Help making my PC good for gaming....

[dreamcast210]

Raistline said:

dreamcast210 said:
Got an update on how things went.

Uninstalled the integrated Intel graphics driver. Shut down the PC. The graphics card fit fine. I just had to slide my wireless card down a notch since the graphics card took up two slots. Booted up the PC and installed the latest Nvidia driver for the GTX 960. My son tested Minecraft (I know, I know, not that graphics intensive) and was getting 200-300 fps on unlimited.

I don't have any graphics intensive games yet, but I remembered that back in the winter I got Shadow Complex Remastered for free when Epic had the special offer. Previously, if I tried to play the game it wouldn't even boot up. Now I can not only play it but I can max out the settings. Played a little bit this morning (fun metroidvania style game by the way) and all was smooth as butter.

I'll probably upgrade the CPU at some point just to keep the PC as current as possible to play a larger selection of games.

Gotta say thanks to all of you who helped. I learned a lot about this stuff from you and you made the process no hassle and simple.

Game on!

Awesome man,

Glad to hear everything went so well with your build. When you are ready for a CPU upgrade just let usknow and we will try to help you find the best part for your build and will offer lot's of advice, especially since the CPU is the most difficult part to replace on a PC. Not saying it is difficult to replace, just the most difficult. 

Enjoy your new system and take advantage of the Nvidia's Geforce Experience app. It helps a lot to optimize game settings based on your PCs architecture so you don't have to fiddle with settings just to get a game to run smooth.

I've done some research based on my PC and found that the i5-2500 is probably my best bet for a CPU. I've even watched some YouTube videos about how to replace it. Right now, I'm not running any games that require it. But I know at some point in the future I will. So I'll probably revisit this thread when the time comes for help.

Thanks again!