Upgrade time...... Link me to my next PC! build

[turnbullTeRRoR]

I have around 800- 1000 bucks to drop on a PC.   PC only. I don't need anything else just the tower in its entirety.  Windows 7 wold be nice but not likely I understand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[turnbullTeRRoR]

Everything has  a  400 watt power supply.  Does graphics and processing pull less than it used to?  I have a 600 watt in my current pc with gtx 560

[onyxdragoon]

My PSU is 550W and I run 3x HDD, 2x SSD, GTX 770 and i5 2500k. Your 600W should be fine.

[NOFX]

Been looking at video cards recently an r9 280 looks to be the best bang for the buck at around $169.99

 

Whats your current cpu?

[NOFX]

pretty solid cpu for 165,  Can't really beat the performance for price.   http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD8350FRHKBOX-FX-8350-FX-Series-Processor/dp/B009O7YUF6%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJM4UVF4RQCUWVBQA%26tag%3Dcpubenchmark-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB009O7YUF6

 

Hm.. although it would be tempting to get a 13% faster cpu and for $230  http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Octa-core-FX-9590-Desktop-FD9590FHHKBOF/dp/B00GPJFEJC%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJM4UVF4RQCUWVBQA%26tag%3Dcpubenchmark-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00GPJFEJC

 

 

I use https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html and figure out how much Im willing to spend for performance.

Edited April 27, 2015 by NOFX

[Johnny]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XvfQ99

[Bush]

Pcpartpicker first time I've seen that very cool!

[turnbullTeRRoR]

Been looking at video cards recently an r9 280 looks to be the best bang for the buck at around $169.99

 

Whats your current cpu?

I bought my pc in 2012.  After my last pc a custom job from 2001 that lasted till 2008.   I had a 3 and 4 year old a no money so I ended up with a 500 dollar hp that  I could play CS:S  on and do work from the house on weeknights and weekends.  I eventually added a gtx 560 and a 600 watt psu after csgo came out but I never updated anything else.

 

The processor is weak and the HD is faulty.  Can't recall atm the exact specs but anyways.  The gtx560 never reaches full potential with the weak processor and the computing power is weak compaired to today standards.   Its a quad core but the ghz are relatively low.  Like maybe 2.9 

[NOFX]

ill do my full build when i get into work

[NOFX]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/d4YnJx

 

really though.. I'd salvage stuff off your old PC.  Your Case, Power supply and hard drive.  and go with

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zBz2NG

Edited April 29, 2015 by NOFX

[turnbullTeRRoR]

nope HD's gotta go.  Immenent failure message  

[onyxdragoon]

Might as well go full Intel/Nvidia with i5 4970K and GTX 970. My CPU is from 2011 and still going strong.

[NOFX]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MT7kP6

 

 

If you really want to spend the money, you could drop more on a video card and switch to an intel.

[Preacher]

I built my system 4 years ago. Is it me or has tech kind of dogged it out since then? It doesn't seem like much has changed and what has is barely worth mentioning. I upgraded from my C2QE CPU and an AMD 6870 and it's still almost untouchable by todays games and most non-business software. My newer 3570k with AMD 7870 (still running 24gb of ram from my old PC)  seems to be doing as good or better than most machines for sale today and the only reason I see to upgrade would be to add a few points onto some pointless benchmarking test.

 

Have I missed something? Tech used to advance as fast as you could buy it. Have we seen an end to that?

Edited May 6, 2015 by Preacher

[Bush]

No you haven't missed something preacher because I noticed the same thing a few weeks ago.  I had my tower in storage for the last two years and have been just using my lap top until GTA V came out. Then I decided to dig out my tower and install GTA V on it because I needed the horse power, my laptop wouldn't run it at all.  The tower specs are a I5 2500k (sandy bridge), 6950 vid card, and 8 gigs of ram.  I can run GTA V @1080p, I don't have all of the settings maxed but it looks fine to me and runs just as well. It also pushes it out to a BenQ XL2420G monitor with out any problems. 

[turnbullTeRRoR]

Been looking at video cards recently an r9 280 looks to be the best bang for the buck at around $169.99

 

Whats your current cpu?

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A6-3620+APU   there is my current CPU   2.2 GHz / 2.5 turbo

[NOFX]

yea, will notice a significant difference with any new upgrade. 

 

$790     Includes a 240 Gig SSD drive and a 2TB data drive.      No OS or monitor.  What display are you using? 

[turnbullTeRRoR]

yea, will notice a significant difference with any new upgrade. 

 

$790     Includes a 240 Gig SSD drive and a 2TB data drive.      No OS or monitor.  What display are you using? 

I have a 24'' 144hz  Asus......like a boss and a older piece of crap monitor for #2

[NOFX]

hmm... I forgot to post a link.  Every thing from amazon.  $790 with free shipping.

 

http://www.amazon.com/registry/giftlist/355J926X1Z0Y7

Edited May 6, 2015 by NOFX

[ZeroDamage]

I'd recommend you wait another month or so and see what AMD comes out with with regards to the R 3xx line versus the current 280/290 line. It will drive the prices down for the 2xx line and I am hopeful they will reclaim the performance crown and force Nividia to be competitive with their card prices.