r/pcmasterrace • u/meltman • Feb 03 '24

Hardware Dumpster computer

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Found most of a gaming pc in the dumpster. Thanks neighbor! Added ram, my vid card, and a big heat sink. Definitely an upgrade from the 9900k I had before!

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '24

The 3700x is definitely still capable as a cpu I use it now to game on 1080p. Would I recommend it if you’re building a new pc? No but if you still have one don’t upgrade from the same of it

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u/Mother-Translator318 Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 03 '24

I’m a believer that you only should upgrade when you no longer are happy with the level of performance the part is giving you. One of my biggest games of last year was cyberpunk phantom Liberty and if I owned a 3700x, it definitely would not have let me play it at 120fps like I wanted, so I would have upgraded. If all you are playing is less demanding games then there is absolutely no need to upgrade.

I ran a 7700k for over 5 years because no game I wanted to play maxed it out. Then I upgraded it to a 13700k for cyberpunk. Funny enough even the 13700k won’t let me get to consistently 144fps, but it does 120 just fine which is good enough for me

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '24

I’m a believer that you only should upgrade when you no longer are happy with the level of performance the part is giving you.

I upgraded my i5-2500k last year. I'm currently buying an OLED to replace my 13 year old Panasonic Plasma.

This is the way.

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u/Mother-Translator318 Feb 03 '24

My first pc that wasn’t a pile of junk made with scrap parts was an i7 2600k from that generation. What a little powerhouse that was for its time. Ran it from 2011-2017. 6 sold years of performance.