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I have a ASRock FM2A75 Pro4+ PCI Express 3.0 mother board with an AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon HD Graphics 4.10 GHz processor. Along with 8.00 GB RAM. 64-bit Windows 10 OS and x64-based processor. Also a Allied ATX 300W switching power supply. My case is an NZXT Source 210 Blue with Window USB 3.0 Chassis.

My budget is $300.

I don't have a graphics card and a 500W PSU. If someone could link a pair that would work well with my specs that would be great.

Can anyone give me some tips on what and where to start upgrading for medium to high quality settings, while playing games such as H1Z1 KOTK.

Any help is much appreciated! Have a great day!
 
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I have that psu, in the older Semi-Modular version. It's an awesome psu, absolutely no issues whatsoever pushing an OC i5-3570k and Asus STRIX gtx970 at maximum user OC. All of which adds up to considerably higher wattage needs than a 6800k and gtx1060.

The 1060 generally outperforms the 970 handily, and since I run everything I own at maximum ultra settings and still see 60fps, even with your cpu not as powerful, you shouldn't have any issues getting most AAA titles to much better than medium settings, most games at 1080p will be closer to ultra.

Hah, Seasonic not high quality? Oof, better crawl back under your rock, Seasonic is the standard psus are measured against. Seasonic hasn't made a psu of less than tier 2 quality in years...
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Get a RX 470 max and a gtx 1050ti max. Or else you will be bottlebecked to extreme. Right now even if you uograde to what I have said above, you will be on minor bottlenecks. Optimal 1050 or 960, or RX 460 or r9 280 (need a better psu for this) and a good high quality unit of 550w or so. Use the toms psu tier list to help you decide on a good unit.

Honestly get a new Intel system. Save up and be happy. Or overclock that CPU to 4.6 GHz or something
 
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Bah, bottlenecking, what a useless excuse. That 6800k with some decent OC will handle a gtx1060. For most games it'll not quite use the full capacity of the gpu and for some cpu intensive games it won't handle a decent percentage of the gpus ability. Much depends on both the OC and the game itself. Almost nobody tries to intentionally run both or either the cpu or gpu to 100% anyway.

Normally a good 450w psu would be plenty, but with pushing a higher OC, I'd be happier seeing a 500w. Unfortunately, the choices in 500's are dismally mediocre, so best bet would be a decent 520/550 or the higher quality 450 like the Corsair CXM or XFX. Paired with that 6800k, a gtx1060 is about as good as the fm2+ can get.
 
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Will the Rosewill Hive-550 Power Supply work well with the gtx 1060?
 
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Karadjgne is right. Go with either a 1060 or even a 1070, if you can find one that you are happy to roll out a couple bucks for. If you wanted to go with Team red (AMD that is) get yourself an rx 480 (get either a 4gb or 8gb depending on what games you play, and resolution)
 
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Will the Rosewill Hive-550 Power Supply work well with the gtx 1060?
 
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I'm going to end up purchasing the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 03G-P4-6162-KR, 3GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) and the SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze EVO Edition 520W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply. Will these work well with my specs?
 
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Honestly, I don't see why not. Your PSU has the needed connectors and wattage, your motherboard has a compatible PCI-E slot, and your processor doesn't bottleneck that card. That 1060 in particular is a good choice.
 
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I have that psu, in the older Semi-Modular version. It's an awesome psu, absolutely no issues whatsoever pushing an OC i5-3570k and Asus STRIX gtx970 at maximum user OC. All of which adds up to considerably higher wattage needs than a 6800k and gtx1060.

The 1060 generally outperforms the 970 handily, and since I run everything I own at maximum ultra settings and still see 60fps, even with your cpu not as powerful, you shouldn't have any issues getting most AAA titles to much better than medium settings, most games at 1080p will be closer to ultra.

Hah, Seasonic not high quality? Oof, better crawl back under your rock, Seasonic is the standard psus are measured against. Seasonic hasn't made a psu of less than tier 2 quality in years, the last being a tier 3 unit that was an eco version of the S12-II and only sold in the Asian market.
 
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Thank you so much for the advice
 
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Right now, the best value psus at the 550w range are the Corsair CXM units, which in Europe are under the Vengeance title. Not sure how widespread that market is though. For a gtx 1060 you could ostensibly use a corsair cxm 450w or the Seasonic built xfx 450 TS. Either might come in cheaper than the M12-II.
 
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Lol, my friend bought 2 of them, both took a crap on him after a few weeks, and he had an i5 4670k and a GTX 970.
 
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Sorry about your friends luck. But that happens to every manufacturer of anything. Sure, Seasonic has rmas, everyone does, could simply be a bad batch of caps, which can't possibly be tested for until used. But overall, no OEM company matches Seasonic for build or output quality across the board. There are some companies that offer better lines, like the SuperFlower leadex (Evga G2 etc) and CWT has picked up its generally mediocre performance to very good in the Corsair CXM line, but they both also put out some real junk.
 
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