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[HELP] Upgrading my PC (lemmy.cat)

submitted 1 year ago by retiolus@lemmy.cat to c/hardware@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cat/post/203000

I bought this PC 5 years ago, today it struggles a bit on some games that require a lot of CPU. The graphics card is doing pretty well.

I'd like to update it, starting with the CPU, and switch to AMD, for better compatibility with Linux and notably to be able to encode videos more easily, I often edit long +4K videos.

Do you have any advice? The aim would be not to change my motherboard. And for the new components to last 5 years too? You can also advise me on graphics cards.

Here's the PC configuration:

Processor type: Intel Core i5 9600KF (6 cores - 3.70 Ghz - Turbo 4.60 Ghz - Cache 9 Mo - TDP 95W)

CPU cooling model: Be Quiet Dark Rock 4

Motherboard model: MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk

Memory size: 16 GB

Memory type: DDR4

Memory frequency(s): DDR4 2666 MHz

RAM brand: Gskill

Graphics chipset: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

Video memory size: 8 GB

Graphics card reference: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X

Case format: Medium Tower

Case model: Zalman Z7 Neo

Power: 550 W

Power supply model: Seasonic Focus GX Gold

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[–] qazwsxedcrfv000@lemmy.unknownsys.com 1 points 1 year ago

Motherboard has to be changed no matter you are upgrading to the latest Intel or moving to AMD. CPU-wise I dun think AMD is significantly more compatible with Linux than Intel... You may have confused the situation with GPU.

AM4 is on its last leg. So if you really make a change to AMD, I suggest moving to AM5 which means you need to drop your RAM too as AM5 only supports DDR5.