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Jul 13 2019 06:21pm

Hi, I've been out of the PC building 'phase' for a long time now and I have no idea what's compatible with anything anymore. I'm looking to do some budget upgrades to my tower and well, I need some help / advice.

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883272178?Item=N82E16883272178&Tpk=N82E16883272178

Above is my current rig and I was looking at throwing this hard drive https://www.newegg.com/samsung-860-evo-series-1tb/p/N82E16820147673 at it as well as new ram sticks https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820233852. My concern is I don't recall if DDR4 will work with my current setup or if I'm limited to DDR3. I would love to upgrade the graphics and processor but that's just too far out of my budget range for now.

I mostly play Diablo 2 / 3 and Monster Hunter World lately if that's any help...

Anyway, any advice is much appreciated.

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Jul 13 2019 06:34pm

Quote (Diablodvl2 @ Jul 13 2019 08:21pm)

With that build... you would be able to use only DDR3 RAM.

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Jul 13 2019 06:41pm

Quote (Ghot @ 13 Jul 2019 20:34)

With that build... you would be able to use only DDR3 RAM.

That's what I was thinking, I couldn't remember with compatibility or not. Thank you for the input.

Any recommendations as far as the hardware or is what I have linked above pretty reputable products?

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-240-pin-ddr3-sdram/p/N82E16820231489 - DDR3 RAM since above was DDR4.

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Jul 13 2019 06:50pm

Quote (Diablodvl2 @ Jul 13 2019 08:41pm)

SSD is a very good make and model.... as for the RAM...

Get this... https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-240-pin-ddr3-sdram/p/N82E16820231611?Description=GSkill%20F3-1866C10D-16GSR&cm_re=GSkill_F3-1866C10D-16GSR-_-20-231-611-_-Product

/e Or this...

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-240-pin-ddr3-sdram/p/N82E16820231528?Description=GSkill%20F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL&cm_re=GSkill_F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL-_-20-231-528-_-Product

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Jul 14 2019 06:00pm

please dont buy pre-built
its so easy, its like adult legos
there are so many 15 minute videos on utube that are step-by-step walkthroughs for building a pc.... u cant mess it up

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Jul 14 2019 07:17pm

Quote (Motorbreath @ Jul 14 2019 05:00pm)

please dont buy pre-built
its so easy, its like adult legos
there are so many 15 minute videos on utube that are step-by-step walkthroughs for building a pc.... u cant mess it up

yes u can

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Jul 15 2019 04:38am

Quote (Halfdead14 @ Jul 14 2019 09:17pm)

yes u can

how lol
its literally plug and play
u may forget incorrectly connect the front panel power/usb cables but that doesnt cause harm
or place RAM in in correct slots

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Jul 16 2019 06:18pm

Quote (Motorbreath @ 14 Jul 2019 20:00)

please dont buy pre-built
its so easy, its like adult legos
there are so many 15 minute videos on utube that are step-by-step walkthroughs for building a pc.... u cant mess it up

I appreciate your opinion but please don't bash this thread. I had a lot of financial issues and this pre-built tower was all that I could afford at the time. I would have loved to have built one but as I said, it just wasn't in the cards for me.

Quote (Ghot @ 13 Jul 2019 20:50)

Thank you for all the help. I've been so far out of this for so long...I have to re-teach myself the basics.

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Jul 16 2019 09:48pm

oh you wanted a new build not just a new case

my bad

This post was edited by handlewithnocare on Jul 16 2019 09:49pm

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Jul 16 2019 09:53pm

software can be hard i mean imagine not knowing u need to boot from bios and someone just said u can put ur legos together

would u sit there restarting and pressing every button just to find some secret menu that doesnt make much sense

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