Hello,
First I must admit that I haven't been on here in forever, since about 2011 to be exact. I was on here back in the day looking at all the stuff and gathering opinions on my then build. It has worked great and given me many joyfull days!!!
From this you can gather that my build will soon be 6 years old. The specs are:
ASUS p8p67Pro Mobo
Intel I-7 2006k
ASUS GTX 570
Corsair TX850 PSU
Corsair XMS3 8gb ddr3 1600mhz
Corsair Hydro H50 liquid cooler
NZXT phantom case
Samsung 850 EVO SSD
WD caviar black
Might have to google what all this stuff is/was.....
Slowly I cant max games out anymore and PC is sometimes struggling
Mainly used as a gaming/entertainment PC. I Use my 50" TV as a monitor so I wont run over 1920x1080 FYI
What can I still use on this build to upgrade?
Bit more ram and a diff GPU?
New core? MOBO?
It was a killer IMO PC back then.... and I miss it
Just looking for opinions like: "Dude?!? forget it... technology has changed so much, its better to start over"
or: "just swap this/add that and you should be good to go again"
Budget? I want to say I paid close to 1300$ when I bought it new.
Id like to be in the sub 500$ are to upgrade if it makes sense.
But, if the majority say to start over with a build Id be around the same budget as my first build +/-
Thanks
First I must admit that I haven't been on here in forever, since about 2011 to be exact. I was on here back in the day looking at all the stuff and gathering opinions on my then build. It has worked great and given me many joyfull days!!!
From this you can gather that my build will soon be 6 years old. The specs are:
ASUS p8p67Pro Mobo
Intel I-7 2006k
ASUS GTX 570
Corsair TX850 PSU
Corsair XMS3 8gb ddr3 1600mhz
Corsair Hydro H50 liquid cooler
NZXT phantom case
Samsung 850 EVO SSD
WD caviar black
Might have to google what all this stuff is/was.....
Slowly I cant max games out anymore and PC is sometimes struggling
Mainly used as a gaming/entertainment PC. I Use my 50" TV as a monitor so I wont run over 1920x1080 FYI
What can I still use on this build to upgrade?
Bit more ram and a diff GPU?
New core? MOBO?
It was a killer IMO PC back then.... and I miss it
Just looking for opinions like: "Dude?!? forget it... technology has changed so much, its better to start over"
or: "just swap this/add that and you should be good to go again"
Budget? I want to say I paid close to 1300$ when I bought it new.
Id like to be in the sub 500$ are to upgrade if it makes sense.
But, if the majority say to start over with a build Id be around the same budget as my first build +/-
Thanks
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