Advice about upgrading my PC

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I am not an expert so this is my gaming rig (Basically the store guy set it up for me 2 years ago):

Gigabyte B75M-DV3
Ram Kingston 4gb budget
Intel Core i5 3450
Asus Nvidia GeForce GT630

I like gaming, the GPU does need upgrading, but not now. I am planning to get a better PSU (Seasonic or corsair), 8GBRam 1600mhz (because thats the max frequency supported, corsair vengance or hyperX) and a SSD (240GB)

Should I invest more money in this PC or it might be better to make a complete upgrade?.

Also I would appreciate very much if somebody send me a link on how ti install SSD (I am not completely sure if my MOBO supports SSD, i am not an expert). Finally should I get SSD hyper X, kingston(without the hyperX) or make the effort to get a samsung?


 
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Your budget would help us alot.

But this is what I would get:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.14 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $387.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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voyboyfan

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Your budget would help us alot.

But this is what I would get:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.14 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $387.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 03:26 EST-0500

That CPU is still fine, but that GPU needs to be replaced ASAP if you're gaming.
 
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