Hello, I have a rather old system, which is valuable to me and I plan on upgrading. At the moment it looks like that: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, Acer F690GVM, 4GB RAM, Sapphire Radeon HD5450. As for PSU, I have my eyes on either Corsair's CX500 or GS600, would love an advice. Will be used mostly for gaming. Thanks in advance!
Advice needed on upgrading HD5450.
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Scoutdrago3
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Do you have an overall budget? What level of performance are you aiming to achieve? Also as stated above the CX series by Corsair has high failure rates, so for the PSU I would take the GS600.
If you give me your overall budget I can help you choose what you need upgraded and pick out the best parts.
If you give me your overall budget I can help you choose what you need upgraded and pick out the best parts.
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Sorry if its a little over budget, but I can assure you: It will game. Here you go, enjoy:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£99.54 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£39.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.15 @ More Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£129.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £411.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-11 01:25 BST+0100
The motherboard form factor is Micro-ATX because your previous board is a Micro-ATX, so it should fit in the case.
If you have any more questions or concerns, just ask
P.S. If your old parts are valuable to you, get a frame off the internet/store and hang the old parts in those frames as a decoration in your room. Just a suggestion.
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