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October 13, 2014 5:27:09 PM

I don't know which to upgrade, the GPU (possibly the PSU too) or the hard drive. My PC is running pretty slow, even for web browsing. But this PC will be mainly used for Photoshop and video editing. My current setup is :
Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.4Ghz
AMD Radeon HD 7570
Western Digital Blue Caviar 7200rpm 1Tb ( possibly to Samsung 850 Pro 512 Gb while keeping the original one)
10Gb DDR3 RAM

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October 13, 2014 8:06:50 PM

Without a questions the GPU.
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October 13, 2014 8:09:27 PM

If you want a faster pc ssd will make a huge diffrence. I personally would wait for the video card unless your editing cannot wait. You have a choice here wait to edit and get a faster pc or get better editing now with the same slow pc.

And I would get the normal 840 evo it had a controller update recently
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October 13, 2014 8:10:34 PM

I don't know how the GPU will improve performance but yes, the GPU. Everything else is more powerful.
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October 13, 2014 8:27:53 PM

Which GPU would you guys recommend?

Thanks

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October 13, 2014 8:37:47 PM

May we know what your PSU model and make is please? And budget for said GPU?
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October 13, 2014 8:40:28 PM

manufacture is Acbel Polytech Inc. 460watt max
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October 13, 2014 8:43:45 PM

budget is under 500 dollars
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October 13, 2014 8:49:39 PM

Yeah you will definitely need a new PSU. My suggestion:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $454.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 23:48 EDT-0400

This way you still get an SSD to speed all of your main games/programs/OS. You would be very happy with these parts
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October 13, 2014 8:53:11 PM

MasterDell said:
Yeah you will definitely need a new PSU. My suggestion:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $454.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 23:48 EDT-0400

This way you still get an SSD to speed all of your main games/programs/OS. You would be very happy with these parts


that's a great upgrade
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October 13, 2014 9:00:16 PM

Thanks for your great responses. I will stick with MasterDell's suggests but get the 250gb ssd instead.
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October 13, 2014 9:07:52 PM

bcbc123 said:
Thanks for your great responses. I will stick with MasterDell's suggests but get the 250gb ssd instead.


Sounds good. Just make sure its the EVO 840 or the M500 from Crucial :) 

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