Upgrading my computer, need help!!!

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I want to upgrade my computer to play CS:GO, Far Cry 4 and Battlefield on playable settings without it looking like The Ultimate Doom. I also hope to record and stream at one point which would be great My current budget is $400
My computer is a HP 500-164

Parts
Motherboard: MS-7778 (JasmineR)
APU: AMD A8-6500
RAM: 8GBS
PSU: Internal 300W (100V-240V)

Any help would be great!!!
 
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Forever Oleg
First of all, your CPU is not THAT bad. It's actually a pretty good CPU (APU) with acceptable single core performance. There is no FM2+ CPU out there right now that you will experience a noticable boost in performance with. You shouldn't get a new CPU and mobo because you won't have much money left to spend on the graphics card so stay with the CPU (APU) you have and overclock it. If you still have the stock cooler, then pick up a 212 EVO or Cryorig H7 if you decide to overclock.

First of all, with that CPU you will be able to stream CS:GO and maybe BF if you put the settings down a bit, but I think it will be a problem streaming Far Cry 4 as it is a much more demanding game.

8GB of RAM is enough for most gaming and is good for...
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First of all, your CPU is not THAT bad. It's actually a pretty good CPU (APU) with acceptable single core performance. There is no FM2+ CPU out there right now that you will experience a noticable boost in performance with. You shouldn't get a new CPU and mobo because you won't have much money left to spend on the graphics card so stay with the CPU (APU) you have and overclock it. If you still have the stock cooler, then pick up a 212 EVO or Cryorig H7 if you decide to overclock.

First of all, with that CPU you will be able to stream CS:GO and maybe BF if you put the settings down a bit, but I think it will be a problem streaming Far Cry 4 as it is a much more demanding game.

8GB of RAM is enough for most gaming and is good for streaming so you can spend most of your money on the GPU.

You will have to change the GPU and the PSU.

Because you have $400 to spend, you can really go high quality on this.

For GPU, get the awesome GTX 970, a solid card everywhere: http://www.amazon.com/GeForce-Overclocked-256-bit-DisplayPort-Graphics/dp/B00NJ9BJ8G/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1446950519&sr=1-4&keywords=gtx+970

The GTX 970 will be bottlenecked a bit by your CPU so that's why it would be good if you overclock your CPU.

Along with the top quality GTX 970, you need to pick up a top quality PSU: http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-Crossfire-Warranty-110-B2-0750-VR/dp/B00KFAFRW6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446961488&sr=8-1&keywords=supernova+b2

This SuperNova B2 is also semi-modular so you can do some pretty good cable management.

That is pretty much all you need to know, sir. Cheers :)
 
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I must warn you though that 6500 is a locked chip so you will have to Overclock it using FSB so if you don't want to mess around with that, nobody makes you. I personally have no experience with FSB overclocking but you can look up some tutorials.
 
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I really don't recommend AMD cards to people. AMD support is a joke, AMD drivers are a joke (AMD Crimson is supposed to come out soon but we don't know if it's good or not), AMD cards are huge power consumer, AMD cards produce a lot of heat. If you want something good but something cheaper then GTX 960 4GB is a very solid choice. The ASUS Strix is a very good card: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00VRSERUI/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1446955492&sr=1-7&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=gtx+960+4gb&dpPl=1&dpID=515jwFJ%2BCjL&ref=plSrch
 
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