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Hi, I want to upgrade my PC to be able to play the new Half-Life in all its glory and I need help. [EU]

Greetings friends,

My PC is 4 years old more less and it's decent enough, but it can't handle things as I wish it could. I can play most games in medium/high at 30/60 fps depending on the game, but it's asking for an upgrade.

The problem is that I'm a bit lost about what should I upgrade, since I don't know if I should change the motherboard.

My specs are the following:

Operating System

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

CPU

Intel Core i5 6600 @ 3.30GHz	29 °C

Skylake 14nm Technology

RAM

16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1063MHz (15-15-15-35)

Motherboard

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H170 PRO GAMING (LGA1151)	25 °C

Graphics

XG2402 SERIESV (1920x1080@144Hz)

M220DXML (1920x1080@59Hz)

2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (MSI)	59 °C

Storage

931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB102 (SATA )	27 °C

223GB KINGSTON SUV400S37240G (SATA-2 (SSD))	27 °C

Optical Drives

No optical disk drives detected

Audio

Realtek High Definition Audio

How can I extend its lifespan without wasting too much money? I'd like to get more years out of it and be able to enjoy what's to come for VR. Can I just upgrade the CPU and GPU? Or should I change my motherboard?

Thank you very much for reading and looking foward to your replies!

Posted Dec 1, 2019, 1:25 PM UTC

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