Budget gaming pc upgrade

[fraudo]

Hi all

my current PC specs are as follows:

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  ■ Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz, Socket 1156
  ■ Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS Hard Disk Drive, 1500GB, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, SATA-2
  ■ G.Skill Ripjaw F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM, 2x2GB, DDR3-1600, PC3-12800, CL8, DIMM
  ■ MSI R5850-PM2D1G Video Card, Radeon HD 5850, 1024MB, DDR5, PCIe-16, DVI, CrossFire, HDMI
  ■ Asus P7P55 LX Motherboard, Socket 1156, 4xDIMM DDR3, 2xPCIe-16, 3xPCI, 2xPCIe-1, 14xUSB2, Audio, 1xATA, 6xSATA, RAID, ATX
  ■ Vantec ION2, 620W ATX PSU, SLI Ready, Black
  ■ Windows 7 64 bit

I'd really like to give it a good upgrade on a budget no more than $600. Firstly I know it badly needs an SSD, for which I'm thinking of the Samsung 250gb 840 EVO series.

The ram could do with another 4GB and my video card is struggling with the latest releases. Should I ditch the video card and go for something newer (ATI 7850, GTX 660?) or try and get another 5850 for crossfire support?

TIA.

 

[d1versify]

if you want an actual upgrade dont buy an SSD. Upgrade cpu,motherboard and video card

 

[Vic 40]

I wouldn't go for the crossfire option,that would require a new psu too.

You could take a look at the amd R9 270 or 270X,the 270 is just a lower clocked version of the 270X and only needs one pcie powercable.
For some more power there is the R9 280X,but that may already be more than you are going for.

You could try it wth this first and if things still don't work as you want look for a cpu/motherboard upgrade.

A ssd would be a nice upgrade for the overall system speed btw.

 

[d1versify]

I wouldn't go for the crossfire option,that would require a new psu too.

You could take a look at the amd R9 270 or 270X,the 270 is just a lower clocked version of the 270X and only needs one pcie powercable.
For some more power there is the R9 280X,but that may already be more than you are going for.

You could try it wth this first and if things still don't work as you want look for a cpu/motherboard upgrade.

A ssd would be a nice upgrade for the overall system speed btw.

he needs to play the games. so i guess SSD is optional for now

 

[Vic 40]

he needs to play the games. so i guess SSD is optional for now

Why do you even feel the need to react wth things like this?

In the end it's all up to the ts what he/she wants to buy.

 

[d1versify]

220$ for i5 3570k,
100$ for asrock z77 pro4
45$ for an extra pair of your memories
260 for EVGA GTX 760

620$ and you got a great gaming machine. I may not know much about PCs, but how can you fit an SSD in this budget? You can play everything with this build with high settings and good fps

 

[Vic 40]

If he's not going to overclock his current set-up he's not going to overclock that one and could you save quite a bit of money or you could go for an amd set-up which would cost less too.

I also don't know why you don't go for the latest intel platform,socket 1150/haswell.

But that's not my point,it's about this,

so i guess SSD is optional for now

We are not the ones who decide what is optional,the ts is the only one who does that.

If the ts talks about getting a ssd and really wants one i'm gonna tell him/her that it's a nice boost for the system in daily use,i know i have one in one of my systems.
It's not just the start up time,it's about installing or uninstalling programs,it's about virus scans that take less time etc.

 

[d1versify]

im suggesting. and yes an amd build could save him some more money to get an even better graphics card.
I'm just saying that and suggesting that he not buy an SSD with this budget.
I know an SSD feels great, i have myself.But first i had to solve all my fps problems
with games and the ssd was the last thing to buy.
Tell him as well that the ssd wont affect his games performance. Only the loading times.
Isnt it better to be able to run all games with max settings? For me this is the top priority.