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mccloskey75

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okay so i have a old mid level PC parts are as follows

board:MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

GPU:GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB GDDR5 DVI/HDMI/2Mini DisplayPorts PCI-Express Video Card GV-R785OC-1GD

Ram: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-8GAB

CPU: AMD FX-4350 Vishera 4.2GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4350FRHKBOX

PSU:APEX AL-D500EXP 500W ATX12V Power Supply

case:Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan

1TB harddrive

i have around 1300$ to spend should i upgrade this one or get a whole new system?
 
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Danbuscus25

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with $1300, i would get a new system, so you have 2 computers. or if you dont need 2 computers, you can either sell the old one, or move over the mobo and get a fx 8350, or if you want to go with intel, you can keep your case and psu and ram.
 
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shortstuff_mt

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Your build really isn't that bad, but there are some things you would have to upgrade like the PSU and CPU. $1300 will get you a pretty nice system. here's an example of a build that comes in well under $1300. You could even shuffle a few components and squeeze a GTX 780 in if you want. You could probably re-use a few of your components like the 1TB HDD and RAM if you don't want to keep your current system operational.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.96 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($98.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($328.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($75.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1188.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-03 16:43 EST-0500)
 
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bluehowell

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No but you would get a large performance bump going to the 280x and would not have any of the issues with crossfire and SLI. Sell your old card.

 
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Danbuscus25

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you cant crossfire 2 cards that different. and the brand depends on your budget and what you will be doing. if you are gaming, then go with amd cuz its a bit cheaper. but if you are doing 3d modeling/rendering/video editing, then nvidia is a bit better. so with $1300, i would get a R9 270x or R9 280.
 
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bluehowell

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Not 100% performance scaling, heavily reliant on software updates, micro stuttering and you would also have to get a beefier PSU with ample PCI-E connectors

 
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