Budget: 1k
More specific use (what games, what programs): BnS, PoE, LoL, Black Desert
Planned time until purchase: Sooner than later
Do you need an Operating System?: All i have is an old windows 7 lying around somewere, so probably
Do you have any specific preferred components?: Nope
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: Well i always use a headset if that helps
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: Whatever gets me more speed
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: I have all periphs
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): 79407, Texas

Ive been reading a lot of the posts here and trying to learn all the new information (comp scrub). I'm tired of losing frames and not playing up to my potential lol. Would stock rigs from best buy be of any use?


Current Setup

I you aren't running into ram issues, I'd say just upgrade the graphics card for now, maybe add a SSD. That cpu is fine, and 8 gb can still work as long as you don't keep a bunch of ram hoarding programs open when you aren't using them.

hey man that's for the info! should i try and add 2 sticks of 8gb ddr4 ram instead of the one i have?

I'm with him.
ram/ssd/gpu upgrade and save some money



you can only use ddr3 ddr4 would require a new mobo and cpu.
single channel vs dual channel is negligible in most applications.

This post was edited by King Atrhur on Jan 15 2018 02:46pm

alrighty, i just spit out what i read without understanding anything ill look into upgrading those things for now and see how much it helps

So i took your guys advice and got some new components. 2x8gb ddr3 ram (showed up fine on speccy), SSD (showed up fine on speccy) and an nvidia GeForce gtx 1050ti (does not show up on speccy) NVIDIA Microsoft Basic Display Adapter (EVGA)- that is what showed up. did i do something wrong?

DDU Instructions - Nvidia
1. Get this program, here: https://www.wagnardsoft.com/ ...get tyhe latest version, and save it to your desktop.
2. Get your vid card driver here, use the Manual Search: http://www.geforce.com/drivers ...save this to your desktop.
3. Run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) choose the "Highly Recommend Option", and just do what it tells you. If it wants to go into "Safe Mode", let it.
4. After it's done and comp has rebooted to normal mode, just double click the Nvidia driver to install. If it want's to reboot, let it.

I forgot to install drivers, so I uninstalled everything related to nvidia. Then I put in the disk that came with it and am currently going through that process. Currently sitting at a black screen though..

It works better if you just do what the directions say.

Also, the Nvidia drivers on the website are probably newer than the ones on the CD.

All seems to be well now. Thanks for the troubleshooting help! Is it bad to not have nvidia? I wish I had more cables inside my tower... can't have my CD drive and ssd plugged in at the same time lol