Hi I was wondering if I could get some advice on my PC to upgrade or purchase a new one. This is the PC I bought maybe about 10 years ago
iBUYPOWER Desktop PC Chimera LX2 Intel Core i7 920 (2.66 GHz) 12 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Free MS Windows 7 Upgrade - Newegg.com
Since then over time I have had windows reinstalled, upgraded to windows 10, replaced the power supply and took out the 2 graphic cards for a NVIDIA 1060.
I feel like it runs quite sluggish and even playing some newer ish games like Overwatch and Fortnite with that good of graphics cards I can hardly get 50 FPS on the lowest settings. I don't know if its just the processor is getting so outdated over the past 10 years or what the problem is why everything runs so slow.
Also just recently too when I start my computer I get this black screen and near the bottom it says:
"Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable and Status Bad"
"Sec Slave Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad. Press F1 to resume"
So I'm guessing that my hard drive is going to go soon and I don't know if that is contributing to the problem but it still runs fine other than sluggish and low FPS on games that I thought I far exceeded the requirements. Is it worth trying to fix the problem or just get a new PC? and if I should get a new PC is there anything I can transfer from it to the new one other than the graphic card?
iBUYPOWER Desktop PC Chimera LX2 Intel Core i7 920 (2.66 GHz) 12 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Free MS Windows 7 Upgrade - Newegg.com
Since then over time I have had windows reinstalled, upgraded to windows 10, replaced the power supply and took out the 2 graphic cards for a NVIDIA 1060.
I feel like it runs quite sluggish and even playing some newer ish games like Overwatch and Fortnite with that good of graphics cards I can hardly get 50 FPS on the lowest settings. I don't know if its just the processor is getting so outdated over the past 10 years or what the problem is why everything runs so slow.
Also just recently too when I start my computer I get this black screen and near the bottom it says:
"Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable and Status Bad"
"Sec Slave Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad. Press F1 to resume"
So I'm guessing that my hard drive is going to go soon and I don't know if that is contributing to the problem but it still runs fine other than sluggish and low FPS on games that I thought I far exceeded the requirements. Is it worth trying to fix the problem or just get a new PC? and if I should get a new PC is there anything I can transfer from it to the new one other than the graphic card?