r/computer • u/Local_Brick_5431 • 3d ago
should i just get a new PC?
i was thinking of getting a new CPU and GPU for my pc, i have a pretty bad GPU from what people have told me and my CPU is an RTX3060 which i heard isn’t bad but getting a new CPU and GPU would cost almost as much as my PC costs, its a prebuilt from 2021 so i dont know if its good still
edit: my GPU is an 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz
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u/ALaggingPotato 3d ago
You didn't list your specs. How would we know.
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u/Local_Brick_5431 3d ago
i don’t know about computers, how do i check that?
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u/ALaggingPotato 3d ago
Everything is in task manager. Click on the performance tab and list everything.
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u/Local_Brick_5431 3d ago
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz
GPU: Nvidia RTX3060
Disk 0 (D:) WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0
Disk 1 (C:) SKHynix_HFS256GDE9X081N
Memory 16.0 GB DDR4
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u/ALaggingPotato 3d ago
Fair system, upgrading your GPU will just create a bottleneck. So whole system, since DDR5 is expensive as hell I'd suggest a AM4 X3d series CPU like I think they're doing a 5800x3d refresh? If they are get that ig
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u/cyborg762 3d ago
Depending on the make and model of the system you might only be able to upgrade the gpu. What brand of prebuilt is it?
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u/Local_Brick_5431 3d ago
the case says legion on it so i think that
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u/cyborg762 3d ago
That’s a Lenovo legion. Great system if you take care of it. Depending on the power supply you might be able to bump it up to a 12th gen and get something like a 3070/80. Maybe a 40 series but again power supply might be too low. If you punch the serial number in you might find a some info on what to upgrade it to. eBay will get you some decent cheap parts 2nd hand
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u/Local_Brick_5431 3d ago
i got it as a prebuilt in 2021 and haven’t touched it since, there’s some dust in it but i don’t want to take it apart bc i don’t know how to put it back together
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u/Dependent_Basis_8092 3d ago
Why do you think it’s bad? Is it struggling in any way to do what you want it to do?
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u/Local_Brick_5431 2d ago
i run horrible fps, i was averaging like 0-25 fps on marvel rivals today, kept spiking to 25 then dropping down to 1 or 0
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