Pyrian on 19/11/2015 at 23:34
Used to be, I'd typically replace a computer after ~4 years, usually when the motherboard fried. But then, used to be, a 4 year old computer was practically a paperweight anyway, if it was even still running. My current computer was purchased in January 2011, which makes it coming towards 5 years old. And my shiny new Oculus Rift DK2 rejects it outright.
Buuut... It's got 6 cores running at 2.6 gHz each, and 8 GB RAM. I look at replacements in my price range, and they might have 4 cores at 4.0 gHz with 16 GB RAM. Seems incremental, not exponential (especially for applications that use 6 cores well). And heck, I could add some RAM if I need to, and I'm not even sure I do.
So I'm thinking of just getting the recommended GTX 970 graphics card and swapping out my old AMD Radeon HD 5700 series.
voodoo47 on 20/11/2015 at 18:37
if the pc still does what you want it to do in a way you like, why not? the new card will probably be a slight overkill but then again, you can still use it once you decide to upgrade mb and the rest of the parts.
Pyrian on 20/11/2015 at 22:54
Quote Posted by voodoo47
...you can still use it once you decide to upgrade mb and the rest of the parts.
That's pretty much what I'm thinking, too. I got the video card. We'll see how it works when I get a chance to install it.
Pyrian on 21/11/2015 at 05:43
Welp. Time for a new power supply.
bikerdude on 24/11/2015 at 12:41
Download and run a program called (
https://www.piriform.com/speccy) Speccy, so we can see the full spec of your machine. In addition can you list the make/model of your PSU..
