#PC upgrade

[belladovah]

I upgraded my PC & am starting fresh!

I built my first PC in 2017, and the other day I basically rebuilt it!

CPU: intel i7 6700K -> Ryzen 7 7800X3D

GPU: MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X -> ASUS RTX 4070 Dual OC

RAM: 32GB DDR4 2400MHz -> 32GB DDR5 5200MHz

Storage: 250GB SSD + 1TB SSD + 3TB HDD -> 1TB M.2 SSD + 4TB M.2 SSD

What this means for my Sims 2:

While I still have all my old files on my old drives, I do not plan on copying anything over. This means, I am starting my Sims 2 Downloads folder over from scratch. So, I definitely won't be playing the game for quite some time. I am unsure if this is the end of my Veronaville - I left it in a really random spot and I was getting bored, but I am very attached to those sims so I may see if its playable with all my CC changed one day.

I can't promise I will maintain motivation and get back to the game quicky, but expect to see mod releases and videos along the way.

More info in the form of my 2024 Simming Goals coming soon.

[pspkisser]

⚙️ This laptop was saved from obsolescence! [10 mins of read]

Hello!! i am making this post here to raise awareness for PC and laptop upgrades, and how it should motivate you to do that same thing to preserve yours for longer or to give it the power you need! this will feature my history with mine, as well as the steps i took to be able to make him breathe life better! this is the story of his journey, and how it went to this current day.

his name is samuel, he is an asus fx570u and i bought him back in september of 2018 after i turned 13! he was brand new during that time and priced at 800 euros, offering only 6 gb of memory and an HDD as his specs. however he does have an 8th gen core i5 as his cpu and a geforce 1050 ti for his gpu. for something marketed as a gaming pc, it's pretty low and it wouldn't allow him to run fast enough, especially for highly demanding software and causing some compatibility issues. it wasn't severe, but as i was stuck with an hdd, that meant operating systems would run pretty slow on it, also leading to long software loading times. this is made worse by the fact that its bundled system, windows 10, isn't designed to work efficiently on hdd in the first place, but at least that means i have my hands on a windows key to be able to use some windows exclusive programs..

i mainly used him to be able to use advanced video editing software and customize the games i have on it for my own taste, because back then i loved making youtube videos and it was a passion i've had for years until i've partially retired from it. i rarely bought games on it and instead opted for free-to-plays, and overall had a good time with him.

unfortunately within only 3 months, his HDD broke down and i sent him to technicians for them to replace it with another one. it was a minor accident i've had but it formatted all my data, even though it didn't matter much since i uploaded most of it to the internet. i just had to be gentle with him by trying to not moving him around too much to stop that issue from persisting... but it was still low-end in terms of system performance. i finally used him for 1 year straight before moving on to a tower pc, feeling tired about his slowness and believing i couldn't do much about it.

i used that other (unnamed) pc for almost a year, starting from 2020! they seemed to work better since it had windows 7, but embarrassingly enough that version itself stopped receiving official security updates months before i started using it, even though i was careful while accessing the internet with it. its performances were also low, but didn't really matter much since i didn't take so much advantage from the power of samuel. suddenly, i had the foolish idea of installing windows 8.1 on the latter to try to deal with the performance issues on 10, but it led to even more compatibility issues since the drivers i used were meant to be for 10 only. only by early 2021, i got win10 back on him and started using him again to get more power again.

so the low-end performance persisted for very long. back then i never knew how to upgrade pcs, so i was only used to replacing devices with others which wasn't cost-efficient. after realizing i used windows for well over 10 years, i had the idea of switching to a mac and as a result, for xmas 2021 i got myself a cute yellow silicon imac, who goes by the name of sarah! but switching to macos posed new serious challenges, such as getting used to the lack of windows compatibility and the missing features that i was used to for a long time. most of the creativity i did with her was drawings with firealpaca and krita, and cgi with blender, which wasn't really much. still, she is pretty glossy and also powerful for many of the tasks i'm performing with her. originally i also intended to sell samuel, but that never happened (i low regret that decision so much i swear).

in late 2022, samuel's performance apparently had had a big hit... he now takes approximately 20 seconds to open any program and it seemed to me like something was wrong with him. at that time i also gained interest in linux since it's a libre OS capable of much more flexibility, essentially allowing it to revive old PCs. i finally decided to get linux mint to work on him via a dual boot with win11 (what was i thinking when i "upgraded" him from 10?). the performance seemed a little better from then, but programs still took very long to open. for that reason, he had often been collecting dust as he finally became unusable.

finally we've reached 2023. this is the year i decided to take on tearing down devices to learn how to examine problems inside of them. after checking samuel's performance again, i noticed that his HDD was having extremely low writing and reading speeds compared to my tower, which made me feel disappointed. but that's when i finally decided i could be able to replace his hard disk with an ssd, a new generation which is more durable, faster, quieter and energy-efficient...

but i still had a good wait until it was possible. suddenly with my money, i found an ssd which only costed €30, and it made me happy that this would be a quick way of healing up samuel! so i rushed to get it, and finally opened him to prepare everything... unfortunately, his keyboard has to be lifted up in the process, and there are flex cables connected between it and the motherboard. but taking out the hard disk thankfully only requires a few steps; removing some screws, then inserting the SSD inside of it. after that i quickly put linux mint back into him. SO SPLENDID...

for only the price of a high budget indie game, now he can open programs very fast, close to how fast sarah can do, and just about any task works perfectly well on him with way less bugs! thanks to that fast upgrade he's become viable for daily drives again, even though i don't have other desks suitable for pcs which makes me less motivated to use him. really wish id be able to since the architecture he has (x64) means he has a lot more software he's able to handle natively...

but then, i hadn't upgraded his ram. i said before that he only had 6 gb of it, and that meant he could only work with a few programs before becoming bloated. and as i like doing power tasks on him, that obviously causes problems. so one day, i went to a pc part store out of curiosity, and became shocked when i found small ram carts that could be compatible with my laptop. after some talk with the seller, i bought 2 ddr4 carts each containing 8 gb and clocked at 2666 mhz, more than double of what i used to have. after that it was time to take on a challenge to be able to insert them myself.

when the seller asked me if i needed assistance to have the carts inserted into my laptop, i giggled internally because of my past stories with learning how to open devices and trying to troubleshoot or modify them internally. i obviously declined it which saved me money, but also meant i had to do it all myself. after an hour of painful manipulations which required me to take out the entire motherboard from samuel, while that next step was also difficult i was finally able to insert the carts into it, before placing all his components back into place. and after such a long time of waiting...

i've finally done it!

Samuel is feeling very well right now!! despite his cpu and gpu dating from over 5 years, now he can do even more tasks at a time, while also being able to read them faster, a massive improvement compared to when it was stuck with an hdd and only 6 gb of ram. i'm guessing those low specs were for the purpose of saving manufacturing costs, but until you'd find use for the components that you'd remove, they'd end up becoming waste. and with a free os like linux mint, it adds up to an even more optimized experience than windows 10, which comes with so many unwanted stuff and can't be customized very well.

have you had a similar story to mine? did that pose you challenges? i took over 40 minutes to write this entire piece of text, but it should at least be very well detailed! on the best case scenario i hope it would inspire others to do some research on upgrading PCs to preserve their lives and especially save costs. Thank you for reading the entirety of it, don't hesitate reblogging it if you think it would interest your own audience! peace for all of you 💙

[greetings-inferiors]

I’m thinking of rebooting my pc, but then I thought instead of (or maybe on top of) rebooting my pc (which would clear a lot of the shit my younger self installed, but is a great excuse to switch to Firefox and stuff), I should see if I can improve my PC’s hardware. Then I realised I straight up don’t have an ssd? So I… should probably get one. And I’m meaning to get a second monitor anyway, so I might just do some tech shopping???

If anyone knows of any cheap ssds (I think m.2 is the open slot), monitors, and I guess graphics cards too, couldn’t hurt (I have a gtx 1060, like it’s alright but could be better), let me know (I am in the uk though bear in mind)

[isolationaroundus]

💦💦💦

I bought poe2 Friday and I was beyond hyped to play the arpg of the future... And when I was able to login to the servers I realized that my old ass graphics card could not handle the game.... So I just spend all my money that I had to buy this......

I mean.... I can finally play some quality games... But even more importantly I will not be extremely depressed for the following couple weeks? I guess....

Hell yeah!!! This is the Christmas gift to myself for this year 🎁🥲

[undinoble]

PC Upgrade Journey!

(the picture is my old/current one)

I've mentioned here before how I've wanted to upgrade my almost 4 years old pc to something nicer, but I'm very against changing stuff for luxury instead of replacing things that no longer work, and it lasted for 3,5 long years, fortunately. The funniest part is that the upgrade hype really kicked in because my power supply broke.

So as I'm very invested now in getting some things in better shape I thought it might be funny to document the changes and see the final result vs the start!

And here's a special thank you for my lovely commissioners who support me and make it possible for me to enhance my work tools/work space!! 💖

Starting by my original configurations that are soon to change:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F;

Asus PRIME H410M-E DDR4 LGA1200;

T-Force Vulcan Pichau 16GB DDR4 3600MHz red (2x, only 1 originally);

Afox GeForce GTX 1050TI 4GB;

Lexar NS100 128GB 2.5" Sata III;

HD Toshiba P300 1TB 3.5" Sata III;

Mancer Thunder 500W Bronze 80 Plus (it broke and i bought the exact same, bc it worked long enough);

Mancer Fans 120mm Z100 in blue, green and red (i was so dumb choosing those fr);

Cabinet Pichau Gaming Kronen;

The whole setup costed exactly R$4,000 in February 2021 (around $750 at the time), it was custom settings and the store put it together before sending my way.

You served me well old friend 🫡

Right now I'm planning to make long term upgrades, starting by aesthetics and then weaker parts. Great news is that my computer is really well kept and all it's parts are in good condition, so I'll sell the old ones here in my country after upgrading

I'm aiming at a pleasant white and black PC with aRGB LEDs, inspired by my goal video card RTX 4060 Aero OC Gigabyte 8GB, I want to make a beautiful (and strong) setup!

Plans are: cabinet and fans are already bought, I'll buy the video card on black friday and, after I'm done paying it, a new motherboard + CPU and possibly new vRAM next year around second semester (depending on my financial situation).

This will be a wild run!

[consumedshadow-mysticmc]

More RAM

Whoop. I'm going to need to increase my computer's RAM before Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth has its PC release.

My games on STEAM have been having weird lag/glitches. It now makes sense. My PC has 16gb RAM installed.

WHEN:

Final Fantasy VII: Remake, requires 8gb RAM; and the recommended amount is 12gb.

Final Fantasy XV requires 8gb RAM, and recommends 16gb

[fix-ya-pc]

❓Myth or Fact ❓

My PC is slow, it must have a virus

Like for fact 👍🏻 or wow for myth 😮

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[murumokirby360]

My PC Upgrade Part 3 - Revival by murumokirby360

My 3rd installation was about "reviving my custom pc" w/ these upgraded parts! 🔧🖥️🙂

Pls, click here for my stories: ↓😉

• Part 1 [Feb 15th, 2024] • Part 2 [Feb 15th, 2024] • Part 3 [Feb 20th, 2024] • Part 4 [Feb 20th, 2024] • Part 5 (Final) [Feb 25th, 2024]

Tagged: @lordromulus90, @bryan360, @carmenramcat, @leapant, @rafacaz4lisam2k4, @paektu, @alexander1301

[rurpleplayssims]

*causally buying all the parts to upgrade my PC, and getting annoyed when the delivery people aren't delicate with my new motherboard!*

Been playing Skyrim SE a lot in the past three weeks (hence why I've been quiet on here) but I needed a break from writing. I wrote a lot of Muttington AX in advance for moments like this anyway.

Annnnd as Skyrim is very laggy (with my million texture mods) I felt it was time for an upgrade after 6+ years with my current rig.

[adhdbeanrambles]

So I ordered a new CPU and also a NVMe and I am very anxious about switching the CPU because I need to update the bios and if something goes wrong it'll brick the mobo and :') then I'll need to get a new one too

And then because I want to boot from the nvme I'll need to reformat my pc which also means backing up a buttload of stuff and that's its own headache because I am forgetful and anxious and I don't want to miss anything important but also I don't think there's much I want to keep anyway

I want to have games and everything as well on the nvme and just documents and stuff on the current hdd

Redownloading all the games and software is going to be a butt...

I really hope everything goes smoothly ;-;

[diagnozabam]

Windows 10: Ultimul apel pentru upgrade înainte de retragerea suportului în 2025

Producătorul de soluții antivirus ESET avertizează utilizatorii și companiile că sfârșitul suportului pentru Windows 10, programat pentru 14 octombrie 2025, impune adoptarea unor măsuri urgente. Fie că aleg să treacă la Windows 11 sau să migreze către sisteme alternative precum Linux, utilizatorii trebuie să evite riscurile de securitate asociate utilizării unui sistem de operare neactualizat. De…

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[krinren]

Just got a new graphics card 👌

[smiling-anarchy]

As someone with a ryzen 5 2600, what would be an ok cpu to upgrade to without making me bankrupt

(Should I even worry about it? Is it still good?)

[cappitek]

the absolute joy, the absolute bliss, to be able to record something on my PC and render things without it completely threatening to bluescreen 😭✨

[dimalink]

New video card Rtx 3050 Eagle!

Hurrah! Hurrah! I have got a new video card. It is Gigabyte RTX 3050 8Gb Eagle OC version. Personally, for me, it is something incredible gaming event. I don’t play in modern games, for a long time. And moment X has come. Moment Nvidia, as I can say. Moment Rtx! Moment of truth! Saying in a one word.

I set up a card. It goes well. I don’t play in modern games for a long time. Mainly, I am about retro theme. And about retro gaming. Card is in a massive case. It looks cool! Version Eagle, cool!

8Gb of video memory type GDdr6. I have never seen so lots of memory in my life. As I think, at the built-in card it was 1 gb or 2 gb. Card has a Dlss technology support. Ray Tracing. Support for Direct X 12 Ultimate. OpenGl 4.6. I tell what is it written at the box.

And for the first time I try out soft Nvidia. Nvidia experience. Nvidia Shadowplay. It can give ability to capture a game screen and record video. Very comfortable thing.  I am glad to have this card!

But, saying the truth, as I get it out, I don’t have at my computer anything modern games to test a card. And I need to wait for steam sales. I take something. I run to the sales of Warhammer games. I take Warhammer 40 000 Inquisitor Martyr. So, I take several games. 

And it has a size. 80 gb! Graphics is beautiful, I play it for a little time! So, I can say it is a first game on a modern system. And I saw I little game Illwil. Looks cool. It looks like it is action game. With horror moments. And walk and shoot. I am interested in it. I take also Warhammer Vermintide 1 and Panzer Dragoon Remake.

So, I will start to play a modern games!

Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, and some retro more.

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