Need help upgrading a pre-built pc

Raman95

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Hi,

I am looking for advice to upgrade my pre-built pc which i bought with the help of a friend. It's been almost a year since i bought it and im looking to upgrade my pc so it can run certain games smoother without the frames getting choppy. My budget is about 400 euro's and i'm looking to upgrade the components such as gpu, cpu, psu, etc. My specs are:

- CASE: CoolerMaster K380 Gaming (rood l
- OS: Windows 8 (upgraded to Windows 10)
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ
- HDD: 500GB S-ata3 Hardeschijf ( added another 2TB hdd)
- KOELING: Standaard Koeling
- Motherboard: GigaByte H81M-HD3 (incl. HDMI)
- CPU: Intel Core I5 4440 4x3.1ghz
- SSD: Samsung 840 EVO Sata-600 120GB
- GPU: AMD RADEON R9 270 2048mb, incl.
- PSU: 600W Ultra stille power supply


Approximate Purchase Date: approximately a year ago, around august 2015.

Budget Range: 400 Euro's

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies, doing schoolwork (autocad, sketchup and office mostly).

Parts to Upgrade: any recommendations

Location: Netherlands, Rotterdam

Overclocking: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080 and 1680 x 1050 ( old monitor) but not buying another monitor anytime soon.

Additional Comments: i play a lot of league of legends and occasionally i get these weird black screen for a split second or some weird things going over my screen and i'm guessing that might be my GPU failing... but i'm not 100% sure. Also i started playing overwatch and i'm having some small fps problems.

 
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I'd go with a GPU upgrade there.
I got the impression OW is a bit harder on the CPu than some of the other games I play, but a Haswell chip (lower end of the i5 spectrum it may be) should be able to handle that.
There's rumours that the GTX1060 will be unvailed tomorrow, you should probably look at that. Otherwise the RX 480 (issues pending) is a good choice.

Maarsch

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I'd go with a GPU upgrade there.
I got the impression OW is a bit harder on the CPu than some of the other games I play, but a Haswell chip (lower end of the i5 spectrum it may be) should be able to handle that.
There's rumours that the GTX1060 will be unvailed tomorrow, you should probably look at that. Otherwise the RX 480 (issues pending) is a good choice.
 
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