Hello everyone.
My 10 year old computer is not compatible with windows 11 and so I was wondering whether to upgrade Mainboard and CPU to something cheap (I guess not many are worse than my 2014 Intel i5).
I don’t see how much specs are important for changing these parts. My Power unit is capable of -800W and I‘ve got enough Y-Cables to connect all my 6 fans 2 ports if necessary. Btw it’s only ever being used for gaming. Do you have any suggestions?
I don’t know what you consider cheap, but if you can find a socket AM4 motherboard and a Ryzen 5600X3D or 5700X3D on sale, I think you’ll be happy with the gaming improvement.
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Not to be that guy, but have you considered switching to Linux?
I recently installed Nobara on my ten-year-old gaming PC (i5 4690, 16GB RAM), stuck an RX6700 XT in it and she runs like a beaut.
^This…
mines still a decent gaming rig that can play Skyrim, gta v on ultra settings but doesn’t meet windows 11 requirements. So Decided to Install kubuntu and all works well. And I’m glad I did, not throwing away a good working still capable hardware.
Just for reference my specs are:
i7 3700K.
Asus sabertooth z77 motherboard.
2tb ssd.
32gb ram.
Msi rtx3070 12gb vram.
Been running kubuntu for 1 year 2 months and thanks to steam for supporting linux (via proton)