What should I upgrade next on my gaming PC?

Lord-Crimble · Nov 4, 2014

I built my first gaming PC a few months ago (without any help) and in hindsight I wish I had made a couple of changes, oh well!

What should I upgrade next or where should I take my build?

Specs:
Sharkoon T28 Tower
AMD FX-6350 (4.20GHz Turbo) OC'ed to 4.4GHz
Corsair H80i CPU Cooler
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X 2GB Graphics Card (slightly OC'ed using CCC)
(2x4GB) Crucial Ballistix XT 1600MHz RAM
600W EVGA 80+ Bronze PSU
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard
Seagate 1TB HDD
Cost with Windows 8.1 £566

I'm still getting to grips with all this PC building stuff. I wasn't sure if to crossfire a second GPU and upgrade the PSU to a 850W XFX Gold PSU or to buy an SSD instead.

Thoughts/ideas?

CoolaxGaming · Nov 4, 2014

Get a FX-8350

RookieOfTheYear · Nov 4, 2014

I personally would buy an SSD. After having one in my system, I don't think I could go without it haha. What kind of FPS are you getting in your games?

drkatz42 · Nov 4, 2014

You've got a nice rig. I agree with RookieOfTheYear, get an SSD.(best bang for your buck!)
If you're gaming at 1080p, you have an excellent GPU.

RookieOfTheYear · Nov 4, 2014

drkatz42 :

Absolutely. I actually have an 8350 and a 6350, and in games, I honestly haven't notice much of a difference. I actually have my 6350 in right now and keep meaning to change back to the 8350, but never really find much of a need to. I think I am going to do some direct comparisons in the games I play to see exactly what the difference is. Everything will be identical except the CPU's. I have a feeling it is not going to be as significant as most would think.

Lord-Crimble · Nov 4, 2014

CoolaxGaming :

When I said about making a couple of changes in hindsight, upgrading to the FX-8350 was one of them

I'm glad you agree though!

Lord-Crimble · Nov 4, 2014

RookieOfTheYear :

If you do those comparisons do let me know! With the H80i CPU cooler i'm getting temps under load of 35 Degrees Celcius (95 Fahrenheit) So i'm really happy with that and could probably OC further.

Lord-Crimble · Nov 4, 2014

RookieOfTheYear :

I'm currently playing Middle Earth - Shadow of Mordor and getting around 50-55fps on High settings (lags a bit during heavy fights). I'm also playing Stronghold Crusader 2 at about 60fps on Ultra but it does start to drop frames when I build a big town.
My Gf plays Sims 4 on Ultra at 55-60fps fine haha

RookieOfTheYear · Nov 4, 2014

Lord-Crimble :

Oh I know you can overclock further. I forgot to mention that I have my 6350 overclocked as well. I only have a hyper 212 evo, and have it at 4.6GHz and get temps of about 55C. I have hit the limit thought on the voltage. I have to have it set to 1.55 volts to get the 4.6GHz stable. I can go up to 4.7GHz, and it won't crash in any games or anything, but it fails the stress test. So I have hit my limit with this chip. I could overclock the northbridge a little and get more performance, but I am getting about the highest temps I want on the motherboard. So I usually leave it at 4.5GHz and 1.5125 volts.

The 8350 I could only get to about 4.5GHz before the CPU temp hit its max of 62C.

CoolaxGaming · Nov 4, 2014

RookieOfTheYear :

Lord-Crimble :

Oh I know you can overclock further. I forgot to mention that I have my 6350 overclocked as well. I only have a hyper 212 evo, and have it at 4.6GHz and get temps of about 55C. I have hit the limit thought on the voltage. I have to have it set to 1.55 volts to get the 4.6GHz stable. I can go up to 4.7GHz, and it won't crash in any games or anything, but it fails the stress test. So I have hit my limit with this chip. I could overclock the northbridge a little and get more performance, but I am getting about the highest temps I want on the motherboard. So I usually leave it at 4.5GHz and 1.5125 volts.

The 8350 I could only get to about 4.5GHz before the CPU temp hit its max of 62C.

4.5 GHZ would be a recommended oc.
I have gotten to 5.0 GHZ with 79 C

Lord-Crimble · Nov 4, 2014

I think i might go for this as my next upgrade. What do you guys think?

Samsung 256GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND

RookieOfTheYear · Nov 4, 2014

That looks awesome man. Very nice SSD! You won't be disappointed.

Lord-Crimble · Nov 4, 2014

RookieOfTheYear :

I'll be getting the Samsung 256GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND.

Cheers for your help guys!

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