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XtraSweat

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Hi,
I would like to upgrade my old pc for around £700 if possible. My current system is:
amd fx6100
8gb 1330mhz
1tb hdd
amd radeon hd6870 1gb
450w psu

I have a full tower case, os and monitor.
I will primarily use it for gaming such as bf4 and upcoming games such as watch dogs. They need to be as future proof as possible and I would quite like an ssd.

Thanks,
sorry for posting so much if anyone recognises me :) :p
 
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numanator
If your motherboard is good then this would be a sweet upgrade:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£369.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£88.40 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £589.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 23:23 BST+0100)

The mobo for the fx-6100...
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numanator

numanator

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If your motherboard is good then this would be a sweet upgrade:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£369.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£88.40 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £589.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 23:23 BST+0100)

The mobo for the fx-6100 should be an AM3+ which is what the 8320 needs. The gtx 780 should demolish pretty much everything. No need to upgrade ram really.

With an SSD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£58.79 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£389.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£88.40 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £668.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 23:28 BST+0100)

Changed this one to an EVGA 780 mainly due to personal preferance.
 
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numanator

numanator

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Yes, since your board does not support SLI, if you wanted to do a dual gpu setup you would want either the 280x or 290x. Also you should consider a larger PSU to handle the dual cards once you get them.

Here are some PSU options:

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£114.36 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £114.36

Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.22 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £86.22

Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £139.98

Personally I would go with the XFX pro Silver Fully modular
 
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