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Upgrading Your PC In 2026 — Which Parts You Can Reuse And Which Ones You Have To Replace

Don't bin that power supply.

Your graphics card, case, drives, monitor and Windows licence all move over. The cooler usually does too, cause AM4 coolers fit AM5. You're buying a CPU and board anyway. The one that stings is DDR4 — a DDR5 board won't take it, and memory is the one part still going up.



Which part are you trying to save?

GTX 1660 Super vs RTX 2060 vs RX 580 vs GTX 1650 — 2026 Retire Row GPU Tier List India

You said your 1660 Super isn't dead. You're right.

All four measured at 1080p, against a 1660 Super. The RTX 2060 lands at 121% and beats a brand-new RTX 3050, which I did not expect. The RX 580 from 2017 still manages 80%. The GTX 1650 sits at 62%, and that one earned its spot.



Which of these four are you running?

New Gaming PC Settings 2026 India — 8 Windows Settings To Change First For More FPS

Your monitor is probably running at 60Hz right now.

Refresh rate first, cause Windows doesn't always pick your panel's max. I turn on variable refresh rate, GPU scheduling and windowed game optimisations, then turn off memory integrity (about 5% in games), pointer precision, Game Bar recording and startup apps.



Which of the eight were you running wrong?

RX 6800 XT vs 6700 XT vs 6600 — Where AMD RX 6000 Cards Rank In 2026 India

A 2020 Radeon beats a new RTX 5060.

All at 1080p. The 6800 XT sits at 275%, the 6800 at 233%, both past the new RTX 5060's 220%. Almost six years old, still ahead. Then the 6700 XT at 194%, itself past a 4060, the 6600 XT at 150%, and the 6600 at 135% — the only one I ever put on the board. No 6900 XT here, it gets measured at 4K.



Which RX 6000 are you still running?

Old Laptop Gaming 2026 — What Intel UHD 620 Runs: Valorant, Dota 2, Fortnite FPS India

The laptop you already own runs Valorant at 80.

Valorant 80, Dota 2 72, Rocket League 61, Fortnite 46 — all at 720p low, no graphics card. Apex gets 24 and Counter-Strike 2 only 20, which surprised me. Everyone assumes CS2 is the light one. A Vega 3 manages 29. An MX550 does Dota at 142.



Which of these six do you actually play?

₹90K to ₹7.5L Gaming PC Build Map India 2026 — 8600G iGPU to RTX 5090

I re-priced the whole ladder. The ₹50K PC isn't dying, it's dead.

Floor is ₹90K: an 8600G, no graphics card, ₹36K of it RAM. ₹1.4L buys a 7600X + RX 9060 XT. 32GB only earns it at ₹2.25L on a 7800X3D + 9070 XT. Then ₹3.25L for a 5080, ₹7.5L for a 5090, which is down 27% since July. Memory ate it.

Which rung are you actually building at?
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Best ₹1 Lakh Gaming PC Build India, July 2026 — full parts list + what I cut for RAM

The ₹1L build got harder in 2026, RAM ate it.

CPU 7600 ₹19,328 · GPU 9060 XT 16GB ₹47,500 · B650M ₹9,006 · 16GB DDR5 ₹22,399 · 1TB Gen4 SSD ₹7,250 · PSU ₹5,149 · case ₹3,850 · cooler ₹0. Total ~₹1.14L, ₹1L can't beat 2026 RAM. 9060 XT: ₹16K under a 5060 Ti. 16GB not 32GB, Gen4 SSD. Rips 1080p/1440p.

9060 XT to fit ₹1L, or the 5060 Ti?
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PC Case Tier List 2026 India: Montech Air 903, Lancool 216, Corsair 4000D vs Lian Li O11 glass, S to D

Your pretty case may cook your GPU 15°C hotter.

S: mesh box, Air 903 ₹8,299, Lancool 216 ₹10,449. A: Corsair 4000D ₹6,499. B: O11 glass ₹19,598, mesh keeps your GPU 15°C cooler. C: Ant ICE-300 ₹2,950. D: SFF NR200P ₹7,780, value trap. Airflow beats looks.

Mesh or glass in your RIG, did I rank it too low?
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Fake Prime Day GPU deals India 2026 — that 48% off RX 9060 XT isn't a real discount

That "48% OFF" GPU badge is measured against a price nobody paid.

Found a RX 9060 XT at ₹49,088, MRP ₹93,711 struck, "48% off." Same shelf it streets at ₹47,247. An honest MRP is ₹59,999. The ₹93,711 is fiction. You saved nothing, you paid market. Ignore strikethrough, check 2-3 sites.

Fakest "discount" you've caught on PC parts?
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Motherboard Tier List 2026 India — AMD B650 X870 vs Intel B760 Z890 ranked S to D

A ₹36K motherboard adds zero FPS. Where does yours rank?

A ₹11K B650 sits in S, above ₹22K B850 & ₹36K X870. On one GPU, PCIe 5.0 & USB4 add zero frames. Intel B860 ~₹10K, same. B760 still A: LGA1700, runs a 14700K at ₹15K. A620 costs more than B650, skip it. Put that ₹20K on the GPU.

B650 or B860? Did I rank X870 too low?
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