Old PC graphic cards died, considering upgrading it a bit
RAM: 2x GSKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 DIMM Power Supply: Antec True Power New 650W Power Supply w/ Quad +12V, 120mm Fan Motherboard: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 w/ Dual DDR3 2133, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, 1394, CrossFireX / SLI CPU: Intel Core™ i5-2500K Processor, 3.30GHz w/ 6MB Cache Video Card: eVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDMI
My computer is about 6 years old. My graphics card died and I'm running on its crappy integrated cards now. Not written is the spec is a 1 TB HDD, also about 5 years old.
I don't have the money for buying an entirely new computer so I'm wondering what kind of upgrades people would consider.
Mainly: I was looking at the GTX 1060, and to buying an SSD.
I was wondering if I should just add 2x 4 GBs RAM on top as well, apparently 8 GB isn't enough anymore.
And all in all, is this a good idea? My motherboard is as old as the computer, I don't know how sturdy these things are these days but I don't want it failing in a year.
I'm just looking for confirmations or other suggestions. I'd also like to know which SSD or which RAM you'd recommend me to buy with this system.
NOTE: Yes I'm going Nvidia, I don't want to debate that part. I do it for software-related reasons. If you have card suggestions, please keep it between Nvidia cards.
Posted Nov 9, 2017, 4:14 PM UTC
The 1060 and SSD sound like solid plans, as they are transferable to a new PC that you might build one day.
The RAM upgrade might cause me to think twice. RAM prices are high and DDR3 cannot be used in new systems. So if you upgrade to a new PC in a year or so, it might be money lost.