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 second finding discount ryzen chips like a Ryzen 5800x or 5600 and a compatible motherboard. I think sticking with windows is fine, especially if you are just gaming. My suggestion is to just upgrade your existing windows key, it gives you a grandfathered version without some of the annoying bits of a fresh install.
If you don’t have one already, I recommend an SSD, too! Migrating your OS to one will significantly improve your day-to-day life using a PC.
In the last three months, I maybe booted into my windows drive three times? Twice to play Siege and once to flash a firmware update for a particular device. Windows is increasingly irrelevant to gaming, and I’m loving it.
Yep, Linux gaming has really come on leaps and bounds in the past five years. All my steam games run perfectly with Proton, and the native support for PS/Xbox controllers has been flawless.
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)
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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If you’re up for some learning, I second the Linux suggestion. It’s far more efficient with system resources than Windows is. I’ve seen systems about as old as yours run some modern games at 1080p with linux and a Polaris GPU. The results are outstanding with newer hardware.
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