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August 16, 2014 3:21:05 PM

Hey

I currently have a pc which i built a while back and that i want to upgrade.

The current specs
I5 2320
Intel® Desktop Board DH61WW
8 GB ram
COOLER MASTER Elite Power RS400-PSARI3-US 400W ATX12V v2.31 Power Supply
And a VGA which is burnt out so that needs to be replaced

Im considering of keeping the Processor and the Ram and getting another
Motherboard, VGA, RAM, HardDrive

I have about $385 to spend so my plan is to get

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H $108
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...

Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H $ 85
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...

VGA
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 $154
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=01G-P4-275...

EVGA GeForce GT 740 4GB Superclocked $127
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-274...

RAM
TridentX $104
http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c10d-8gtx

Hard Drive $ 70(This is optional since i have a 1 TB already)
Western Digital 1TB

Could some one tell me if my current power supply could power the specs which i plan to take
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

And if there is anything i should consider changing in my plan for the new specs

Thank You.

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August 16, 2014 6:56:39 PM

Your post is very confusing so I'll try to address everything I'm seeing here.

Actually, you should consider yourself very lucky that power supply has lasted this long without any issues. That unit is part of the Cooler master Elite series, which is not by any measure "elite", unless you're talking about bad power supplies. It's actually on Tier 5, the "replace immediately" category of the Tom's power supply tier list located here at the bottom under tier 5:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-su...

If you want your new components to remain undamaged, I would highly recommend replacing it, ESPECIALLY since it's been around the block already AND is on the Tier 5 list.

Not sure what you mean by a "VGA that's burned out"? Do you mean a monitor that burned out or a graphics card that quit?

Is there a reason why you have TWO motherboards listed? Are you asking which is the better choice?

Are you planning to buy both the listed graphics cards, or again, are you asking which one would work better with your components?

Also, you say "I'm considering of keeping the Processor and the Ram and getting another Motherboard, VGA, RAM, HardDrive"

So which is it? Are you keeping the RAM or getting new RAM? You need to clarify your post so we can help you because it's a little cloudy the way it is now.

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August 16, 2014 7:36:44 PM

Since your CPU only supports up to 1333Mhz RAM I don't see much point in putting more money into it. I'd look at upgrading to the latest 1150 socket by getting a Z97 mobo and overclocking a pentium G3258. The PSU would power the build you suggested but it's not a very good quality PSU and it's worth an upgrade. I'd upgrade the CPU, mobo, PSU and GPU as well as get a CPU cooler. Next i'd upgrade RAM then later upgrade to CPU to an unlocked Broadwell i5 when they are released.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $384.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-16 22:37 EDT-0400
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August 17, 2014 4:13:33 AM

Ok thanks let me clarify some of the points.

Power Supply
Yeah didnt know it was that bad will definitely replace that now. Will check what i have on the stores near by since i want to get all the parts from the same store so its easier in case there a problem.

darkbreeze
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Also, you say "I'm considering of keeping the Processor and the Ram and getting another Motherboard, VGA, RAM, HardDrive"


Yeah by that i meant i already have a ram which is not very good. Its a Kingston 8GB 1333MHz

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Not sure what you mean by a "VGA that's burned out"? Do you mean a monitor that burned out or a graphics card that quit?


Graphics card is mostly gone there are quite a few problems with it and has to be replaced

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Is there a reason why you have TWO motherboards listed? Are you asking which is the better choice?

Are you planning to buy both the listed graphics cards, or again, are you asking which one would work better with your components?


Yes that what i wanted to know which is better and is it worth.

byza
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Since your CPU only supports up to 1333Mhz RAM I don't see much point in putting more money into it.

Though the cpu can only support a ram of 1333MHz wouldnt this be better since its a I5? over the Pentium one which you suggested

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Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)

Could you suggest GeForce card instead
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August 17, 2014 10:15:10 PM

There's lots of things that are better and we can recommend them, but when you say you only have a limited amount of money to spend on the build then that's what we go by. You could get an i7 and a 300.00 motherboard with a Titan graphics card too, but it's going to be a lot more than the 385.00 you said you had to work with.
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August 17, 2014 10:28:59 PM

dragondude28 said:

byza
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Since your CPU only supports up to 1333Mhz RAM I don't see much point in putting more money into it.


Since you want to upgrade piecemeal this is the way I would do it if i were in that situation. The idea being to upgrade to an i5 when you have more money.

The other option is to save up more money and upgrade it all at once. You could just buy a new GPU and PSU and not upgrade anything else if that what you want. Probably not a bad idea to do just that and wait until Skylake comes out, hopefully mid-late next year. You could get away with another gen of CPUs without falling behind.
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August 18, 2014 12:09:33 AM

byza said:
Probably not a bad idea to do just that and wait until Skylake comes out, hopefully mid-late next year.


Yeah right. You hope. Can't even get them to release Broadwell when they say they're going to. Shoot, can't even get them to release full specs and actually decide WHEN they're going to release it. But I agree with you on Skylake. Broadwell probably isn't going to be worth upgrading to unless the max clock limits are much better than Haswell because the stock clocks won't be.
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August 18, 2014 12:49:54 AM

darkbreeze said:
byza said:
Probably not a bad idea to do just that and wait until Skylake comes out, hopefully mid-late next year.


Yeah right. You hope. Can't even get them to release Broadwell when they say they're going to. Shoot, can't even get them to release full specs and actually decide WHEN they're going to release it. But I agree with you on Skylake. Broadwell probably isn't going to be worth upgrading to unless the max clock limits are much better than Haswell because the stock clocks won't be.


From what i've heard Broadwell will just be Haswell Refresh with smaller lithography so I expect Skylake should get the higher clocks.
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August 18, 2014 1:46:17 AM

Seems like I heard that too. Smile.
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August 20, 2014 3:53:03 PM

Hey, sorry that i couldn't reply earlier but i went through all the suggestion and check on how much more money i could add to the build and i decided to buy most of the parts.

This includes the motherboard, processor, vga, ram and the power supply. Now i can afford to spend between $550 - 500. But better if it is closer to 500.

Motherboard (I have selected 3 motherboards and i want to know if it is worth spending the additional amount for the more expensive motherboards or whether the cheaper motherboard could preform just as well for my build)
GA-B85M-D3H $92
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV $62
http://www.gigabyte.com.lk/products/product-page.aspx?p...
MSI H81M-P33 $58
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H81MP33.html#hero-overvie...

Processor (And my prefer not to do any overclocking)
Intel® Core™ i3-4150 Processor (3M Cache, 3.50 GHz) $120
http://ark.intel.com/products/77486/Intel-Core-i3-4150-...

VGA
MSI Geforce GTX 750 Ti Twin Frozr Gaming OC 2GB GDDR5 $212
http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N750Ti-TF-2GD5OC.html#he...

RAM (Since my current ram is 1333MHz i want to get a better ram for the system. And since i have heard its not good to mix i will not be using the old ram)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) 1600 Mhz CL9 DDR3 kit $104

Power Supply (Im not too sure on how to decide the wattage but after checking the link i picked out two power supply's in the Corsair VS series which was on tier 3 and since i don't plan to over clock i figured that this would be ideal in terms of safety and price)
Corsair VS550 550W $77
Corsair VS450 450W $65

Thanks.
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August 20, 2014 7:13:30 PM

You might not be overclocking but you are using a rather high end GPU card so while the power capacity is probably fine with either of those, the 550 being the better choice, I'd go with this Seasonic. It's a better product and it's cheaper. It's also a Tier 2 class A PSU.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

As far as the card goes, you can get it for 60 bucks cheaper here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

leaving you plenty of money to go with a better board and maybe even step up a notch on the processor since you'll be saving money on both the PSU and the GPU. Also, that PSU is modular so it will help immensely with the cable management inside the case.

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