I have £500 to upgrade my pc, suggestions?

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Hello im currently running a AMD rig and have done for many years i want to retire the old girl and only transplant the power supply and case, everything else should be new

SPECS :

Mobo : Gigabyte 970a - ds3p
CPU : AMD FX-6300
GPU : Nvidia Geforce GTX 750TI
PSU : EVGA G2 750W (I know its overkill but it was a gift)
Case : Corsair carbide 400C (Upgraded with 3 AF120LED fans
CPU Cooler : Stock
RAM : 8GB DDR3
 
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I guess that the old build has a hdd in it which you could use for storage so i got something with an ssd in it,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.92 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.90 @ Alza)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.90 @ Alza)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£179.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £502.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-16 12:00 GMT+0000

other bit cheaper ssd,i think that the MX300 is abit...
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One option,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£189.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£91.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£179.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £500.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-14 15:49 GMT+0000

Other one,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.92 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.90 @ Alza)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card (£229.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £476.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-14 15:58 GMT+0000

reuses your current ram. Might still look at that RX 470 which is still a very capable gpu and keep some money in your pocket.
You can look at a "Z" chipset board here as well and make sure your cpu runs all four cores at max turbo speed,might need a better cooler for that.

If you want extra's like an ssd for instance let us know.It has influence on the build.
 
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I guess that the old build has a hdd in it which you could use for storage so i got something with an ssd in it,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.92 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£68.90 @ Alza)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.90 @ Alza)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£179.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £502.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-16 12:00 GMT+0000

other bit cheaper ssd,i think that the MX300 is abit better,has also abit more storage space,but the BX200 should do fine,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/y8Jkcf/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct240bx200ssd1
get's things under budget.

Something else to get the build under budget and use the MX300,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/gt7CmG/xfx-radeon-rx-470-4gb-triple-x-video-card-rx-470p4sfd5

I would use this and reuse he ram you already have.
 
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Had a second look at the current build,why the need for an upgrade? I understand that an i5 is faster,but with just a better gpu should that build be able to do more fps in games.You could possibly even overclock the cpu a little on that motherboard.

Not trying to complicate things,just wondering.If you want to upgrade all is that fine with me.:)
 
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