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Upgrading my Gaming PC (self.pcgaming)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Nikls94 to c/pcgaming

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Hello everyone.

My 10 year old computer is not compatible with windows 11 and so I was wondering whether to upgrade Mainboard and CPU to something cheap (I guess not many are worse than my 2014 Intel i5).

I don’t see how much specs are important for changing these parts. My Power unit is capable of -800W and I‘ve got enough Y-Cables to connect all my 6 fans 2 ports if necessary. Btw it’s only ever being used for gaming. Do you have any suggestions?

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[–] robolemmy 1 points 11 months ago

It really depends on your budget. A new graphics card will get you bigger gains than a new mb/cpu. Ideally you’d upgrade all three, but then you’ll also need new ram and should probably get a new nvme boot drive. At that point it’s really a whole new computer.

So, to sum up, I’d start with a new gpu and see how it goes.