Upgrading ?

[Dior]

I’m very new to the computer scene and I’m not by any means building my own pc but instead I’ve had a pre-built for a couple of months and was wondering the best part/parts to look at for an upgrade that could potentially improve my PCs ability to run games better performance wise. This pc is not the best by any means and that is why I’m looking for help on how to and what to upgrade. I’ll leave my specs below:

Chassis Model: Digital Storm Lynx - Level 2 (MPN-9700F-1650)

Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish

Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish

Processor: Intel Core i7-9700F (4.7 GHz Turbo) (8-Core) 3.0 GHz (Not Overclockable)

Motherboard: ASUS / MSI / ASRock (Intel Chipset) (Up to 2x PCI-E Devices)

System Memory: 8GB DDR4 Digital Storm Performance Series

Power Supply: 600W Digital Storm Performance Series (Supports up to an NVIDIA RTX 2070 GPU)

Expansion Bay: - No Thanks

Optical Drive: - No Thanks

Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (240GB Digital Storm Performance Series)

Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (2TB Seagate / Toshiba)

Storage Set 3: - No Thanks

RAID Config: - No Thanks

RAID Card: - No Thanks

Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)

Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce GTX 1650 4GB

Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio

HPC Processor: - No Thanks

Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: High-Performance Copper Heat Pipe Cooler

HydroLux Tubing Style: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected

HydroLux Fluid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected

Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)

Chassis Fans: Digital Storm Performance Series (RGB Fans)

Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)

Airflow Control: - No Thanks

Chassis Mods: - No Thanks

Noise Reduction: - No Thanks

LaserMark: - No Thanks

CPU Boost: Stock Factory Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking

Graphics: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)

OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit Edition)

Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows 10 Installation (Format and Clean Install)

Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows 10)

Office: - No Thanks

Mouse Pad: Digital Storm Premium Mouse Pad (Standard Size) (Stitched Edges)

Display: - No Thanks

Surge Shield: - No Thanks

Speakers: - No Thanks

Keyboard: Digital Storm MasterKeys Lite Bundle (RGB) Keyboard & Mouse

Mouse: ASUS ROG Gladius II Aura Sync USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse

[phillpower2]

Sorry but such generic lists are of no use to us as they do not give us the true picture.

[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Can you post the brand and model name or number of the power supply (PSU).

Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

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[Dior]

Here is the speccy link : http://speccy.piriform.com/results/D...txlA7gRbvNjRVs
Thanks again for the assistance !

[phillpower2]

Can you post the brand and model name or number of the power supply (PSU).

Your computer would benefit from a better GPU but before being able to advise on what you should go for we 100% need to have the PSU info in case that needs to be upgraded as well, the PC having been put together by a large system builder means that the PSU will most likely be a cheap one I`m afraid.

Other than a new GPU I can only see upgrading the RAM to two 8GB sticks of the same spec as being worthwhile, you CPU is locked and cannot be overclocked which is pretty much what limits your options when it comes to the speed of the RAM that you can use.

[Dior]

Your computer would benefit from a better GPU but before being able to advise on what you should go for we 100% need to have the PSU info in case that needs to be upgraded as well, the PC having been put together by a large system builder means that the PSU will most likely be a cheap one I`m afraid.

Other than a new GPU I can only see upgrading the RAM to two 8GB sticks of the same spec as being worthwhile, you CPU is locked and cannot be overclocked which is pretty much what limits your options when it comes to the speed of the RAM that you can use.

I’ve taken off both my side and front panels in an attempt to find the brand and model name or number of the power supply (PSU). looking everywhere I was comfortable looking I wasn’t able to find it but that’s just me being new to this. Thank you for the help though and I will definitely use this information to upgrade my pc when I have the chance and after a little more research.

[phillpower2]

The fact that you cannot find any information label on the PSU is enough to suggest that it is not the best, see example attachment below which is the info that you get on a good quality PSU.

Let us know if there is anything else but no worries about getting back to us if not, we will just mark your thread if we don`t hear back from you over the weekend.