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Question

pc upgrade or ideas

by Feb 28, 2017 5:24PM PST

this is the speccy for my pc I was wondering what are the best upgrade solutions are in the future

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forgot my speccy
by Feb 28, 2017 5:26PM PST
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Seems like a current PC
by Forum moderator Feb 28, 2017 5:36PM PST

A 1050 GPU on that CPU should be fine. While I would have opted for a 240GB SSD for the boot/OS drive what you have is good for more things today.

I'd do nothing till 2018.

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by riddik3231 Mar 1, 2017 6:17PM PST

ok cool. any ideas to get any more performance out if my rig

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At this point you have to look at
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 1, 2017 6:21PM PST

A faster GPU if gaming and that's about it. There is no known CPU bottleneck issue here.

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by riddik3231 Mar 1, 2017 6:59PM PST

ok awesome. thanks for the help

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Consider
by Mar 2, 2017 12:14AM PST

Just to simplify things and tidy up a little.

Get a 480-512GB ssd.
Partition it into one fat 'c' drive.
Put everything on it.

Remove the 3 disk you have.

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by riddik3231 Mar 2, 2017 10:00AM PST

i was thinking of buying like a 1 TB hdd for a gaming drive and a bigger ssd for other things like my os.

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Here all I have fits on a near 100 buck 512GB SSD.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 2, 2017 10:04AM PST

While I see no performance boost on this change, you already have spinning drives. Why not skip the 1TB and just get the usual 480 to 512GB SSD for drive C?

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by Bob__B Mar 2, 2017 10:15AM PST

One 500GB ssd, put everything on it.
Watch the free space, if things start to get tight add back the 500GB hdd and use it just for storage.

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by riddik3231 Mar 2, 2017 11:05AM PST

Ok. Any brands you would recommend for a ssd

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by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 2, 2017 11:07AM PST

At the office we've used them all. For those that fret, stick to Samsung.

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by Bob__B Mar 2, 2017 12:43PM PST
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Surprise. It's on "the list."
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 2, 2017 12:47PM PST
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by riddik3231 Mar 2, 2017 1:21PM PST

Ok cool. Thanks you so much

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by riddik3231 Mar 2, 2017 1:21PM PST

Ok cool. Thanks you so much

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by riddik3231 Mar 5, 2017 7:59PM PST

Also another thing. If I wanted to upgrade my gpu. What would be a upgrade that wouldn't bottleneck my cpu. Or would I have to replace my cpu if I wanted to do an upgrade

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by Bob__B Mar 5, 2017 9:25PM PST

Gtx 1070, but with the extra power draw the psu might come into play.

There aren't too many games where your cpu will be the limiter.

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for upgrade your system
by Mar 2, 2017 2:14AM PST

Firstly you upgrade your system's processor Core i5 - Skylake 6th Gen
use ATI Radeon graphic card minimum 2GB
update your ram and ssd
and use latest operating system original window 10

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