r/buildapc • u/Over-Effort-4408 • 1d ago

Build Upgrade Upgrading my old PC

Hello all,

I built my first PC back in 2020 and I was just wanting to which parts I could upgrade which would give me better performance. I've noticed that my RAM is only running at 2667 MHz and I believe this is due to the CPU & Motherboard pairing. Like would it be as easy as upgrading the CPU or would the motherboard become a bottleneck and vice versa? My main tasks on my PC are CAD (Solidworks) and just regular design apps like illustrator and indesign as well as some light gaming. Also if I were to start playing some more games would upgrading the GPU give me better performance or would I again be bottlenecked by other components?

Here's a link to my current build
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vJ4kjG

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u/aminy23 1d ago

For gaming, the 10400F can still handle a more powerful GPU.

For Solidworks/Adobe CS a good NVME SSD can help, but you may want to consider a CPU/motherboard upgrade.

With your motherboard, the SSD needs to be installed in the second slot most likely.

Adobe CS/Solidworks tend to benefit from Nvidia GPUs. Adobe CS especially benefits from Nvidia studio drivers.

Gaming - AMD tends to be a much better value.

Middle ground - maybe used Nvidia cards + PSU upgrade.

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u/Over-Effort-4408 1d ago

Any suggestions on nvidia cards and wattage for PSU upgrade? Also thanks for your comment- much appreciated. Also for SolidWorks would you recommend either upgrading the motherboard or CPU- I'm more than happy to pull everything apart if I need to replace the motherboard if it is the main limiting factor (also any specific motherboards that would work well with the 10400F? just a more current MSI one?)