Upgrading budget gaming pc

pinklady756 · Jul 27, 2014

Looking for some advice on best options to upgrade/improve my son's gaming pc. We built it about 18 months ago.

He has a budget of £400. Could possibly stretch to more if needed.

Build:

NZXT Source 210 elite USB 3.0 Mid Tower
MSI B75A-G43 ATX LGA1155
Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 Ghz dual core
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x 2GB)
MSI Radeon HD 7770 Ghz Edition 1GB
Seagate Barracuda 500gb
Corsair Builder 430w
Samsung optical drive

He's complaining about it being slow/freezing during game play. He mostly plays Minecraft and Gary's Mod. But plays and records videos at the same time and has a dual monitor/screen set up.

He did some kind of check and it suggested that ram was an issue. I'm no expert and would love some advice.

I would ideally like something that isn't going to need upgrading soon, perhaps a different motherboard so that he could look at overclocking in the future.

We were thinking about i5 4670k cpu, but I'm open to suggestions.

TopLuca · Jul 27, 2014

Thats Quite the Upgrade he might be looking for
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pLLRYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pLLRYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£158.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.45 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£40.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£137.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £401.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Can Easily handle gaming at 1080p no problems with Ultra Settings

pinklady756 · Jul 27, 2014

Thanks I'll check that out.

Will the PSU 430w be sufficient? and the ram would be to add to the 2 sticks he has already? The corsair is 1600

TopLuca · Jul 27, 2014

pinklady756 :

It should be sufficient , I can stress more and maybe raise it for 500 Pounds for better components , I wouldn't recommend having all the 4 rams but its a necessity . The 430W should be sufficient tho

pinklady756 · Jul 27, 2014

We could possibly stretch to £500 if you could suggest something else

TopLuca · Jul 27, 2014

This is the absolute best I could do.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/YNHM4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/YNHM4D/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£158.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.45 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.80 @ Kustom PCs)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.32 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £514.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

pinklady756 · Jul 27, 2014

Thanks, just realised I made a mistake with ram it's 8gb that he has 2x4gb

TopLuca · Jul 27, 2014

pinklady756 :

Then no need to get the ram I supplied , You save your friend a lot of money

pinklady756 · Jul 27, 2014

Thanks

we need the z97 to be able to overclock in the future, so the money saved on ram will cover that

TopLuca · Jul 27, 2014

pinklady756 :

Thats a good one right here

, If you think the thread is closed make sure to choose a best solution in order to help others afterwards who have the same issue and to make the experts shift their focus onto something else . Thanks

sora · Jul 28, 2014

pinklady756 :

I would try getting an XFX 550W power supply or Seasonic 520W power supply.

TopLuca · Jul 28, 2014

sora :

I've already supplied a PSU

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