600 dollars to spend on a gaming pc

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killaxeddie

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im getting 600 dollars this week and I don't know what to buy my pc specs are

q6600 clocked at 2.4ghz
Cheap air cooler
750ti
P-35 msi motherboard
600 watt psu

I want to upgrade to a 970 but I don't think it's possible
 
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BadActor
You could build this one, re-use the graphics card temporarily, and the sell your old system and put the money towards any card you want. Even a GTX 980 TI would work in this rig.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)...
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You could build this one, re-use the graphics card temporarily, and the sell your old system and put the money towards any card you want. Even a GTX 980 TI would work in this rig.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $598.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 21:00 EST-0500
 
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damric

damric

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill WolfStone ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $587.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 21:11 EST-0500

Don't update the BIOS so that you can overclock that i3 to ~4.5GHz, win :)
 
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