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Topic Attention Builders PSU And CPU qiestion

TBRANIK

14-May(#1)

1 How long do you typically keep your PSU for even if it's still working good?
(A couple of mine are from 2014/2015 is why I ask) (They are all Evga gold with a 10 year warranty)

2 There are 2 8 pin connectors on my Motherboard is the 2nd one strictly for extreme overclocking?

Thanks in advance

SwiftJAB

15-May(#2)

1. Until it stops working, get a GPU with higher power requirements or I sell the system

2. That's it. Some higher performance CPUs require the additional power to even function and certain overclocks may push the boundaries of what can be delivered over a single 8 pin connector.

Finn

15-May(#3)

Keep it until it can no longer provide you with the performance you wish.

It's also game dependent. A game like Anno for instance will draw more on the CPU than a GPU.. I believe that is like that for most RTS style games. An upgraded GPU won't really improve the performance as much as a new CPU.

Look at what you play and find out where ita hardware requirements lean... GPU intensive or CPU.

Also, you don't want to go to big with a GPU upgrade if your CPU can't keep up... In other words you don't want your CPU to be a bottleneck.

For example my PC is a potato. It's running a GTX 780. It's really not worth going much bigger than a 1070 before I run into issues. I borrowed a 1080 of a buddy that upgraded to a 3090 and my PC ran better with the 1060 I had also borrowed. But in my case I would be better off just building a new PC... To take advantage of newer IO, chipsets and M.2 storage.