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Jack Glasscock

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Hi,
I wanna to up my PC but i don't know if its even worth it thats why i need ya advice ;p
My current spec
Gigabite ma770-ud3
Athlon 5200+
2gb ram ddr2
8800gtx
I planned to buy phenom x4 965 and radeon 7790 + another 2gb of RAM but after checking prices im not sure if i should but a new mobo and ram aswell. What do ya think guys? :d I didn't want to spend more than £200. Cheers
 
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You could drop the price to this,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£80.00 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£49.80 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card (£127.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £317.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-26 15:59...
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You didn't state what you do primarily on your PC, so what I have to say may be off a bit.
Would help to know your OS also, as 4GB of ram will not be completely recognized by a 32bit system.
Hope this helps a little.
1st; will 200 pound cover all three of those parts?
2d, you did not post your power supply specs. ie. brand, model, wattage, +12V amperage. The 7790 requires less power then your 8800GTX (http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards) BUT the age of your power supply and it's manufacture will have some effect (perhaps significant) on it's ability to power the new system.
3rd. The new motherboards, processors and RAM have significantly improved features over your current equipment. You obviously know this or you wouldn't be looking at upgrading, but your planned upgrade, IMHO, is more like an update and (other then the 7790) you are using outdated parts.
Yes, you will see some improvement in performance, and you will theoretically be able to play using DX11; but the bottle neck in gaming MAY then be your processor- even with 4 cores.
Your system is similar to one I had; when I went with a 4 core Phenom I saw some improvement, when I lost the 9800 cards (basically renamed 8800) and went with GTX460's I saw even more improvment. When I changed two years ago to the 8120 8core and Sabertooth board, then to two 660's to replace the 460's - that's when I saw the biggest change.

I do know how the desire to upgrade and update can overrule common sense and patience; had it happen to me a lot! But I think if you can hold off and save for a new build you would be a lot further ahead and a lot happier in the long run.
 
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Jack Glasscock

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Thx for replay
I use it for gameing ofc ;d and some graphic design (RT, CP, PS, AC). It's wierd to me that ppl ask about OS but yeah win7 ult 64b. My PSU is pretty new Corsair 600w cx probably(2 yrs old). £65 cpu £110 gpu of ebay ram is more tricky. As far as i know phantom wont bottleneck 7790 and its on par with fx4300/6300.
 
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nostall

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this is a little more then 300, but would be a nice set up compared to the old rig.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2HFzH
Can save about 30lb by dropping down a step in mobo chipset.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2HFCZ
I didn't spend a lot of time looking and comparing; you can do that at the web site and possibly save some more.
8GB of RAM might be the minimum you should consider since you do some cad work; The 270 card is a bit better then the 7790 you were looking at.
Forgot, your power supply should be o.k. with this build.
 
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You could drop the price to this,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£80.00 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£49.80 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card (£127.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £317.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-26 15:59 GMT+0000)
 
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