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PC gamers enjoy the flexibility of upgrading their systems, and that is perhaps one of the best perks of owning a PC. If you choose your components wisely from the start, there won't necessarily be a need to replace everything when performance needs change. Instead, you can identify which component is holding the PC back and upgrade it according to your needs.

The CPU is one of the most important components in a PC, but knowing when to upgrade it can be tricky. With more attention often placed on the GPU and other components, it can be easy to overlook the CPU. However, when your CPU is consistently near the 100% mark, the games you play are CPU-limited, video editing and exporting take time, 3D rendering takes too much time, and you regularly run a few CPU-heavy applications at the same time; if your PC slows down during any of these processes, that is when you need a CPU upgrade.…