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[keraj37]

Who ever posts first due to this enormous occasion gets gold from me and a beer*.

I swapped my very old Athlon II X4 640 for a little bit younger FX-8300 8 core black edition - thanks to this swap I am going to play all new games that are using denuvo crap in them. I am installing Far Cry 5 as we speak.

*beer only in my local pub

 

[DESTROYA]

Congrats?
No Ryzen love but you’d probably need a new Mobo, what GPU do you have with this set up?

 

[keraj37]

Congrats?
No Ryzen love but you’d probably need a new Mobo, what GPU do you have with this set up?

I have GTX 1070 and this setup runs every thing smoothly. Even was with slower athlon on board.

I know I need new mobo but still I had bargain on hand with this FX ($50) and all run on it without problem, so why would I change now.
My mobo is 760gm-p21(fx).

 

[H4ze]

Gratz mate, that's always a great feeling

 

[Stuart360]

 

[Jigsaah]

can i have summa dat spam/charred bubblegum you got goin on there?

 

[LokusAbriss]

Still rocking my i5 2500k. Still okay with my GTX 1060. But cpu heavy games (ACC) are not running well. Most of my gaming is on my One X, so I will wait how the situation turns out next year. Need nearly everything new.

I decided against an update like yours.

 

[keraj37]

Still rocking my i5 2500k. Still okay with my GTX 1060. But cpu heavy games (ACC) are not running well. Most of my gaming is on my One X, so I will wait how the situation turns out next year. Need nearly everything new.

I decided against an update like yours.

compare mine with yours

I looose

 

[LokusAbriss]

compare mine with yours

I looose

So what? As long as it works and lets you play your desired games, you win.

 

[daveonezero]

Good job. I think your setup Is fine. NO need to go with the newest and fastest. A mobs swap usually means new Ram and other things.

 

[keraj37]

So what? As long as it works and lets you play your desired games, you win.

Compelty agreed. That is why I keep my old setup as it is still rockin'.

Good job. I think your setup Is fine. NO need to go with the newest and fastest. A mobs swap usually means new Ram and other things.

And $1000 in costs. I prefere to save right now and invest in things that give returns.

 

[hunthunt]

I may be a huge console warrior but I have to admit like evrerybody else that swapping PC pieces and turning on new configurations to get better performances is just an amazing feeling. Not as great as reading the manuals and istalling your brand new PlayStation under your tv but cool anyway.

 

[mango drank]

How old is that mobo? I'm impressed it can run a GTX 1070. I had a machine from around the era of your original CPU (I had an i5 2500), but I tried to upgrade my GPU to a 1070 too, but it turned out that needed UEFI to work, and I think my mobo could support only the old BIOS. There weren't any more firmware updates available, so I had to build a whole new machine.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Erm...

F?

 

[Harlock]

Hope you followed The Verge guide.

 

[Lux R7]

 

[ClanOfNone]

I don't think I'll ever build again, it's too stressful for me, I freak out over everything, then the troubleshooting if you can't get it up and running....
I did it once, and while I did get a pretty good feeling of accomplishment, I'll never do it again.

Decent prebuilts can be found in the sea of garbage that's out there, you've gotta shop around and have a decent knowledge of components though. Most towns of a decent size will have local shops too.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

I can't wait to build a new one. Not sure what I'll do with my current one when the time comes. It can be tough to sell a high end PC.

 

[waylo]

Just did the same thing brother. Upgraded from a 4790k to a 3800X. Feels good.

 

[DESTROYA]

keraj37
Thank you for the gold , it’s very much appreciated but not necessary, thanks again, you are very kind sir.

To tell you the truth I would rather have the beer and next rounds are on me...lol

 

[Fbh]

 

[brap]

Congrats you did something a 5 year old could do

 

[Ar¢tos]

I don't believe you!
Single handed?
The most important question of all... What was your other hand doing the whole time?

 

[Bonfires Down]

 

[Lupin3]

Congratulations!

I know the feeling of booting up the computer after installing new CPU's and coolers. Or flashing BIOS.

 

[keraj37]

How old is that mobo? I'm impressed it can run a GTX 1070. I had a machine from around the era of your original CPU (I had an i5 2500), but I tried to upgrade my GPU to a 1070 too, but it turned out that needed UEFI to work, and I think my mobo could support only the old BIOS. There weren't any more firmware updates available, so I had to build a whole new machine.

The mobo 760gm-p21(fx) is around from 2011 - and yeah I wasn't sure it will run with GTX1070 but it did.

Just did the same thing brother. Upgraded from a 4790k to a 3800X. Feels good.

Yeah, feels good!

Congratulations!

I know the feeling of booting up the computer after installing new CPU's and coolers. Or flashing BIOS.

Where did you get picture of me from yesterday?

 

[Lupin3]

Where did you get picture of me from yesterday?