23/08/2026
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?