Hi all.
It's been a few years since I tinkered with my PC (2016). In the meantime, as usual, tech has moved along to a point that I barely recognise.
My current system:
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Motherboard (Socket FM2+, A88X, DDR3, S-ATA 600, M-ATX, PCI Express 3.0, USB 3.0)
AMD A10 AD785KXBJABOX 7850K Black Edition with Radeon R7 Series New FM2+ Kaveri HSA CPU
Corsair CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 Vengeance Pro Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866Mhz CL9 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit Black
23.6 Inch 1080p Monitor
1TB HDD
Aerocool Integrator 500W Power Supply
Generally I use my PC for work, but I am keen to get back into Flight Sims and other games. However, I seem to have a temperature/fans problem, because as soon as I try to run anything that demands more than Microsoft Word, the fans go crazy and often I will get an unrequested shutdown.
So I figure, while I am changing my fan setup, I might as well upgrade a few other things too.
SSD seems to be the way to go for storage - though I would like to keep the HDD for backup. I see a lot of posts saying upgrade the GPU before the CPU; but not sure what would fit on my motherboard anyway. The DDR3 RAM that I bought for GBP29 four years ago is now around GBP75 for the same brand. Is that progress?
Budget 300 to 400 quid. Would love to hear suggestions from the forum.
Thanks in advance, Phil
It's been a few years since I tinkered with my PC (2016). In the meantime, as usual, tech has moved along to a point that I barely recognise.
My current system:
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Motherboard (Socket FM2+, A88X, DDR3, S-ATA 600, M-ATX, PCI Express 3.0, USB 3.0)
AMD A10 AD785KXBJABOX 7850K Black Edition with Radeon R7 Series New FM2+ Kaveri HSA CPU
Corsair CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 Vengeance Pro Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866Mhz CL9 XMP Performance Desktop Memory Kit Black
23.6 Inch 1080p Monitor
1TB HDD
Aerocool Integrator 500W Power Supply
Generally I use my PC for work, but I am keen to get back into Flight Sims and other games. However, I seem to have a temperature/fans problem, because as soon as I try to run anything that demands more than Microsoft Word, the fans go crazy and often I will get an unrequested shutdown.
So I figure, while I am changing my fan setup, I might as well upgrade a few other things too.
SSD seems to be the way to go for storage - though I would like to keep the HDD for backup. I see a lot of posts saying upgrade the GPU before the CPU; but not sure what would fit on my motherboard anyway. The DDR3 RAM that I bought for GBP29 four years ago is now around GBP75 for the same brand. Is that progress?
Budget 300 to 400 quid. Would love to hear suggestions from the forum.
Thanks in advance, Phil