Upgrade My PC Please! Episode 5: Dem Tings Wit Graphics

[Ian Yung]

It's interesting how Liam got some pretty bad luck with his system and being forced to downgrade from the FX lineup and replacing most of his PSUs

 

[Iamgroot1]

Its interesting with all of the apu's in these builds.

 

[suspense]

Not even a graphics card? yeah Potato Sama.

 

[TeHash]

GL everyone. I voted for PotatoSama since that PC does not even have a dedicated graphics card. I know how gaming on a $h!7 GPU is so I think that he should win the upgrade package.

 

[bman6991]

Giff potato-sama all power \(o-o)/

 

[kalibanu]

I want that f... ryzen!!!

 

[Feres44]

Vince's true master potato got my vote ! anyone noticing the trend of a single low parts build and the rest having freaking good gpus ??

 

[Carlos69]

I think Andrew I know how it goes updating your pc with only 2nd hand stuff that is like me

 

[PlayMoar]

Someone pleaaaase give Vince a GPU...I doubt his APU could even manage Hearthstone :S

 

[Max Smock]

Liam has my vote, I feel the pain of all those component failures. Good luck to everyone!

 

[Davis359]

I love the jigsaw movies, but not that pc, help is badly needed there, good luck to all

 

[Joe Knight]

I voted for Liam ‘The Jigsaw Puzzle’ from the UK I like his persistence in continuing using AMD Cpu's despite them dying on him this guy deserves the upgrade .I am really sure The Ryzen 1600 wont die on him it will break the bad jinx he has had with previous cpus .Ryzen all the way !!!

 

[Quattrorock]

Wow, tough choice, I need to upload my Dell Monster, lol

 

[Roddimuss]

All deserve some help. But I had to vote for Darwin.

 

[Shade0117]

Definitely Vince for this one. He needs a GPU at least.

I've noticed the selections are kinda set in stone Steve... no offense but each one of these so far has had 1 person who really deserves the upgrade more than the others. They all deserve it, but 1 is just worse off by a significant margin.

 

[SingularitE]

APU...or Audio Processing Unit, that was the meaning originally for the nVidia Soundstorm in some of the nForce2's. Then everything went downhill(=cheap) on the integrated audio quality until recently when Intel announced the next gen 300 series chipsets with 2 or 4 core dedicated audio DSPs.

As for the current APUs, talk about a good idea going wrong. It was the main reason AMD bought ATI in 2006 promising future/vision/fusion and whatnot. My opinion then 11 years ago was that you can't combine a CPU and GPU together expecting to best everything out there. It will always be a compromise between the two main components' size and more importantly architecture. So an APU is only as good as the weakest part in it, see performance of AMD APUs' CPU or Intel CPUs' GPU. Even in the best case scenario so far, that is Core i7/Xeon+Iris Pro GT4e, the integrated graphics is only as good <at best> as the current entry level GT 1030 or RX 550.

'nuff with the rant. Voted for The Jigsaw Puzzle, good thing it doesn't need a manual to use it.

 

[Crissyfox]

5 more computers, 4 more that are better than mine XD

 

[jeff witt]

I have to go with jigsaw, I as well have had some bad luck with parts, but this thing takes it to a whole new level

 

[Nibbles]

Vince for this week!

 

[Divayth Fyr]

Alright potatohead you got my vote, I registered just to help this tortured soul regain a chance at life. Good luck, lets hope you get.. Twenty 1080 tis, that'll work.

 

[Parsa Strife]

I'm surprised so few think Harris needs this upgrade the most..

 

[Karibes]

Obviously Vince's PotatoSama deserves a best upgrade. I mean it is quite sad to play current titles with this APU.(y)

 

[Deusest]

HAppy new rig Vince!!

 

[sidaster]

Voted for Vince. Just thinking about how that thing performs gives me chills.

 

[Bharath G]

Jigsaw best of luck. Here's hoping the proposed Ryzen 5 1600 is the right fit for your puzzle!!