How to Upgrade PC Games

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Tip 1 - How To Upgrade Your Household Computer Into A Gaming PC

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gerry Marte | permalink

Currently, most Windows-based personal computers, found at such stores as your local Best Buy or Wal-Mart, are not capable of running newer video gam...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Turn-Your-Household-Computer-Into-A-Gaming-/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - The easy PC upgrade guide: everything you need to know

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sapphire Dragon | permalink

How to tell when you need a new graphics card, or CPU, or RAM, and what you need to know to upgrade.

For further reading: http://www.pcgamer.com/the-easy-pc-upgrade-guide/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - The 12 Best Games on PC

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joeri Van Peel | permalink

PC gamers have got a pretty great thing going. Interesting, experimental indie games? Yup. The shiniest, most visually impressive versions of big-budget games? They get a lot of those, too.
Tags: the bests, pc, kotaku core, editor's picks, Kotaku

For further reading: http://kotaku.com/5878852/the-12-best-games-on-pc ^[3]

Tip 4 - The First Five Games I Play After Upgrading My PC

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Candypants | permalink

First, you upgrade your PC. Then, you fire up all the games that used to give your PC a hard time and obliterate them.
Tags: pc gaming, pc, kotakucore, editor's picks, Kotaku

For further reading: http://kotaku.com/the-first-five-games-i-play-when-i-upgrade-my-pc-1690334094 ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to upgrade an old PC for gaming

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Broshtersoshter | permalink

I recently got a new laptop and still have my old desktop PC. What would I need to do to turn it into a gaming computer?
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For further reading: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/game/how-to-upgrade-an-old-pc-for-gaming-3267425/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - How to improve fps in games

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sandi Tiffin | permalink

Want your games to run faster and smoother? Try these tips and tricks before shelling out on a new graphics card or other hardware.
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For further reading: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/game/how-improve-fps-image-3489433/ ^[6]

Tip 7 - How to speed up your PC games without buying new hardware

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by cpritchett 42 | permalink

Upgrading video cards and CPUs isn't the only way to squeeze out higher frame rates. Dig in to see how you can optimize your system by tweaking some of those cryptic in-game and graphics-related settings.

For further reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023063/how-to-speed-up-your-pc-games-without-buying-new-hardware.html ^[7]