Is my comp worth upgrading or should i build/buy a new one?

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First thing, how do I find and post my specs?

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No offense but if you were asking this question you probably should not be building a computer.

Luckily there are many very good pre-built options out there

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i built this comp about 6 years ago following a youtube video. So if your not here to help with my post, why even comment?

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CPUZ and hwinfo64 should suffice.

CPUZ will be easier if you want to look at specs.

If you’re on the AM4 platform you can try to find a 56/57/5800x3d chip also assuming your motherboard isn’t some bottom of the barrel board.

Otherwise it makes more sense to build new.

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I didn’t mean it offensively I meant it more like the advice you would give a friend who you feel is in just a little bit over his head. But with the internet being the internet and rereading my comment I understand now why you kind of had the knee jerk reaction you did.

If you really want to look up specifically all your components? Download HWinfo. It will list all your components such as RAM and motherboard and it will tell you specifically which ones they are including model numbers

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To get the specs for your computer, at least the basics, press Windows + R, type in dxdiag into the text field and press Enter. You can then click “Save all information”, name the file if you wish (it defaults to DxDiag.txt), and save it to your desktop. That will allow you to copy/paste the specs for the main parts of your system (model/CPU + GPU) here.

With your CPU model/generation and GPU info we’ll have a better idea of what to tell you.

An example of what we’re looking for is below from my dxdiag on this particular system (no griping about my GPU - it was put in here to test it before the return period was up and my back went out on me and moving an 80 lb. case, a Cosmos II, is a bit much at the moment).

System Information

  Time of this report: 5/20/2025, 03:28:57
         Machine name: FORTWHACKO
           Machine Id: {8E2AB023-2C15-40A6-A935-C3402911B81F}
     Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 18363) (18362.19h1_release.190318-1202)
             Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
  System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
         System Model: Z87X-UD5H
                 BIOS: F7 (type: UEFI)
            Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
               Memory: 32768MB RAM
  Available OS Memory: 31694MB RAM
            Page File: 7288MB used, 40790MB available
          Windows Dir: C:\Windows
      DirectX Version: DirectX 12
  DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
   System DPI Setting: 144 DPI (150 percent)
      DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
             Miracast: Available, no HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: Unknown
DxDiag Version: 10.00.18362.1500 64bit Unicode

DxDiag Notes

  Display Tab 1: No problems found.
  Display Tab 2: No problems found.
    Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
    Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
    Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
      Input Tab: No problems found.

DirectX Debug Levels

Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

Display Devices

       Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
    Manufacturer: NVIDIA
       Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
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This is an excellent quick way to get that and probably easier to use than a lot of the more advanced tools I use

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Did you miss the mobo in my dxdiag? It lists that there. The info the dxdiag tool provides lets us know precisely what the setup is. There is no need to even worry about the RAM kit. Once the CPU and mobo are known a QVL can be pulled from the manufacturer website and be used for compatible RAM kits. The reason the kit installed doesn’t need to be known is because it would be replaced, not added to. One thing you don’t do whenever you can avoid it is mixing RAM kits, and as such, assuming the same system is used but just upgraded, an entirely new kit would be needed to avoid timing issues.

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To be honest I haven’t used dxdiag in years. Now that you mention it is probably much more suitable for the OP. Edited my above comment to reflect that

I’m more on the IT hardware side of things. When I look up components on foreign rigs it’s normally more in a diagnosis. So I often need to see voltages along with it. Hence the need for HWinfo. It’s supplements my external voltage readers nicely

I should probably use dxdiag more but I just haven’t