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Did these upgrades make sense
Since I might not be building a new PC for a year or two I decided to upgrade my existing computer. I plan to wait for AMD's Zen 4.
The following shows the main components for my computer with the upgrades. I would appreciate any comments and suggestions for any other upgrades. For example, more and faster RAM.
I had a hard time with the new graphics card. The card has red lights next to the PCIe power connectors. In the beginning they were flashing indicating power problems. Sometimes I either couldn't get the graphics card to power on or output video. I finally got the cards power stable by plugging/unplugging the PCIe power cables several times over two days. I'm guessing there may have been some oxidation on the power cable pins.
Before and after the second upgrades I ran several benchmarks. The following is a summary of the results.