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Upgrading a Two Year Old Computer, need advice

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July 25, 2014 10:47:05 PM

Current PC

Coolermaster HAF XB
OC FX-6300 4.0GHZ
ASUS M5A97 LE AMD970A
GSKILL 8GB DDR3 1600 MHZ
HIS HD 7870 GHz Edition
Coolermaster Seidon 120M Water Cooler
WD 1 TB Caviar Blue
Corsair CMPSU-600 CX V2

I was thinking of two different routes

A. Upgrade my PSU and Graphics Card. Was thinking of getting a GIGABYTE GTX 770 4GB and a EVGA SuperNOVA 750 PSU

or

B. Upgrade my Motherboard, CPU and PSU. Was thinking of ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 with a AMD FX-8350 OC and a EVGA SuperNOVA 750 PSU

or

What would you guys do? I have around a $600 budget for upgrades.


One of the main reasons I would like to upgrade now is I would like to start streaming on twitch tv just for fun. The games I would be playing are ARMA 2, ARMA 3 and DayZ. I haven't tried streaming with my current setup but I guess it would do okay. I just want a more solid setup to start off with.


Thank You

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a b 4 Gaming
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July 26, 2014 1:01:11 AM

your system looks fine so just update your gpu to a gtx 780 or r9 290 they will fit your 600$ budget ...personally i will chose the r9 290(392$) because it have more vram and its 100$ cheaper than the 780 (500$).....
a b 4 Gaming
July 26, 2014 1:02:52 AM

Arma and DayZ are CPU intensive, so the PSU, mobo, CPU option is probably the way to go for your needs.
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a b 4 Gaming
July 26, 2014 1:11:37 AM

If you really want to upgrade this is what i'd do with your budget then keep saving and upgrade the GPU, but your CPU and GPU certainly aren't at a critical stage.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($115.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $400.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-26 04:09 EDT-0400
July 26, 2014 11:06:53 AM

Thank you for the replies
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