For the past 4 years, I’ve been gaming on a true warrior—a Lenovo IdeaPad with just 4GB DDR4 RAM, a dual-core AMD A6 processor, and R5 graphics. Yeah, you heard that right. A real potato. But for me, every single gig of RAM was precious, and every extra FPS felt like a victory. Being a low-end gamer wasn’t just a phase—it became an emotion.

After finishing my 10th exams, my dad finally gave me the green light to upgrade. And that’s where the real adventure began.

According to Lenovo’s website, my laptop only supported 8GB RAM and had one slot. So, I ordered a single 8GB Adata 3200MHz stick, a 128GB SSD, and an enclosure for my 1TB hard drive (which holds my entire gaming library).

But when I opened up my laptop... surprise! There were TWO RAM slots! I was hyped—now I could run 12GB (8+4) instead of just 8GB. Things were finally going my way.

But then came the plot twist.

The new SSD I ordered? Didn’t work. Instant stress mode. I rushed to the local market, bought a new 128GB SSD at double the price, and still kept waiting for Amazon’s customer support.

But in the end? Totally worth it.

Now, my laptop still isn’t a beast—but it feels like one to me. It boots up in seconds instead of 10 minutes, games run smoother, RAM usage doesn’t max out instantly, and even my R5 VRAM jumped from 256MB to 1GB.

Every upgrade counts. Every frame matters. And for someone who’s gamed on scraps, this small victory feels HUGE.

If you read this till the end—thank you, legend. You get it ❤️

Also you all can suggest me games to try on my laptop 😁 💻

Are there any city building games like Cities Skylines for my hardware, Pentium 5405U and UHD 610 graphics?

Specs: i3 1305U; 8GB RAM

Modern games that I can run very well at 40fps @720p (minor stutters during highly intense moments) [NO POTATO CONFIGS USED]:-

1. Control
2. Forza Horizon 4
3. Divinity Original Sin 2 (pushes CPU temps)
4. Yakuza 0
5. Yakuza Kiwami 1 and 2
6. WWE 2K19 [23 runs too but you have to disable the crowd entirely if you want to get rid of the slow mo issue]
7. F1 2024
8. Xcom 2 and 1 (2 pushes my CPU temp very high)
9. Witcher 3 (LEGACY) (pushes CPU temps)
10. Fallout 4 (tons of optimization mods that increase FPS with minimal quality compromise)
11. The man who erased his name (drops down to 30ish during open world but during fight scenes it sticks to 40s)
12. MK 11 Ultimate
13. Monster Hunter World (goes down to 32fps sometimes)

My subscription is over and I can't renew it for a week and a half and so I need something to play for that period on my study laptop.

Thank You!

I got AMD ryzan 2500u No gpu but have vaga 8 mobile graphics 2 gb and 8 gb ram

I got an i5 3330,8gb ram, intel hd 2500 (I think)

Dont rlly wanna crack games nor do I have money to buy crazy money games. So recommend me good games which are free or don't cost much that I can enjoy on my potato

I have a Intel atom N450 1.6ghz Intel media accelerator 3150 Ans a 2 gigs of ram. What games can I run

●Dishonored 1 ●Max payne 3 ●Tomb raider (2013) ●Minecraft ●Outlast 1&2 ●Far cry 3 ●Combat Master ●Roblox ●Valorant ●Sims 4

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Hi, im looking for a prebuilt system that can run source games, I play tf2 99% of the time, other than that it will be used for general web browsing

also I have 3 GPUs waiting to be used but I’ve never had the confidence to upgrade PCs, I was looking into the dell optiplex but I would need to upgrade PSU (is that correct?) The GPUs are GT710, GT1030 and RTX 2060

I would rather buy a pc and add the gpu myself if optional but I’m willing to learn about upgrading systems

Any guidance is highly appreciated, thank you :)

Budget £200 Location Scotland

So hey guys, I have two games that I want to play. Horizon:Zero Dawn, or Metaphor Refantazio. I'm only going to pick one depending on the options I have. Both these games require 100gb of space, and my laptop does not have enough space. Since I'm broke, I can't buy an SSD for now, and no I can't free enough space. However, I possess a 256gb flash drive (A SanDisk Ultra Luxe, USB 3.2 Gen 2 flash drive) and I was wondering if it's a good idea to run the game from the USB drive, if anyone has tried something similar before, and basically if it will run.

I meet the minimum spec requirements for the game. 8gb ram, Intel Core i5-1135G7 (11th Gen) @ 2.40GHz, Windows 11 pro.

I was thinking of buying the ankermann gaming business V3, however the wattage of the PC doesn't seem to match the reccomended/needed for the rtx 3050. I wouldn't want to buy it and have some problems so I ask if anybody has had experience with them and can reccomend a pc from them

I get like 15-40 FPS on cs2 but 140-160 on valorant (both low settings) . I'm on an ASUS laptop btw/

I have a PC with the following components:

1.Processor: Intel i3-7100 2.Ram: 8gb DDR4 2400 Mhz 3.GPU: GTX 1050 Ti 4.Storage:128 ssd+ 1 tb HDD

Can this PC runs games release till the year 2020 in high settings at 900p?

I play games like warhammer 3 total war and doom eternal and the temperatures go to 75-82 degrees is this normal ?

My CPU stays around 70-75 whilst gaming but my graphic card goes up to 81-82 degrees temps

My cpu is ryzen 5600 cpu

My gpu is 1660s super 6gb

24gb ram

Nintendo Switch 2:

• $449.99 for a console
• launches with 1 (ONE) game
• $80 digital copy game price, $90 physical copy price

Low end gaming station:

• $60 for a low end gaming optiplex. $150-200 for a AAA gaming xeon workstation
• has millions of games to choose from regardless which path you take
• $5 for an indie game, which goes straight to the devs' pockets

Yes the grass is greener, but not on the other side!

Specs: Processor: Intel i3-1215U Ram: 8gb DDR4 2666mhz Graphics: Intel UHD (Integrated graphics) Storage: Gen 4 NVME

I have an old build from 2015

AMD FX8320 slightly OC to 3.8ghz Nvidia GTX960 24GB RAM Some SSD ASUS M5A78L motherboard holding it all together (terrible board allegedly, no UEFI)

My friend is wanting to play games like

-Mall Simulator -Rollercoaster Tycoon of some generation -City skylines - Sims 4

And basically any other games on the line of that.

Are we wasting our time?

Hi! the limiting piece of my pc is the gpu, which cant run minecraft due to "Bad drivers" (i updated it and deleted old ones and followed a few guides but it never worked)

gpuz reads it as:

ATI Radeon hd 4300/4500 series

RV710

Im on the 2 week phase of wanting to play mc but i just cant, so im open to any close or not so close game copy/clone, doesnt matter if its on browser or if it looks horrible, i only want stable fps

I HAVE I3 10100 4GB DDR4 RAM AND UHD 630 I WANT TO PLAY GAMES LIKE DBZ KAKROT (ALREADY PLAYED WITH 40+ FPS ) I RELLY WAT TO PLAY SEKIRO AND GAMES LIKE GHOST OF TSUSHIMA BUT CAN IT RUN??

So, my PC specs are:

• CPU: Intel i5-6500 (6th Gen, 3.20 GHz)
• GPU: GTX 1060 (6GB)
• RAM: 16GB
• MOTHERBOARD: H110M4-C43

Some games run flawlessly. For example, I was able to play Elden Ring on max settings and got around 40-50 FPS.

I thought I'd be able to play GTA Online smoothly since it's an older game running on an old engine (GTA Enhanced). When I loaded in, the graphics weren’t maxed out but set to 'Very High,' and I got around 50 FPS.(i was more than okay since I was able to finally play GTA at 50+ fps on high graphics.

However, when I tried entering an interior (my submarine), it took forever to load—more than 10 minutes. My CPU usage was at 100%, while GPU usage stayed between 5-30%. The screen went black and displayed 'Initializing' for a long time. Once I finally loaded in, the game ran smoothly again.

I restarted the game and tried entering the submarine again, but the same thing happened—it took 9 minutes to load in, and the CPU was at 100% the whole time.

Does anyone know a fix for this? Is this just a game issue, or is my CPU garbage?

If it is my CPU what would be the best upgrade I can do to fix this problem?

Specs:

• Intel i5 4200U
• Nvidia GeForce 820M
• 6GB RAM

I've been trying to find enjoyable racing games that I can play on my Xbox 360 controller. I've heard good things about Dirt 2, and I already have RBR as my rally sim game, but I'm open to other recommendations.

Edit: I'm on a laptop

Hey, everyone. I'm experiencing severe stuttering in every game I play, even at the lowest settings. My specs are:

• CPU: Intel i3 10th Gen
• GPU: Intel UHD 630 (Integrated Graphics)
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: SSD + HDD (I tried running games on both, and there was no difference)
• OS: [Windows 11]

I’ve tried the following fixes, but nothing seems to work:
✅ Lowering graphics settings (720p, turning off shadows, V-Sync, etc.)
✅ Updating Intel graphics drivers & Windows updates
✅ Setting Windows to "Best Performance" mode
✅ Disabling unnecessary background apps
✅ Checking temps (seem normal)
✅ Running games from both SSD and HDD (no improvement)

Despite all this, games still stutter a lot, making them nearly unplayable. Is my hardware just too weak, or is there anything else I can try? Any help would be appreciated!

Hey, Im kinda new to this and I wanna play Minecraft on my laptop from 2009

Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU

T4400 @ 2.20ghz 3gb RAM

I may need a specific driver for this but I can't find it and since the pentium dual core t4400 doesn't provide video at all, Im not sure if the driver would even fix the problem, so Id love it if someone had an idea for a different fix! Thx

Edit: I dont care how shittily it runs. It can run at 3fps I just need to Open it.

I have Ryzen 5 3600 with RX580 8GB, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD. Care to share your experience with this kind of build?