Maximum PC  |  January 2017
TODAY'S BEST UPGRADES
The concept of the upgrade path is at the very core of the hardware
enthusiast’s philosophy. The notion that you can take a five-year-old system, throw out a few parts, install a few new ones, and have a rig up and running, which almost competes with a brand new build, in less time than it takes for Obama to drop the mic is certainly appealing. But how far does it go in practice? What makes the biggest difference? And what should you upgrade first? This month, we decided to find out. We took two case studies, two rigs
gathering dust in the corners of our office: one a gaming system, the other a workstation. And then we chose two very different upgrade paths for them
both, just to see what makes the biggest difference to overall performance in their respective fields.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Maximum PC January 2017.