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Ok, this is a bit late, but I'd like to wish everybody a Happy New Year. 
May good things happen to you this year.
Keeping it light, what's the one thing you'd like to happen to you this year?
I'll kick it off by saying I'd like to finally upgrade my aging PC to a new one. It's a self build that I put together in 2011 with its main features being an Intel i7-2700K CPU and 16GB DDR3 RAM. Everything else has been upgraded over the years, especially multiple graphics card upgrades, but the very core of it hasn't needed to change since its general performance is still excellent even today, which is really saying something. I'm writing this post on it, in fact.
The main downfalls nowadays are:
1 Lack of Windows 11 compatibility so its days are numbered as no more updates once Windows 10 support ends sometime in 2025 and the security updates are critical, let alone bug fixes and general improvements.
2 Gaming performance is now only ok, not great like it was in 2011 when it was the range-topping CPU. It's still competent in many games and can run them smoothly, but it can't reach the highest framerates in modern games and some, like Cyberpunk 2077, run at about 20-25 FPS, which is far too slow for playability. This is a CPU bottleneck, not a graphics card one, since my RTX 2080 SUPER can reach higher FPS than this in this game and dropping the resolution doesn't help. Note that a GPU upgrade is currently off the table since prices for top models have gone through the roof (£1800+ for an RTX 4090 anyone? Insane) so it's just not worth buying one. I'll have to settle for a more midrange model once the GPU becomes a significant bottleneck. With my newish G-SYNC compatible 4k 144Hz monitor, it runs just fine, even at 4K, so no rush.
I have my eye on the Intel i7-13700K and 32GB DDR5 RAM as the base for the upgrade, along with a motherboard and Noctua NH-D15 cooler but I'm yet to make a final decision and buy the parts.
May good things happen to you this year.Keeping it light, what's the one thing you'd like to happen to you this year?
I'll kick it off by saying I'd like to finally upgrade my aging PC to a new one. It's a self build that I put together in 2011 with its main features being an Intel i7-2700K CPU and 16GB DDR3 RAM. Everything else has been upgraded over the years, especially multiple graphics card upgrades, but the very core of it hasn't needed to change since its general performance is still excellent even today, which is really saying something. I'm writing this post on it, in fact.
The main downfalls nowadays are:
1 Lack of Windows 11 compatibility so its days are numbered as no more updates once Windows 10 support ends sometime in 2025 and the security updates are critical, let alone bug fixes and general improvements.
2 Gaming performance is now only ok, not great like it was in 2011 when it was the range-topping CPU. It's still competent in many games and can run them smoothly, but it can't reach the highest framerates in modern games and some, like Cyberpunk 2077, run at about 20-25 FPS, which is far too slow for playability. This is a CPU bottleneck, not a graphics card one, since my RTX 2080 SUPER can reach higher FPS than this in this game and dropping the resolution doesn't help. Note that a GPU upgrade is currently off the table since prices for top models have gone through the roof (£1800+ for an RTX 4090 anyone? Insane) so it's just not worth buying one. I'll have to settle for a more midrange model once the GPU becomes a significant bottleneck. With my newish G-SYNC compatible 4k 144Hz monitor, it runs just fine, even at 4K, so no rush.
I have my eye on the Intel i7-13700K and 32GB DDR5 RAM as the base for the upgrade, along with a motherboard and Noctua NH-D15 cooler but I'm yet to make a final decision and buy the parts.
