Gaming pc upgrade questions.

[paul71]

Hi, I’m looking for a bit of advise on a gaming pc I just purchased. I bought it for my daughter, the pc is used but no point in spending fortunes until I see if my daughter uses it or not.
I’m wanting to upgrade the pc but looking for advise as to what I can upgrade to and what I would need. The pc case has no labels etc but the motherboard is MSI 970A-G43 plus. It only has 8gb ram but also shows only 3.95 usable. It has a 500gb hard drive, runs on windows 10 pro and has a nvidia geforce GTX970.

I’m hoping to increase the ram to maybe 16gb? Maybe change to 1TB SSD? Also the pc has no WiFi so only connection via ethernet. I’d like to add WiFi if it’s possible?

I know the pc isn’t the best and it won’t be the fastest but the previous owners son used it to mainly play fortnite. It will have similar use with my daughter.

Any advise with what I can upgrade and where to buy would be very much appreciated. I’m more than happy installing hardware, I just get lost in all the tech of what will and won’t work.

[paul71]

Just to add…I just opened the case as I wanted to see the ram sticks. I’ll try to post a picture but clearly more than 8gb.[ATTACH type=“full”]12947[/ATTACH]

[xrobwx71]

That motherboard supports up to 32 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866/2133. I would toss the ones you have as you should not mix brands/ sizes of ram. You can but you shouldn’t.

RAM

This SSD would be great.

[xrobwx71]

Is it safe to say those ram sticks are knackered.

Yes, get rid of them.

You are very welcome!

[Bruce]

I’ll also throw in - if possible stay with the ethernet connection.
they tend to be much more stable, reliable, and faster than a wireless connection.

of course the wifi comes down to the quality and architecture generation of both the router and the PC wifi adapter, distance, interference, building material, etc - but typically ethernet is the preferred method if you ever have a choice.

[paul71]

I’ll also throw in - if possible stay with the ethernet connection.
they tend to be much more stable, reliable, and faster than a wireless connection.

of course the wifi comes down to the quality and architecture generation of both the router and the PC wifi adapter, distance, interference, building material, etc - but typically ethernet is the preferred method if you ever have a choice.

Thanks for that. My daughter doesn’t live with me so I’m unsure if she has an ethernet going to her room. I much prefer the ethernet connection but if it isn’t possible, the WiFi option would be the only way forward. Looking at the motherboard it does have a PCI-E slot.

[Bruce]

@paul71 - still need help?

[Bruce]

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