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30 year old plus? Bah.... whippersnappers :) I got sucked into FromSoft games about 18 months ago - have platinumed the Demons Souls remake and Elden Ring on PS5, and replayed Elden Ring countless times since then. Hadn't touched anything else until Diablo 4 launched - finished that, did some...

I've always had more luck with AMD cards under Linux, but it's been a while since I've tried an Nvidia card so things may have changed.

:p there's that....

Thanks, everyone. Good to know I can upgrade if needed/wanted. It still amazes me that we can drop the latest AM4 CPUs into a board that's 6 years old. mickyflinn is probably right about not needing to bother at this stage though, sadly!

Best described as mixed, I suppose - some Docker/k8s stuff, lightweight coding, non-FPS gaming: (A)RPGs, strategy games, MMOs in the past - nothing major that requires high framerates. I've not gamed on it for about 18 months though (still running an RX580 on it - which is another thing I plan...

Hiya, I built a system in 2017 using a Gigabyte AB350M-Gaming 3 with a Ryzen 1600. It's still chugging along. I'm looking to breathe some new life into it, and extend its life for a few more years. It's quite impressive that after 6 years this is even possible. I'm considering putting a 5700X...

Great, I'll take that approach when it comes to me having to remove it. And I won't be using the pre-applied stuff again, that's for sure.

Tried running it without the fan connected and got it up to 90C. Still no movement at all. I am twisting, not pulling. Think I'll just leave it as is. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Wouldn't that just rip the CPU out of the socket? I could have used more force with just my hand, but didn't as I was concerned I'd end up breaking something.

Well, I ran it for 100 minutes at 54 degrees with the screws loosened, turned it off, and immediately tried twisting the cooler. Still wouldn't budge. Looks like I'm stuck with it permanently. Never had thermal paste act like glue before.

Thanks for the comments, all. Think I'll give it one more go, after running it maxed out for a while again. Any issue with removing the backplate / loosening the retaining screws, then laying it horizontally and firing up prime? Stops things cooling while I spend time disconnecting things, which...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for me. I have a Ryzen 1600 that's been running for around 4 years. I installed the stock cooler, with whatever paste/pad it came with at the time. Recently, I've wanted to replace the cooler with something quieter, as it has been getting noisier over...

I was expecting the CPU to have a similar or smaller effect at 1440p, which the graph supports. Looks like unless you jump up to a £700+. card there's no real point in CPU upgrades.

Thanks for that, Joxeon. I'm going to hang on with it as is for a bit longer, and will just upgrade the gpu if I get the itch and can find one that's decently priced like Craig_d1 mentioned.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. The 3600 wasn't something I'd thought about. It looks like a decent upgrade for the cost. That plus a 6600XT would probably do the job, as I can't face struggling to nab a 3060ti and would prefer to stick with AMD anyway. I am tempted to build a 5600X/6600XT...

Hi, I'm looking to improve the performance of my PC. It's a Ryzen 1600 on a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming with 16GB of 3200Mhz Corsair memory and an Asus Strix GTX 1060 6GB. PSU is a Seasonic Focus Plus 550W Gold. What I'm wondering is: - If I drop a 6600XT into this machine will the CPU...

I'll be giving it a skip. Will carry on waiting for Navi, and stick with our RX580 and 1060s for a bit longer as they're doing the job. I'm hoping to jump to 1440p/144Hz if there's a suitable Navi card. Was optimistically hoping something would have been announced yesterday, but I realise that...

Well, if performance is a consideration then it'd make sense to do a native install and not mess with VMs. And while you can mess around with containers inside a VM it's not going to perform as well. As I mentioned, it depends on what you want to do. From the sounds of it you'll benefit from...

Hi grumpybeard, I'd suggest using a Debain based distro like Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, to start with. What I tend to do when dual booting a machine is have a separate drive like you mentioned - when doing the install I unplug the Windows SSD, install Linux onto the second SSD, then plug the...

Yep. CPUs will be an improvement, no doubt. What they're going to do on the GPU front is less clear...