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May 28 2017 06:04pm
So my pc has been running sluggish lately. mostly when playing videos or h1z1.

Looking to upgrade my graphics card and ram. I've never upgraded a part before, is it easy as just taking out the graphics card and ram and putting in the new one while my computer is unplugged?

Also need help on the parts as i have no idea since i haven't bought a computer part in 4 years. I dont want to spend too much but i want it to be a decent upgrade if possible. Looking to spend less than $300 for my graphics card + ram combined and am looking to only use amazon since i have a couple giftcards.

Here is what I'm currently using:

1 x G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)

EVGA GeForce GTX 670 DirectX 11 02G-P4-2670-KR 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0

Any help is appreciated <3

Oh here is my motherboard incase that matters:

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

This post was edited by Disn3y on May 28 2017 06:06pm
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May 28 2017 06:17pm
make sure when your changing parts that your power supply is fully off by clicking the switch. yes it's that easy to change ram, but for your video card you'll need to uninstall all your drivers first, then when you put the new one in install all the new drivers

and imo your ram is fine, best suggestion would be to save enough for a gtx 1070, otherwise you can get a gtx 1060 and should see a bunch of improvement
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May 28 2017 08:06pm
What cpu are you using? It might be helpful to know if that needs to be upgraded as well :)
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May 28 2017 08:39pm
Quote (Penguins0690 @ May 28 2017 09:06pm)
What cpu are you using? It might be helpful to know if that needs to be upgraded as well :)


Yea im probably gonna be bottlenecking but i really don't wanna upgrade that yet since im pretty sure my bigger issue is the gpu/memory since its been running high % and lagging a bit lately.

Intel i5-3470 @ 3.20ghz

Quote (Jarester @ May 28 2017 07:17pm)
make sure when your changing parts that your power supply is fully off by clicking the switch. yes it's that easy to change ram, but for your video card you'll need to uninstall all your drivers first, then when you put the new one in install all the new drivers

and imo your ram is fine, best suggestion would be to save enough for a gtx 1070, otherwise you can get a gtx 1060 and should see a bunch of improvement


ty for the advise :hug:

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May 29 2017 10:25pm
If your PC is sluggish when playing videos you may need a new hard drive. I would look into upgrading to a Solid State drive if you do not already have.

You don't need new ram and likely won't see much of any benefit on just h1z1. Ram has recently jumped up quite a bit in price, so my only caution is with budget. (all memory prices in all products are rising)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KUCL25Y/?tag=pcpapi-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F9G43WU/?tag=pcpapi-20

these are some of the best priced ssd and gpu on amazon atm.

edit if you do have an ssd then i would still ask other questions about video running slow because it takes a lot of video to choke hardware at your level (except hard drive)
edit edit: h1z1 is pretty cpu dependent but in most other titles your i5 shouldn't be a problem :)

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May 30 2017 07:36am
Best choices would be one of the following combos
SSD + 1050ti
SSD + 1060
SSD + 480
SSD + 580

Ranked from "worst" to best for your budget. Get the most expensive that fits your budget :)

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May 30 2017 07:57am
I have a Samsung 250gb ssd that I got about 4 years ago when I built it. It is out of space though pretty much so do you guys thing a new one would make the game run smoother? I have reinstalled games on this ssd many times so could be an issue I guess. I'll take a look into the gpu's for sure and see which one I can afford. Are those gpu comparison websites pretty accurate? The ones that let you compare your graphics card to another one.


Thanks for all the help :hug:
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May 30 2017 11:30am
So you have just a 256 gb SSD or do you have a hard drive too?
If you only have a SSD, I would get a 1 TB HDD and transfer everything over to that (except programs u use consistently, think apps, not games). Maybe keep 1-2 games on SSD.

HDD would cost 50ish, which leaves you with $250 for gpu

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May 30 2017 01:13pm
Quote (Disn3y @ May 30 2017 09:57am)
I have a Samsung 250gb ssd that I got about 4 years ago when I built it. It is out of space though pretty much so do you guys thing a new one would make the game run smoother? I have reinstalled games on this ssd many times so could be an issue I guess. I'll take a look into the gpu's for sure and see which one I can afford. Are those gpu comparison websites pretty accurate? The ones that let you compare your graphics card to another one.


Thanks for all the help :hug:


if videos are choking on that I would probably look att doing a wipe on your current ssd and doing as someone said and freeing up storage on it somehow (perhaps by adding another 1tb drive or upgrading to a 480gb ssd)
SSDs become significantly slower once you have used up X% of space.
Past a hard drive being slower than normal or you choking your PC with too many processes, I can't see a reason for a video to throttle.

Those gpu comparisons websites are not accurate.
if you want to compare 2 gpus I recommend just doing a youtube search to see the comparison performance in some games. If the difference is clear, then make your choice. if it isn't clear, i wouldn't worry because that just means the cards are competitive and you'd be good with whichever is cheaper /budget fitting :)
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May 30 2017 02:03pm
Quote (Rapture @ May 30 2017 02:13pm)
if videos are choking on that I would probably look att doing a wipe on your current ssd and doing as someone said and freeing up storage on it somehow (perhaps by adding another 1tb drive or upgrading to a 480gb ssd)
SSDs become significantly slower once you have used up X% of space.
Past a hard drive being slower than normal or you choking your PC with too many processes, I can't see a reason for a video to throttle.

Those gpu comparisons websites are not accurate.
if you want to compare 2 gpus I recommend just doing a youtube search to see the comparison performance in some games. If the difference is clear, then make your choice. if it isn't clear, i wouldn't worry because that just means the cards are competitive and you'd be good with whichever is cheaper /budget fitting :)


which gpu websites? anachtech, ltt, guru3d, tpu, tweaktown, and few others
I'd take many review sites before some random youtube videos,

op dont get 1050ti if coming from 670 its like a side grade
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