PC Upgrade Help

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  toomuch on 29/07/2017 - 07:55

  https://au.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SCPUINTI72600A#.WXuyDIh…

  replace with a I7 same socket

  spash out $80 - $130 on a ssd as your os drive (id get a 256gb min, some say 128gb is enough)

  The 1050ti 4gb card $200 for reasonable 1080p gaming or a 1060 if you can get one under $400

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    jlapr1 on 29/07/2017 - 08:12

    Thanks toomuch,
    Is that chip second hand? I already am booting off an 850 Evo SSD, couldn't live without it.
    my only concern is the motherboard will still give me issues… I didn't think of upgrading the CPU without a new mobo…

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      toomuch on 29/07/2017 - 08:26

      yes 2nd hand , they offer a 2 year warranty . i havent had a problem with any of the 2nd hand stuff i have bought. You can get a 1151 mobo z170 mobo new for $100 if you look at he right stores online and a new i5 cpu for $250

      also the gtx 1060 3gb you can get from here

      http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gigabyte-nVidia-GeForce-GTX-1060-…

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  altomic on 29/07/2017 - 08:20

  or you have a dying psu

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    jlapr1 on 29/07/2017 - 08:35

    PSU is a new Corsair 650, only bought a few months back, I thought the same thing, but still getting the fault

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  Diji1 on 29/07/2017 - 11:24

  +1

  Is it worth upgrading the mobo, CPU and moving to DDR4 ram?

  No unless you want more performance. Is Windows or a game too slow? If no then no point upgrading but upgrade CPU otherwise.

  I would like to put a GTX 1060 in, and understand this would be a good budget rig,

  GTX 1060 with more than 4GB would be ideal.

  I have had some niggling issues with the PC in recent times, mainly I have had intermittent shutdowns due to reported over voltage issues which I have not been able to confirm, and my original Graphics card has become unserviceable, causing crashes.

  I'd replace video card first and then cross the bridge of it being something else if you get there. Next place I'd look is RAM, remove 1 stick if possible, try the other stick if issues persist. Or try and borrow some RAM from someone.

  I would like to use the PC for occasional gaming, typically older titles but the occasional new game. I would also like to stream to my pc which I understand can be CPU intensive.

  Not certain what you mean here but if you mean game streaming I'd do as I suggested above: try it with the existing CPU. If you have issues then a faster CPU is warranted.

  What would you do to upgrade this PC? I would like to do the most cost effective upgrade. Happy to keep the guts if they aren't going to be problematic.

  Like I said: upgrade video card then CPU.

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    jlapr1 on 29/07/2017 - 12:54

    Thanks for the advice, I am hoping to stream from the desktop pc to a laptop I have. Sounds like sound advice is to upgrade GPU and see what happens from there.
    Thanks!

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  Cheap Charlie on 29/07/2017 - 13:18

  I would suggest the path Diji suggested.
  Your existing equipment bar the GPU is still good, just a matter of isolating that fault.

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  OrderInWrongWordsThe on 03/08/2017 - 00:00

  -1

  May be worth waiting 2 weeks for the new AMD Vega cards to be launched as Nvidia may actually have to compete on price with cards that actually have even vaguely similar performance. The mining frenzy may have also eased back a little by then. Time will tell…