Looking for Upgrade Advice

Henry Cortes · Jun 13, 2015

These are my current specs.
G3258, ASRock Z97 Anniversary, GSkillNS 4GB, Western Digital 250GB(Failing), 7750 DDR3, CM430, Corsair CX500.

This is what I'm looking to upgrade to. I have $700 spending cash, and would like to stay under that budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X OC Video Card ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $660.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 00:47 EDT-0400

IAmTheTofu · Jun 13, 2015

You can reuse your optical drive.

This should do the trick.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($73.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $694.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 03:41 EDT-0400

Remove the optical drive if you already have one.

Hybrids are a mix of HDDs and SSDs. They're basically HDD's with about 8GB of SSD inside.

turbopiki · Jun 13, 2015

re-use optical drive, i gave you much better quality powersupply if you can go over you budget a little bit

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($316.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $716.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 03:59 EDT-0400

If you cant go over your budget change GTX 970 for http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290xedfd

and PSU for this one (r9 290x uses more power ) http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

Gam3r01 · Jun 13, 2015

Its a bit misleading with your prices including MIR, from what I have gathered the OP dosent want to go over at this point in time, meaning rebates probably are not preferred to get it under 700.

Henry Cortes · Jun 13, 2015

Just to clear up any confusion that may be there, I currently do not have an optical drive. And my budget is $700, and I'd like it to be under that before rebates.

turbopiki · Jun 13, 2015

Basically your build but with better PSU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X OC Video Card ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $655.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 14:14 EDT-0400

IAmTheTofu · Jun 14, 2015

turbopiki :

Basically your build but with better PSU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X OC Video Card ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $655.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 14:14 EDT-0400

Add the 290x or a GTX 970

Vic 40 · Jun 14, 2015

IAmTheTofu :

Without the rebates he's just under his budget of $700 so this is about as good as it gets.

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