WIndows 10 Upgrading my PC

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Aglo

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Hello guys. I have a PC with this hardware:

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(Slot #2 is the same)

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As you can see, it's pretty old. Specially the motherboard. What recomendations do you have for upgrading it? I have plans of keeping the RAM and Graphics card (and more stuff, but I don't really know what can I re-use), so, I need a brand new compatible motherboard.
 
DDR4 2133 is pretty slow at CL15, plus new platforms are DDR5. I'd be budgeting for mobo/cpu/ram, even if you went for a DDR4 solution.

What budget are you working with? Where do you feel it struggles the most?
 
beers said:
DDR4 2133 is pretty slow at CL15, plus new platforms are DDR5. I'd be budgeting for mobo/cpu/ram, even if you went for a DDR4 solution.

What budget are you working with? Where do you feel it struggles the most?
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I think the main problem is the CPU. I dont feel a RAM problem (I can open a lot of stuff at once, except demanding games), but in big RTS games like Stellaris the game drops FPS because of the high amount of CPU usage. Also, i'm quite sure that the current cpu is a bottleneck for the graphic card. I can afford like $300 for upgrades.
 
A 6400 isn't a bottleneck for a 1050Ti. That card was mid-low range when it was released in 2016.
 
Aglo said:
Hello guys. I have a PC with this hardware:

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(Slot #2 is the same)

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As you can see, it's pretty old. Specially the motherboard. What recomendations do you have for upgrading it? I have plans of keeping the RAM and Graphics card (and more stuff, but I don't really know what can I re-use), so, I need a brand new compatible motherboard.
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Aglo said:
Hello guys. I have a PC with this hardware:

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With the above specifications I can recommend the following to increase system performance without the need of replacing the motherboard:

Swap the RAM with two DDR-4 2400Mhz modules.

If you have a HDD then swap for a SSD.

Upgrade your CPU to an Intel® Core™ i7-7700K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)

What OS do you have? Consider Windows 11 --- which would (have) to be a clean install.

Have you tweaked this registry setting: DisablePagingExecutive ?

If not it can be found via HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System /Control/Session Manager/Memory Management.

Disable all the services which are not require via msconfig

For the age of you system you can also tweak this memory management tweak which will be in the same location as the first tweak to match the same amount of level 2 cache as on the CPU: SecondLevelDataCache

I personally believe it is well worth paying for a subscription for a decent 3rd party firewall like "Glasswire" and then you can be 100% certain that you have switched of all programs which will constant be using your internet connection which must be using your system resources running in the background.

That is pretty much it and of course every now and then house clean your system with a 3rd party application like CCleaner to help unclog your system with unnecessary files which could or will slow system performance.
 
P Bowry said:
With the above specifications I can recommend the following to increase system performance without the need of replacing the motherboard:

Swap the RAM with two DDR-4 2400Mhz modules.

If you have a HDD then swap for a SSD.

Upgrade your CPU to an Intel® Core™ i7-7700K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)

What OS do you have? Consider Windows 11 --- which would (have) to be a clean install.

Have you tweaked this registry setting: DisablePagingExecutive ?

If not it can be found via HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System /Control/Session Manager/Memory Management.

Disable all the services which are not require via msconfig

For the age of you system you can also tweak this memory management tweak which will be in the same location as the first tweak to match the same amount of level 2 cache as on the CPU: SecondLevelDataCache

I personally believe it is well worth paying for a subscription for a decent 3rd party firewall like "Glasswire" and then you can be 100% certain that you have switched of all programs which will constant be using your internet connection which must be using your system resources running in the background.

That is pretty much it and of course every now and then house clean your system with a 3rd party application like CCleaner to help unclog your system with unnecessary files which could or will slow system performance.
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WoW, thank you so much! Are you sure that CPU is compatible with the motherboard? I remember seeing that the max cpu compatible was a 6700k
 
Aglo said:
I dont feel a RAM problem
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P Bowry said:
Swap the RAM with two DDR-4 2400Mhz modules.
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You gain less than 1% by spending on 2400 modules.

P Bowry said:
Upgrade your CPU to an Intel® Core™ i7-7700K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
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There's no need for a K SKU as he can't adjust the multiplier anyway, the 7700 is only 6-7% faster in most workloads. If you can find one less expensively then that's cool, although most of the ebay prices seem to be nearly triple the cost of a 6700.
 
Aglo said:
WoW, thank you so much! Are you sure that CPU is compatible with the motherboard? I remember seeing that the max cpu compatible was a 6700k
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Aglo said:
WoW, thank you so much! Are you sure that CPU is compatible with the motherboard? I remember seeing that the max cpu compatible was a 6700k
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The motherboard manual is showing that your motherboard will support CPUs up to TDP 65w so any CPU without a "k" will work just fine including:

Intel® Core™ i7-7700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)

The manual is also showing that the maximum RAM which your motherboard will automatically clock at is 2333Mhz and not 2400Mhz as originally first thought because your motherboard bios is v2 going by the CPU-Z report.

MEDION Service

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Comparing the two CPUs you should get 25% increase performance overall:

cpu.userbenchmark.com

UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-6400 vs i7-7700

Based on 428,174 user benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-6400 and the Core i7-7700, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,476 CPUs.
cpu.userbenchmark.com cpu.userbenchmark.com
 
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