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Upgrading my Gaming PC (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Nikls94@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.world

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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?

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[–] aleph@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] registeredusername@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

^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 3770K.

Asus sabertooth z77 motherboard.

2tb ssd.

32gb ram.

Msi rtx3060 12gb vram.

Been running kubuntu for 1 year 2 months and thanks to steam for supporting linux (via proton)

Also play wow (using lutris)

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