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PC Upgrade Options
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:48 am
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:48 am
I am wanting to relive old times and thinking about purchasing the new call of duty. I would like to play on PC so I don't have to subscribe to Xbox Live and pay monthly.
My PC is about 10 years old from when I originally built it. I compared the required/recommended spec for COD and this is what I am working with. Not really interested in a complete new build and spending tons of money.
Are there any good used/bang for my buck graphics cards I should look for?
Is my CPU that bad? Will it be a bottleneck?
I can add RAM no problem.
I have an Xbox One S, but would rather use my PC. Thinking If I can get a decent graphics card for $150-$200 that would be great if its all I need.
My PC is about 10 years old from when I originally built it. I compared the required/recommended spec for COD and this is what I am working with. Not really interested in a complete new build and spending tons of money.
Are there any good used/bang for my buck graphics cards I should look for?
Is my CPU that bad? Will it be a bottleneck?
I can add RAM no problem.
I have an Xbox One S, but would rather use my PC. Thinking If I can get a decent graphics card for $150-$200 that would be great if its all I need.
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Posted on 10/25/24 at 12:44 pm to Taffeta
Yes, your CPU is that old and will very likely be a bottleneck. Yes, you should add another 8GB of RAM, assuming your system can take it.
The GPU is a bit of a crapshoot. You can probably get a serviceable GPU used for $200 or less, but that’s going to depend on your location and your risk tolerance. Unless someone on the board has one kicking around they’d be willing to sell you.
The GPU is a bit of a crapshoot. You can probably get a serviceable GPU used for $200 or less, but that’s going to depend on your location and your risk tolerance. Unless someone on the board has one kicking around they’d be willing to sell you.
This post was edited on 10/25/24 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 10/25/24 at 10:01 pm to Taffeta
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My PC is about 10 years old from when I originally built it.
As someone who is somewhat in the same boat myself, I'm of the opinion that about 4 years is about the max you can let a PC get and "upgrade" with any sort of ROI.
If you don't want to build, I would find some middling spec pre-built, maybe even a last year's model and drop $500 to $600 on that, rather than muck around in an existing, working, complete, adequate (for some purposes) PC with vague goals and targets in a market that might not even have compatible parts.
Now, if you have access to secondary market NOS and (quality) used parts and you enjoy this sort of tinkering, go ahead. But, my $.02 is to either build a new or buy a pre-built within your budget made in the last year or two.
YMMV of course.
(ETA: Remarkably similar - I have Core i7-6700 and a R9 380.)
This post was edited on 10/25/24 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 10/26/24 at 11:25 am to Ace Midnight
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As someone who is somewhat in the same boat myself, I'm of the opinion that about 4 years is about the max you can let a PC get and "upgrade" with any sort of ROI.
I think this depends heavily on your platform as well as when you purchase into a platform cycle. As an example, in 2017 you could have picked up a B350 motherboard and a Zen 1 Ryzen 1700x and sat on it until today. You could (probably, with a BIOS update) stick a 5800x3D and 4090 (to go to extremes) into that box and board to create a very high end system that would last you another 7+ years.
The core of OP's problem is that, because he's on an Intel platform, you need a full system rebuild, at best, every two CPU generations. That creates quite the handcuff for longevity.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 4:34 pm to Joshjrn
Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a laptop with RDNA 3/3.5 for $1k? It's depressing that I look at those laptops that will perform better graphically than my RX580 in my desktop.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 6:47 pm to LemmyLives
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a laptop with RDNA 3/3.5 for $1k? It's depressing that I look at those laptops that will perform better graphically than my RX580 in my desktop.
I was going to extremes simply for the purpose of illustration. Dollar for dollar, upgrading a desktop is going to be cheaper over the long term than getting a laptop with low wattage parts and thermal issues. A $300 CPU with a $700 GPU would absolutely wreck a $1k laptop.
This post was edited on 10/27/24 at 6:59 pm
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