What should I upgrade next?

CroyBoyd · Nov 23, 2015

I know this may seem stupid of me to ask, but any help would be really appreciated. I bought my computer as an HP Pavilion since it was such a good deal and upgraded the case, power supply, got another Hard drive, and a new video card. I am considering a motherboard, but please help. Thank you!

These are my current specs:

HP Pavilion p7-1467c Desktop PC Product Specifications:

Motherboard: MSI MS-7778 (Jasmine)

Processor: AMD A10-5700

Memory: 12 GB

Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660

Audio: Integrated IDT 92HD73E Audio

Hard Drive: 2 TB and 2 TB

Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M - 850W 80 PLUS

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

The case has plenty of room and I generally use my computer for gaming.

Zerk2012 · Nov 23, 2015

Upgrading the motherboard will give you 0 performance difference, and require a new operating system if your still using the original from HP.
You have a FM2 motherboard so really nothing to upgrade processor wise.

Shamwow47 · Nov 23, 2015

CroyBoyd :

A new motherboard is rather useless. A new cpu with motherboard or gpu would be the only thing you should consider upgrading in the future. A amd a10 will not limit the gtx 660. Unless you are noticing the gtx 660 being undepowered for what you play I suggest just waiting until you need a new gpu and upgrade the cpu and motherboard with it. Should be good for a bit considering the gtx 660 is still pretty decent. If you really want a speedy system and have money to spend consider a ssd?

CroyBoyd · Nov 23, 2015

Zerk2012 :

Yes it won't give me any performance increases, but I was thinking that it would allow me more options when I upgrade later. I appreciate the response! I just do not have any idea where to go from here and black friday is coming up, so I want to be able to get some sort of upgrade.

Zerk2012 · Nov 23, 2015

You do relies you would need a new operating system also right? When you change the motherboard your HP disc will no longer work.
I would save up for a Intel processor and motherboard. OS.
Buying a new motherboard for that processor would stick you with FM and that is not really a good thing for gaming.

CroyBoyd · Nov 23, 2015

I have considered an ssd, but don't you need a new operating system on it for it to work? And is it difficult to move the games I play over to the ssd? Again sorry about the beginner questions.

Zerk2012 · Nov 23, 2015

Adding a SSD is fine and dandy you could reload your HP disc on the SSD and it would work, for most people that game you would need a rather large SSD to hold your games and their really no performance increase for just gaming.

Shamwow47 · Nov 23, 2015

CroyBoyd :

You may be able to clone your drive, that is what I did. But there is a chance it may not work so if you have any disks that came with your pc that have to os on it you could use that. For the most part a ssd will not be enough for much more than a game or 2 including you os and any programs. I have cs go, my os and a bunch of programs on a 120gb one and it works great.

Zerk2012 · Nov 23, 2015

If you can swing the price this would be a upgrade but again requiring you to buy a new operating system.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8kdnJx

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