig with him….

My PC:

MSI B550 gaming edge WiFi
AMD ryzen 7 5800x
Nvidia 3070
Kingston hyper ddr4 3600 2 x 16gb
WD blue SN550 NVMe M.2 1TB
Samsung 850 evo 250gb
Seagate barracuda 7200.14 2TB

throwaway4372 · 8 Jun 2025 at 12:47

That's still fine.

I'd keep the nvme and remove the other two drives.

dfour · 8 Jun 2025 at 13:16

It will be fine depending upon what your cousin plays at at what resolution.

tamzzy · 8 Jun 2025 at 13:22

yep i'd leave it alone.

Tetras · 8 Jun 2025 at 13:28

drewl5799 said:
to play current games

At what resolution?

drewl5799 · 8 Jun 2025 at 13:39

Tetras said:
At what resolution?

I guess 1440

hornetstinger · 8 Jun 2025 at 13:41

What speakers and what £50,000 subwoofers do you have?

hornetstinger · 8 Jun 2025 at 13:42

tamzzy said:
yep i'd leave it alone.

Yup.

No mention of this sound system though, or quality of the monitor.