Help on what to Upgrade on my PC

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Matt Cowans

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I'm currently trying to upgrade my PC so I can play games like Skyrim (heavily moded), Arma 3/ DayZ and GTA V at close to max setting at 60-40 fps.

I know for sure I need a new Graphics card and I was thinking about getting MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G (unless there is a better one around the same price?)
http://goo.gl/oNnq8c

But what I am unsure about is if i need to upgrade any of my other components.

My current build:

MotherBoard: M5A97 R2.0
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M5A97-R2-0-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B008V9959O

CPU: AMD FX 6100 Six core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103962

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-430

RAM: 8 GB (Unsure of brand)

Harddrive: One 500GB HDD and One 1TB HDD (Unsure of brand)

PSU: 500 Watt (Unsure of brand)

I am looking to stay on the AMD side of things, I am only really looking to spend around $600 on new parts, but if you know a component that will work great please mention it. I trying to get ideas I am somewhat new with building/upgrading computers

Thanks
 
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senseijtitus
It would be better if you add an SSD onto your system as the min windows drive and install windows & other software in it. This will increase the overall speed & response of the system. Windows will boot up faster + games and other software will load quicker.

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211603&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Internal+SSDs-_-N82E16820211603&gclid=COKIgd6aq8YCFQuDaQodrGEAuQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Also the PSU if not of good brand & quality should be upgraded. Go for any reputed brand like Antec, XFX, EVGA or Seasonic.

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It would be better if you add an SSD onto your system as the min windows drive and install windows & other software in it. This will increase the overall speed & response of the system. Windows will boot up faster + games and other software will load quicker.

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211603&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Internal+SSDs-_-N82E16820211603&gclid=COKIgd6aq8YCFQuDaQodrGEAuQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Also the PSU if not of good brand & quality should be upgraded. Go for any reputed brand like Antec, XFX, EVGA or Seasonic.

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817371044&gclid=CO-Yr--aq8YCFQiEaQodYb8Dvg&gclsrc=aw.ds

Everything else should be okay for some time to come if you are upgrading your GPU.

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121899&cm_re=GTX_970-_-14-121-899-_-Product
 
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