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shikamaru317 said:
Ryuu96 said:

Really? Lmao.

I mean this PC has been working fine for 4 years but I've never actually bothered trying to use it for Gaming, Lol.

I wouldn't swap the OS either way, I'm happy to PC Game with Windows and I'm happy to use a combo of PC Game Pass + Steam.

Is that all I need to do? Replace the GPU? Lol.

For now yeah, a GPU upgrade would really be all you need. In a few years you will probably want to change out the motherboard, CPU, and RAM, because by that point games will be wanting a newer CPU and DDR5 RAM, but nothing released recently would really be handicapped by that CPU and RAM. Probably will want to get a 2nd, larger SSD as well when you do that upgrade in a few years, just make sure the motherboard you get at that time has 2 M2 slots so that you can use both your old SSD and the new one (or you could sell the old one and just get a larger single one).

I'm thinking about just fucking around with this current PC and upgrading the easy pieces like the GPU/SSD and then playing a few Sony games on Steam as a test bed then in a few years from now I'll just start fresh because the idea of replacing the entire motherboard or CPU terrifies me (Lmao) so I'll likely just start fresh with a PC builder site (yeah yeah, I know, I'm going to be told to build it yourself! Blah blah! Lol) while building up experience replacing the easier shit.

Then dump this PC on one of my nieces or nephews, Lol.

If I fuck up then I fuck up, I'm not particularly attached to this PC, Lol.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 04 July 2025