PC Master Race Upgrading

MoarGaming · Oct 22, 2015

Specs:
MSI FM2-A55M-E33 motherboard
AMD Athlon x4 750k Quad Core Processor
12GB DDR3 RAM
250gb Western Digital Hard drive + 500Gb WD external
500W power supply
Windows 8.1
Gigabyte GV-R775OC-1GI

or if you cant find that the given name is a
Gigabyte Radeon 7750 HD
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Basically, I want to upgrade my CPU and GPU but I don't know what I can do. If necessary, I can also upgrade motherboard (do I need to?). But I am a video editor as-well, so I want to be able to record and play and then edit afterwords. I was hoping to switch from AMD to Intel as-well(Based off of experience I've had with Intel).

CPU - Can be i5 or i7 , Not to familiar with the types of generations though (Were on 6??!?!)

GPU- Geforce? MSI? Price range 200-500? C: (Try to keep low)

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IF YOU HAVE GONE THIS FAR TO HELP ME, WHY NOT GO THE EXTRA MILE, AND TELL ME IF I NEED EXTRA COOLING FANS

. Whoever- Answers to this will make my day and sure help me out tons. <3

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I would like to record newer games at Higher settings and high FPS
Ex: Star wars battlefront (EA)
Battlefield
Halo 5
U get it

- This is a copy of my other thread in CPU's.

TechyInAZ · Oct 22, 2015

Yes you must upgrade the motherboard. I suggest a i7 6700K and a Z170 motherboard for the stuff your doing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 twin frozer is a good buy, GTX 980 is overpriced for the performance you get.

Darkloudx · Oct 22, 2015

I agree with above poster.. Intel really is the way to go for single or few core applications... Honestly I think they are the only way to go for really everything... But anyways, more cooling fans the better... Also I agree with above poster as well with his CPU and mobo suggestions. good HP to do what you want.

photonboy · Oct 22, 2015

Other:

1) NVidia Shadowplay or OBS (using NVidia NVENC option) causes a very minimal performance drop of roughly 5% using the NVidia hardware encoder on the graphics card.

2) i5-4590 or better recommended for CPU

3) BUDGET $200 to $500USD?

What's a PROBLEM is that you now need a new copy of Windows since you switch sockets. I'd use Windows 10 64-bit Home. I think you can opt in for the Insider program for free though I don't recommend that.

Based on your budget i think the best case is:

i5-4590
H97 motherboard
GTX960 4GB (recommend 4GB not 2GB)
Windows 10 64-bit Home

You can look at PCPARTPICKER but that's going to still go over your budget but I don't know what else to recommend. If you go CHEAPER then you have to get a much cheaper CPU or GPU which really defeats the purpose of upgrading.

I'll post some parts below and see what that comes too.

photonboy · Oct 22, 2015

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xnRmhM

It's $460USD (after rebates) not counting Windows so it's about $560+ with Windows.

(I'm partial to Asus or Gigabyte motherboards but no matter what investigate the QUALITY and customer feedback carefully)

Anyway, if you plan to upgrade I wouldn't go any cheaper than that (and I do recommend an i5-4xxx CPU + NVidia GPU).

MoarGaming · Oct 22, 2015

I actually have the windows free upgrade to 10 but thanks though

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