I Currently have the Skytech Archangel (2019) GTX 1050 Ti, Ryzen 1200 3.1 GHz, Quadcore, 1 TB HDD on Windows 10. I upgraded the RAM to 16gb 3200 from 8gb 2400

This PC has put in some good work for me but it is becoming noticeably slow. The RAM upgrade helped a bit but I still see the disk is frequently at 100% usage with slow load times. I am having to run games on much lower quality than prior to make a smooth experience. Overall it is just much slower than before to the point I am thinking of upgrading.

I have heard that an SSD might help but I really don’t know much about PC upgrades. Does my computer have good enough bones to warrant upgrading? If so, what should I look for that would fit this computer? Or should I just be looking to get a newer computer and start from there?

Once again I’m not very knowledgeable so any advice would help, thank you!

  • jamvanderloeff@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    SSD would be a huge improvement in general usability that’s well worth doing now that reasonably large SSDs are so cheap now, but it’s generally not going to improve performance for gaming once you’re already loaded into the game, your GPU’s the limiting factor there.

    First thing you’re gonna want to do is find out which motherboard you’ve got, that’ll determine if you can use modern M.2 stick SSDs or if you need to go traditional 2.5" SATA SSD. (and will also see what CPU upgrades might be possible if you’re interested in upgrading that too)

    • Shnabz@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The motherboard is a A320M by ASRock. Will that be able to use any of the modern SSDs? And yes I would be interested in some upgrades. I plan on getting a new computer in the next 2-3 years as I can’t right now so I’m just trying to bridge the gap. Some upgrades to performance would be nice If possible.