{"id":896,"date":"2016-11-26T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-wide\/?p=415"},"modified":"2016-11-26T16:18:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T16:18:38","slug":"how-do-i-know-when-to-upgrade-my-pc-or-just-build-a-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ircc-bham.com\/farsi\/how-do-i-know-when-to-upgrade-my-pc-or-just-build-a-new-one\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Know When to Upgrade My PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It&#8217;s a tough call when your computer is still fast and powerful enough to do a lot of the things you want, but falls short in a couple of places that you want to upgrade. Sometimes it can feel like your best bet is to just build a new computer entirely (especially since <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5840963\/the-best-pcs-you-can-build-for-600-and-1200\" rel=\"nofollow\">it doesn&#8217;t take a lot of money<\/a>), but at the same time, you could just upgrade the thing that&#8217;s causing you problems and call it a day. The lines are blurrier than you&#8217;d think. Here are the considerations you should make.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>First: Do You Really Need to Upgrade?<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1412&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1482918346698{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It may seem obvious, but the first thing to ask yourself is if an upgrade is really in order at all. Is something specifically broken, or is your computer just running slowly? 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