I recently picked up a budget PC for around $600-$700 from a store, and while I've done some upgrades, it still struggles to run many games. I'm wondering if it would be wiser to sell my current setup and invest in a completely new PC, or should I focus on upgrading my existing one further?
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When you mentioned the $500 budget, is that for both the graphics card and power supply? And yes, there are plenty of YouTube videos on how to enable XMP in your BIOS if you want to go that route for an easy performance gain!
Your biggest bottleneck seems to be the GPU, which is quite outdated now. Upgrading to a modern graphics card, like the RX 9060 XT 16GB, plus a new power supply could significantly boost your performance. If you enable XMP in your BIOS, you could also improve the RAM speed for free! It's a cost-effective path compared to getting an entirely new system.
To give a solid recommendation, we really need to know the specs of your current PC. You might want to try out HWInfo64 to get a detailed report. Knowing your power supply specifics would help too, so if you can, check that out later. But without that info, it's a bit tricky to advise you on the best route to take.
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