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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by rahimnathwani on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @08:59PM (#16321709)
To my mind, replacing the Mobo/CPU is akin to building a new PC, but reusing some of the parts from the old one.

Because it's a costly upgrade, and you might need to buy a different type of RAM.

Adding an SSD or RAM or GPU to an existing system are relatively quick and painless.

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Re:What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death by alwaysnotright on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @10:20PM (#16322010)
I did exactly this to my PC, and it feels almost like new again. I think my i7-2600k might give up soon, but for a seven year old CPU, it is running suprisingly well. 500$ was all I spent altogether for RAM (16 GB Corsair), GPU (GTX 1060 Ti) and SSD (Samsung 500 GB 850-EVO).
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