Can't buy a GPU? 3 alternative upgrades to make your gaming PC kick butt

Buying a GPU right now is a bleak prospect, as everyone knows. And if you’ve been sitting on a pile of cash earmarked for a new graphics card, it can feel especially painful.With no end to the chip shortages in sight, a PC building enthusiast might be stumped on how to rev up their gaming PC (and frankly, a little more than depressed). But you can improve your experience in other key ways.A luxuriously large SSD WD Adding a large capacity NVMe SSD to your PC can be a serious quality-of-life upgrade, whether it’s a high-end system or a capable budget machine. Most people who built more than a couple of years ago opted for a 500GB or 1TB SATA SSD for storage—and possibly added an extra 1TB drive as prices came down—and juggle big files between those drives and a spinning-platter HDD.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3627256/cant-buy-a-gpu-3-alternative-upgrades-to-make-your-gaming-pc-kick-butt.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Aug 12, 2021, 11:20:44 AM


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