Looking to upgrade my old pc with 500$ budget

Rapchez · Sep 8, 2013

I'm a gamer

Current Build:
Intel i3 550 2cores 3.2ghz
GTS 450
ASUS P7H55-LX mobo
4gigs of RAM

My budget is 500$
I want to get a new
Graphics card
processor
mobo
ram
and an SSD for my OS

The processor I decided to get is the AMD FX-6350 I have an aftermarker CPU cooler and I have no idea what mobo to get I don't plan on doing any SLI, and I have a decent big case

and I perfer NVIDIA than a Radeon

lucasz · Sep 8, 2013

Good choice for the CPU. For the motherboard, i'd get a gigabyte 990fx ud3. it's not too expensive and is good for overclocking. for ram i'd get 8gb of any good ram company, gpu i'd get a gtx 660 or adm 7950. The 7950 is a great card for the price, but you don't like adm so i dont know. and for ssd just get any good brand. i think that's more towards $600 than $500, but you'll have a great rig

Rapchez · Sep 8, 2013

hm that motherboard seems good but it has 4 slots for graphics cards and Im not looking to get more than 1 card

lucasz · Sep 8, 2013

Not all of the slots are for graphics cards. If you're going to overclock (which I recommend) that's the only motherboard I'd recommend that gets you close to your budget

Rapchez · Sep 8, 2013

alright ill look into it seems really good

Thanatognomonic · Sep 8, 2013

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.08 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: A-Data S510 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($180.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $419.03
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-08 16:41 EDT-0400)

EDIT : Just a note, you might want to check the size of your case, tell us if it's Micro ATX or ATX

Rapchez · Sep 8, 2013

I searched my case and it says
Form Factor: ATX Mid-Tower
Compatible Motherboards: ATX, Micro ATX

Thanatognomonic · Sep 9, 2013

Rapchez :

aaah, good, this build I have suggested should in theory work, the motherboard iteself is an ATX form-factor.

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