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I have i7- 3770 CPU @ 3.4 GHZ. RAM 12.0 GB. x64 based processor. but i feel like it has become slow to load up. and also when i change pages in internet, it seems slower than before. Also latest dragon age works better with better CPU and graphics card , i believe. i have AMD Radeon HD 7700 graphics card.
i thought i would see a significant improvement on performance with New system ??
I agree that the i7-3770 is still decent enough CPU. The new CPUs will be a bit faster, but it's not exactly a night and day difference. As far as games are concerned, you could see a huge performance improvement from just a graphics card upgrade. The HD 7700-series cards are pretty dated this point, and something like a GTX 1070 should be at least several times as fast, and would allow you to run current games at their highest settings at 1080p resolution. A graphics card upgrade is usually pretty easy, and is most likely something you could do yourself. You would want to check what power supply you have though to make sure it has the capacity to support the newer card. Especially if it was a pre-built system, many manufacturers often won't include a better power supply than is needed for the hardware that the system ships with. The power supply is the metal box inside the computer that has all the power cords running to it, and it usually has its model number and maximum wattage listed on the side.
As far as RAM goes, 12GB is still good, and most games and applications can even get along fine on just 8GB still. If your system doesn't feel as responsive as you would like, installing Windows and your applications to an SSD drive would likely help a lot if they are currently on a regular hard drive. SSDs tend to be a lot faster and more responsive than traditional drives. You could still keep your existing hard drive for additional storage though, since your bulk data files probably don't need that kind of performance. Reinstalling Windows and your programs to an SSD can be a bit more involved than installing a video card, but it's not exactly super complex or anything. The size of the SSD will depend on what you want to store on there. If it's just Windows, your applications and a few games, then somewhere around 250GB would probably be fine, but if you want to install more games on there, you might want to look for an SSD around 500GB or so.
Of course, getting a new computer is another option, and it could perform a bit better still, but most of those performance gains could be had with just some hardware upgrades at a much lower cost. A GTX 1070 and an SSD with around 500GB capacity could be bought for less than $600.