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woltej1

woltej1

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Things to upgrade in order, just my opinion:

1) New CPU and mobo, in the FX line and AM3+ socket. You are using a dedicated GPU so an APU is pointless and performs worse as a cpu compared to the FX counterpart.

2) Get a SSD, it will make a huge improvement to your system.

From there on you can take a couple different routes. If you plan to make a big upgrade to your graphics card you'd need a larger tower most likely along with a PSU.

Or you can look into better RAM.
 
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Dark Lord of Tech

Dark Lord of Tech

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.19 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $629.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-05 20:04 EST-0500)
 
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