Hi
So, I have a desktop that's ~4 years old. Specs:
Power supply: Inter-Tech Energon EPS-750W
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
Processor: QuadCore Intel Core i7 860 Lynnfield @ 2.80GHz
HDD: 2x 500GB SATA DDR. RAID-0
RAM: 4x 2GB Kingston DDR3 SDRAM 667MHz @ 1333MHz
Graphics card: Cypress ATI Radeon HD 5870
Sound: Realtek ALC888
Case: Gigabyte (can't find any details on this - seems pretty standard in size, if you ask me..)
Network Card: Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
*Note that I am a little unlearned on details of components - hope this suffices.
I just cleaned the graphics card, because I was positive dust was the reason for the noise. I was wrong. The noise keeps acting like it always did - makes this spinning noise at random times, and tends to calm down (i.e. be less noisy) when I lightly tap with a flat hand on top of the computer or accidently stamp with my foot next to the pc. It also completely stops the noise when I stop it's fan, so it has something to do with that!
My question(s) is: is it even worth it to have it repaired/get a new fan? It's quite old (although runs newer games like Shadow of Mordor just fine), and I've been thinking about upgrading it recently.
If I decide to do that; which components should be upgraded? I mean if they're really outdated, and I can get a similar component that has a decent pricetag (I'm a student) and fits the computer obviously. I am also open to any other advice for my desktop
Thanks!
So, I have a desktop that's ~4 years old. Specs:
Power supply: Inter-Tech Energon EPS-750W
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
Processor: QuadCore Intel Core i7 860 Lynnfield @ 2.80GHz
HDD: 2x 500GB SATA DDR. RAID-0
RAM: 4x 2GB Kingston DDR3 SDRAM 667MHz @ 1333MHz
Graphics card: Cypress ATI Radeon HD 5870
Sound: Realtek ALC888
Case: Gigabyte (can't find any details on this - seems pretty standard in size, if you ask me..)
Network Card: Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
*Note that I am a little unlearned on details of components - hope this suffices.
I just cleaned the graphics card, because I was positive dust was the reason for the noise. I was wrong. The noise keeps acting like it always did - makes this spinning noise at random times, and tends to calm down (i.e. be less noisy) when I lightly tap with a flat hand on top of the computer or accidently stamp with my foot next to the pc. It also completely stops the noise when I stop it's fan, so it has something to do with that!
My question(s) is: is it even worth it to have it repaired/get a new fan? It's quite old (although runs newer games like Shadow of Mordor just fine), and I've been thinking about upgrading it recently.
If I decide to do that; which components should be upgraded? I mean if they're really outdated, and I can get a similar component that has a decent pricetag (I'm a student) and fits the computer obviously. I am also open to any other advice for my desktop
Thanks!
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