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Gaming PC help, upgrade or new?

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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 I don't know if its just the processor is getting so outdated over the past 10 years or what the problem is why everything runs so slow.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?
 
The error you have means the hard drive is no good either is the cable, With a stuffed hard drive it would run like crap.... I'd replace PC or if decide to fix put in an SSD drive as replacement for faulty hard drives and replace cables. it's a cheap repair and the PC would go better then it ever has. But a new PC would go better.
 
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if budget is no concern, yes, time for a new one.
that ol' girl has had her day in the sun - you are asking 10yo hardware to run modern day software and there's only so far that rubber band can stretch.

if budget is tight, then MadMatt's suggestion would be the next best thing. new drive, make it a SSD, fresh OS install but why do all that work on an old PC.

yep, the graphics card can be transferred across, maybe the PSU but treat yourself to a modern mobo, CPU and RAM - haven't you earned it? :thumbsup:
 
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