u/ConfidentialX

Hi everyone

I am looking to upgrade my current PC which has only been used for light gaming and general Internet / YouTube browsing.

I currently have:

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti

Motherboard: I cannot remember the model but it is only basic. I did a quick Google search a while back and it indicated it could have capacity for up to 32GB RAM.

CPU: Intel i5-6500

My PC is quite old, as you can probably tell by the current setup. I am looking to boost performance, I imagine CPU primarily?, mainly for using AI software and services such as Claude.

Budget is around $250, which I hope is sufficient to noticeably improve performance. I run one AI programme at the moment and my CPU spikes to 97%.

Thanks in advance. PS - I have never changed a CPU or GPU before but I could give it a go if it isnt too challenging for a novice?

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u/ConfidentialX — 11 days ago