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What should I upgrade on my PC (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 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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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

Adding onto this, it looks like the motherboard has an unusual layout (assuming it's the same as shown in this thread) and that may make fitting some GPUs in physically difficult/impossible. Well, at least without sticking a riser in and turning it into a tentacle monster...

I suggest opening the case up and measuring clearances before getting parts.