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What should I upgrade on my PC (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/recommendations@lemmy.world
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So I’ve had this thing for half a decade at this point. It was the first PC I ever got and I’ve been dealing with it being a PC which was cheap and not made for gaming. I’d like to see if there’s any recommendations I can add or upgrade to make it better rather than buying a entirely new PC

Here’s the specs

Acer Aspire TC-875

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz

8.00 GB (7.89 GB usable)

Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (128 MB)

477 GB SSD

Id like to cram a GPU in there if possible but I suck at hardware related topics so I’m not sure if could, which one I would, etc

So any recommendations would be helpful thank you!

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[–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

The power supply of your system looks to be limited to 300W, that will limit your GPU choice severely.

I had a look on Newegg, and it looks like you might be able to squeeze in an RTX3050, which would be a good upgrade, but personally, I would go for more RAM first.

You are limited to only DDR4 memory, but you can max it out with 32GB. I checked on Newegg, and you can get a kit from Crucial with two 16GB modules for less than 150USD:

https://www.newegg.com/crucial-32gb-ddr4-3200-cas-latency-cl22-desktop-memory-green/p/N82E16820156269

If we got back to your PSU, your power supply, here you need to verify if it is a standard PSU, computer manufacturers like Dell and HP will often use non standard power supplies, I don't know about Acer, so you need to research that before you run out and buy a new PSU and GPU if you want something more powerful.

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