PCGAMER is able advise on the upgrade potential of any gaming PC, general computer or workstation. It doesn’t matter if you built it yourself, or purchased it pre-built, feel free to bring your older computer in for an assessment.
Its often possible to give an older AMD PC one last run on the battlefield. To rage in a blaze of high FPS glory, before spectacularly dying a glorious way.
Old AMD motherboards form 2018 are still compatible with next gen AMD CPUs released in 2023. So don’t write off your 5 year old PC just yet.
When you are attempting to upgrade an older PC based on an intel CPU and motherboard, often new parts are no longer compatible with older system.
However this won’t stop us, from raiding the bits box “out the back” and seeing if we can make some magic happen with some refurbished parts.
Gaming PCs purchased from JB HiFi, Harvey Norman or Office Works etc are mass produced with an engineering solution designed to just barely last the 2year warranty period.
These kind of computers are built so that only the original manufacturer are able to service the core components of: Motherboard, CPU and power supply.
It is super tough to try and upgrade a PC purchased from JB HiFi, Harvey Norman or Office Works but feel free to bring your PC in for assessment.
Check out the video on this page for a full explanation of why it is very tough to upgrade a mass manufactured PC sold by JB HiFi, Harvey Norman or Office Works.
In this video we take you through the rationale behind bringing this older PC back into the modern age.
This video is a quick guide on how to make informed decisions with mass manufactured gaming PCs from stores like JB HiFi and Harvey Norman.
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