Hardware Upgrades

[TurkAim Maduro Peek]

Hey guys, I've been playing games on my pc i built back in 2016 and I havent really touched anything. Its got a new ssd and I put a 1660ti in like 3-4 years ago, but other than that its all original. Problem is, its having some trouble recently running games, notably freezing in counter strike of all things and hunt. If i upgrade my cpu chances are im gonna need to buy a new motherboard and then if i do that ill need a new cooler, gpu, etc... I'm a huge cheapskate so the stuff in this was bottom of the barrel in 2016 but I'd like to upgrade at least a little before the nvidia release nukes the market and everything becomes $2k+. Am i better off buying a prebuilt at this point, or do i just replace every component of my pc? I've got a gtx 1660ti, a ryzen 5 2600, and 16gb of ddr4 2100. Any suggestions appreciated, thanks.

[Midnight Aurais]

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1545888-best-graphics-card-pairing-for-r5-2600/

[TurkAim Maduro Peek]

Originally posted by Midnight Aurais:

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1545888-best-graphics-card-pairing-for-r5-2600/

isnt it time i ditch the 2600 for something new?

[Midnight Aurais]

Originally posted by TurkAim Maduro Peek:

Originally posted by Midnight Aurais:

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1545888-best-graphics-card-pairing-for-r5-2600/

isnt it time i ditch the 2600 for something new?

you can but it is as you say you want to stay cheap heck if you want and can upgrade to a 5700x3d which then means you can get a bit higher end card but again pricing because while you wil gain fps in cpu limited games with such a processor overal you are better off with a more powerfull card if you can only get 1 component

if you can upgrade both get a 5700x3d and a 7800xt both are part of best value for buck the closest offering to this is literally the 4060 ti which aint worth it that said if you can score a good deal on second hand markets you can get better cards from nvidia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6G1aSKXCEc

keep in mind if you have not done it since purchase you likely need to do a bios update for 5000 cpu support

[_I_]

from r5 2600, it may be time to look for a new cpu/mobo/ram combo too
ddr4 2100 is about the lowest peed ram, id look for a faster kit, unless the cl is in the single digits

it was a good build at the time

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Time to make a new build, yeah.

Use the old one as a HTPC or something.

[smokerob79]

if you can get to a micro center any bundle at the 400 dollar price point would be a massive upgrade......like taking the 7700x kit with 32gb of memory and a motherboard for 400 bucks.....

[TurkAim Maduro Peek]

Originally posted by smokerob79:

if you can get to a micro center any bundle at the 400 dollar price point would be a massive upgrade......like taking the 7700x kit with 32gb of memory and a motherboard for 400 bucks.....

they do component bundles? or just prebuilts

[TurkAim Maduro Peek]

Originally posted by Midnight Aurais:

Originally posted by TurkAim Maduro Peek:

isnt it time i ditch the 2600 for something new?

you can but it is as you say you want to stay cheap heck if you want and can upgrade to a 5700x3d which then means you can get a bit higher end card but again pricing because while you wil gain fps in cpu limited games with such a processor overal you are better off with a more powerfull card if you can only get 1 component

if you can upgrade both get a 5700x3d and a 7800xt both are part of best value for buck the closest offering to this is literally the 4060 ti which aint worth it that said if you can score a good deal on second hand markets you can get better cards from nvidia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6G1aSKXCEc

keep in mind if you have not done it since purchase you likely need to do a bios update for 5000 cpu support

ill take a look at those two and see if i can't find them somewhere, sold out on amazon

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

You could just get a 5700x3d. 1660ti is fine for counter strike, since it can play more demanding games than that. 5700x3d doesn't even need fast ram. Literally just update bios, shut pc down and install new cpu. That's it!

[_I_]

Originally posted by TurkAim Maduro Peek:

Originally posted by smokerob79:

if you can get to a micro center any bundle at the 400 dollar price point would be a massive upgrade......like taking the 7700x kit with 32gb of memory and a motherboard for 400 bucks.....

they do component bundles? or just prebuilts

both, but be sure to select the store location at the top

custom build
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx

amd combos
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/bundle-and-save.aspx
intel combos
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/intel-bundle-and-save.aspx

[TurkAim Maduro Peek]

Originally posted by _I_:

Originally posted by TurkAim Maduro Peek:

they do component bundles? or just prebuilts

both, but be sure to select the store location at the top

custom build
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx

amd combos
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/bundle-and-save.aspx
intel combos
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/intel-bundle-and-save.aspx

Never used them but looks like they won’t ship any of the bundles to me and a drive there would be a biblical voyage. :( , I might have to look elsewhere

[HIVEmind]

Put water cooling and overclock it if you haven't already done so. If your lucky you can get 5-15 percent more. I don't know undervolting. Something new to me. So I cant comment.

[Monk]

Originally posted by HIVEmind:

Put water cooling and overclock it if you haven't already done so. If your lucky you can get 5-15 percent more. I don't know undervolting. Something new to me. So I cant comment.

Why would they do that?

None of their components would benefit from it, even if you could get a block for the gpu (guess universal aio's exist...), but, still, it would cost more than a very large new upgrade for far less gain and theyed be stuck on a badly ageing system.

OP, it's time to suck it up and upgrade, you can continue to be cheap, just learn to budget and set the cash aside each paycheck, it'll pay for a new high end rig every 2 to 4 years and you'll never even notice the missing money.

[ˢᵈˣ FatCat]

as frugal living enjoyer, being cheap is de wae, but still there is a limit.
upgrade to ddr4 , and 3080ti second hand, dont buy any AIO shenanigans, for 20years CPU cooler air is adequate

[SHAZBOT]

i play counter strike on garbage pcs, i have a feeling you just need a fresh install of your os.