Hello folks,
I wonder if someone more gifted in this field may be able to provide some advice. I've had my PC Specialist computer for about 3 years now, and I'm at the stage where i'm planning potential upgrades. My current spec is as follows:
My PC is used solely for gaming, mainly World of Warcraft, COD, DayZ, Battlefield, GTA, The Witcher, Red Dead, etc.
Many of these games are quite CPU intensive, so I know that's due an upgrade. My current Graphics card is now quite outdated, but generally can still run most of the games I play very well.
I looked at the upgrade section of the site and I wondered about certain compatibility issues, if my Motherboard is too old to handle a big upgrade, how much RAM I should be getting etc.
On a quick scan of what i was looking at, it was showing in the region of £600 for upgraded RAM, GPU, Storage, Cooling, etc. With my current set up, are there going to be any issues with upgrading to such an extent? Would it make more sense to make inroads into a new PC?
Andy advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!
I wonder if someone more gifted in this field may be able to provide some advice. I've had my PC Specialist computer for about 3 years now, and I'm at the stage where i'm planning potential upgrades. My current spec is as follows:
| Case | CORSAIR SPEC-03 COMPACT GAMING CASE - RED LED |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7500 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache |
| Motherboard | ASUS® H110M-R: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs |
| Memory (RAM) | 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB) |
| Graphics Card | 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready! |
| 1st Storage Drive | 120GB KINGSTON V300 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W) |
| 2nd Storage Drive | 1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE |
| DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM |
| Power Supply | CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY |
| Power Cable | 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead) |
| Processor Cooling | INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER |
| Thermal Paste | STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING |
| Sound Card | ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) |
| Wireless/Wired Networking | WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD |
| USB/Thunderbolt Options | MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS |
| Operating System | Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence |
My PC is used solely for gaming, mainly World of Warcraft, COD, DayZ, Battlefield, GTA, The Witcher, Red Dead, etc.
Many of these games are quite CPU intensive, so I know that's due an upgrade. My current Graphics card is now quite outdated, but generally can still run most of the games I play very well.
I looked at the upgrade section of the site and I wondered about certain compatibility issues, if my Motherboard is too old to handle a big upgrade, how much RAM I should be getting etc.
On a quick scan of what i was looking at, it was showing in the region of £600 for upgraded RAM, GPU, Storage, Cooling, etc. With my current set up, are there going to be any issues with upgrading to such an extent? Would it make more sense to make inroads into a new PC?
Andy advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!
