My little cousin’s PC i’m gonna upgrade it for him. What should I do for a surprise?

Yeah, this is my little cousin‘s PC. He plays Warzone with me and his dad. I got together with his dad and told him we need to put some money aside so we can build him a PC. What are y’all thinking we should do right now it has a 2060 super and a ryzen 5 5600g

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I am not sure from the picture if the M.2 slot is being occupied. From a hardware perspective that would be best without going into the technical specs and what the computer can handle from other hardware.

Adding led strips around the edge.

GPU answer depends on the PSU that the computer has and with the CPU, they are some nicer gamer oriented AM4 CPU’s, but those CPU’s are about the same price as modern AM5’s. Of course, anything X3D would be the move for them.

Storage and rgb safest choices.

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Absolutely launch that laptop hard drive into the sun. I’d definitely clone the hard drive onto an SSD Do you happen to know the model of that M.2 SSD? I’d definitely clone the hard drive onto an SSD

Since your power supply is proprietary and maxes out at 400W this build is already walking a tightrope with no safety net. If your game frames are decent my rule of thumb is if it ain’t broke don’t fix it unless there’s a laptop hard drive involved. Then you fix it immediately because no one deserves that kind of suffering.

Also, as BEANS @beans said above, adding some leds could definitely add some aesthetic to the build

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:joy: lol

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sorry, on a more serious note though, Pointer is correct. I think your realistic option is a SATA drive and i think i see the port for it. I’m thnking that m.2 slot is more for a WIFI expansion :thinking:. Sadly I think you have come to the right conclusion that it has come to " end of life" for that PC. dont spend to much cash on it.

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This seems to be a Walmart pc, if you plan on upgrading you are gonna have to get a new Case, motherboard and PSU, you will also have to purchase a windows license since those off Walmart motherboards come with the license integrated, you are better off buying a pre-built since it is gonna add up to around 400$ in upgrading the basics alone on that computer, not to mention the actual GPU upgrade. The NVME I see must be 500gb so you are gonna have to consider getting a bigger one if your cousin plans on switching games, the laptop SSD is fine for office work but since the pc is going to be mostly for games I just wouldn’t bother installing it in another PC.

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yea i would hate for u to get the parts for your computer to realize it didn’t work the way you thought.

i know it’ll seem expensive but try to get another computer. i’d recommend an AM5 socket motherboard since u seems like the type to upgrade. AMD is GREAT for upgrades

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First see if there’s any kind of case that can hold that motherboard (it’s really rare to find something for it) If you do replace the you for a 500 watt bronze psu if not any of that take the gpu out then explode the reset then use the gpu and make a psu with a minum of an i5 or ryzen 5 and a motherboard capable to hold the motherboard

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