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My current PC specs are as follows:
CoolerMaster K350 Mid ATX
Coolermaster Elite 500W PSU (Heard some bad things about this)
Gigabyte GTX 650Ti OC 1GB/GDDR5
Asrock 980de3/u3s3 mobo
AMD 8320 8-core CPU @3.5Ghz
CM TX3 CPU cooler
Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM
My peripherals are all good and I wouldn't want to upgrade them in the near future.
So, I want to know what you people reccomend I upgrade first? (im thinking the PSU due to hearing it can damage components and that it provides insufficient power too)
I am not a huge spender, hence the low budget build, but if a part i need to upgrade is crucial then i can spare the extra cash.
thanks d00ds
CoolerMaster K350 Mid ATX
Coolermaster Elite 500W PSU (Heard some bad things about this)
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Gigabyte GTX 650Ti OC 1GB/GDDR5
Asrock 980de3/u3s3 mobo
AMD 8320 8-core CPU @3.5Ghz
CM TX3 CPU cooler
Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM
My peripherals are all good and I wouldn't want to upgrade them in the near future.
So, I want to know what you people reccomend I upgrade first? (im thinking the PSU due to hearing it can damage components and that it provides insufficient power too)
I am not a huge spender, hence the low budget build, but if a part i need to upgrade is crucial then i can spare the extra cash.
thanks d00ds
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All depends on the budget and what you use the rig for...
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Craigyy wrote All depends on the budget and what you use the rig for...
Sorry yeah I should've included that :l
haha, I use it for gaming and video editing, current bf4, fallout mods, cs:go etc.
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What is the top of your budget for this upgrade?
Also what currency?
Also what currency?
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Craigyy wrote What is the top of your budget for this upgrade?
Also what currency?
hmm well I Kinda thought that'd depend on what component, but I guess around 120-150?
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If it does everything you want, I'd upgrade your monitor or peripherals first. You're not going to be pulling that much power with a 650 Ti, so the PSU should not be an issue. If you don't have an SSD, that would also be at the top of my list.
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r00t wrote If it does everything you want, I'd upgrade your monitor or peripherals first. You're not going to be pulling that much power with a 650 Ti, so the PSU should not be an issue. If you don't have an SSD, that would also be at the top of my list.
This ^^^
With a budget like that you're not going to be getting the latest and greatest so that's what I'd do...
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r00t wrote If it does everything you want, I'd upgrade your monitor or peripherals first. You're not going to be pulling that much power with a 650 Ti, so the PSU should not be an issue. If you don't have an SSD, that would also be at the top of my list.
Its currently doing the job, only because when playing games like bf4 I lower my settings to low. That way I get more or less 60fps constantly, I'd like to be able to run higher settings on future games too. Not sure if my current psu could support something like an R9 270X, because that's what I'm thinking about stepping my GPU up to..
I also dont have an SSD, i've always been unsure on the idea as how i'd go about installing one, hope I wouldn't have to format my current HDD xD
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-Nexus wroter00t wrote If it does everything you want, I'd upgrade your monitor or peripherals first. You're not going to be pulling that much power with a 650 Ti, so the PSU should not be an issue. If you don't have an SSD, that would also be at the top of my list.
Its currently doing the job, only because when playing games like bf4 I lower my settings to low. That way I get more or less 60fps constantly, I'd like to be able to run higher settings on future games too. Not sure if my current psu could support something like an R9 270X, because that's what I'm thinking about stepping my GPU up to..
I also dont have an SSD, i've always been unsure on the idea as how i'd go about installing one, hope I wouldn't have to format my current HDD xD
You can shrink and clone your current install, but the process can be pretty arduous and I find it's much easier to install a clean OS to the SSD and leave the install on the mechanical drive intact. You can choose which install to use at boot and you can access all the files on the old install from the new one.
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r00t wrote-Nexus wroter00t wrote If it does everything you want, I'd upgrade your monitor or peripherals first. You're not going to be pulling that much power with a 650 Ti, so the PSU should not be an issue. If you don't have an SSD, that would also be at the top of my list.
Its currently doing the job, only because when playing games like bf4 I lower my settings to low. That way I get more or less 60fps constantly, I'd like to be able to run higher settings on future games too. Not sure if my current psu could support something like an R9 270X, because that's what I'm thinking about stepping my GPU up to..
I also dont have an SSD, i've always been unsure on the idea as how i'd go about installing one, hope I wouldn't have to format my current HDD xD
You can shrink and clone your current install, but the process can be pretty arduous and I find it's much easier to install a clean OS to the SSD and leave the install on the mechanical drive intact. You can choose which install to use at boot and you can access all the files on the old install from the new one.
Oh, well I was hoping it was possible to go about it without wiping my hdd. thanks alot r00t!
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