Opinion on upgrade? (New at this)

htreharn046 · Jul 10, 2014

So I want to upgrade some hardware in my pc.

Parts picked:

MSI R7770-PMD1GD5 Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - $89.99

AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition - $179.99

Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 990FX AM3+ Motherboard - $144.99

Coolmax 700W 120mm Blue LED Fan Power Supply CL-700B - $49.99

Right now, it's an absolute slug with a lot of memory. Will the psu have enough power for this or? About the most I've ever done with a computer before is putting another memory card in and installing a network adapter card.

numanator · Jul 10, 2014

If this computer will be used to play games, I would do something like this for the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($142.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $442.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Or this if you want an Intel build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.66 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($142.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $454.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

What RAM, Case, etc. do you have that you will be reusing?

FYI, Coolmax makes some pretty bad quality power supplies

htreharn046 · Jul 10, 2014

Luckily I didn't order an of the parts yet. I saw good reviews and bad ones for coolmax, but for some reason it managed to get a pretty decent rating on newegg.

4GB RAM, 150GB HDD, and the case is something a friend of mine had sold me that I've been using. I think it used to be a compaq, but it's hard to tell anymore. 3 fans built into the case (back, side, top) and it's very open. They modified it a lot but it's a full sized tower. I can get exact dimensions of fans/case later if that would help.

RazerZ · Jul 10, 2014

numanator :

If this computer will be used to play games, I would do something like this for the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($142.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $442.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Or this if you want an Intel build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.66 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($142.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $454.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

What RAM, Case, etc. do you have that you will be reusing?

FYI, Coolmax makes some pretty bad quality power supplies

I would spend a few dollars extra and get a dual fan version of the 270

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100365l

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