PC Gaming

7893 readers

5 users here now

Rule #1: Be civil

Rule #2: No spam, memes, off-topic, or low-effort posts/comments

Rule #3: No advertisements

Rule #4: No streams, random gameplay videos, highlights, or shorts

Rule #5: No erotic games or porn

Rule #6: No facilitating piracy

Rule #7: No duplicates

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

workerONE@lemmy.world

Upgrading my Gaming PC (lemmy.world)

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

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@feddit.ch 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get a fairly cheap mini PC for ~$700 with a 7840HS APU and run a Linux distro such as Bazzite, Chimera, or Nobara. You'll be able to game at 1080P comfortably.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

But I have most of what this mini PC offers and really just need a MB/CPU upgrade for win11