need help with upgrading

Cyn2Win · Sep 26, 2016

looking to upgrade this gaming pc. I have $300 to spend for now.
CPU
Intel Core i5 4460 @ 3.20GHz
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz
Motherboard
ASRock H97M Anniversary (CPUSocket)
Graphics
VX2250 SERIES (1920x1080@60Hz)
3072MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (XFX Pine Group)
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 (SATA)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSB0
Case
NZXT source 210

Lightening02 · Sep 26, 2016

I'd get a new graphics card. You could get either an RX 480 or GTX 1060 for a bit over $250. Another option is to get an SSD. Depending on what you get you may still have enough left over for a graphics card upgrade.

This goes a bit over budget, but you can get a GTX 1060 6GB and a 240GB SSD for a good price. It's not the world's fastest SSD, but it'll still outperform a hard drive and has pretty good value. You could also get a RX 480 instead of a GTX 1060. It's not quite as powerful, but it does perform better in games that support DirectX12.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card ($249.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $314.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-26 22:17 EDT-0400

You could instead opt for a higher quality SSD. You'll get faster read and write times, but it'll set you back more. Your options here for a GPU are the RX 470 and GTX 1060 3GB. The 3GB is weaker than it's 6GB counterpart, but it still performs better than the RX 470. However, the RX 470 has 4GB of memory, which will help prevent stuttering and hitching resulting from the limited 3GB of memory.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($93.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB NITRO+ Video Card ($209.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $303.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-26 22:31 EDT-0400

Cyn2Win · Sep 26, 2016

Lightening02 :

I'd get a new graphics card. You could get either an RX 480 or GTX 1060 for a bit over $250. Another option is to get an SSD. Depending on what you get you may still have enough left over for a graphics card upgrade.

This goes a bit over budget, but you can get a GTX 1060 6GB and a 240GB SSD for a good price. It's not the world's fastest SSD, but it'll still outperform a hard drive and has pretty good value. You could also get a RX 480 instead of a GTX 1060. It's not quite as powerful, but it does perform better in games that support DirectX12.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card ($249.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $314.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-26 22:17 EDT-0400

You could instead opt for a higher quality SSD. You'll get faster read and write times, but it'll set you back more. Your options here for a GPU are the RX 470 and GTX 1060 3GB. The 3GB is weaker than it's 6GB counterpart, but it still performs better than the RX 470. However, the RX 470 has 4GB of memory, which will help prevent stuttering and hitching resulting from the limited 3GB of memory.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($93.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB NITRO+ Video Card ($209.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $303.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-26 22:31 EDT-0400

thanks alot. what do you think i should do after i buy this.

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