After trying to run a few games I'm ready to upgrade/rebuild my machine. To this point I've only bought box store prebuilt machines, and typically went low-mid end. After checking a few reviews it seems there is a bit of consensus on some parts but not all.
First my current machine is an HP Pavilion p7-1010. Basically, it looks like everything will need replaced but the optical drive and probably the HD. It's an AMD Athlon II X4 645 processor, 6gb of DDR3 ram 1333, 1TB 7200rpm HD, integrated graphics, and a junk 250w power supply.
My goal is to play the more popular games (BF, COD, bioshock, etc) at medium to high settings enjoyably. No video editing or photoshop. Just a few games and some web surfing.
My plan it to start with the power supply. It sounds like a decent 500w supply would be enough. I'll probably go with an FX-6300 chip when I get to the processor, as it sounds capable for my demands and budget. I'd also likely jump to 8gb of ram too.
The total budget is around $600-$700, before OS. That will be spread out over a couple months. I'd like to get a power supply and graphics card now and run what I have until I have the funds for the rest of the build.
Knowing that, what GPU would you grab? I'm looking at the $150-$250 range, mostly at the R9 270x and the GTX 760 on the high end and R7 260x and GTX 750ti on the low end. I've been told to check if the card will fit my current case, which looks fairly deep, though I haven't had it open. I'm also not sure if some of those cards would be better suited down the road for the FX-6300 processor. Any input would be great. I know anything will be better than the integrated graphics, but I'd like to do this once rather than return parts until I figure out what I'm doing.
First my current machine is an HP Pavilion p7-1010. Basically, it looks like everything will need replaced but the optical drive and probably the HD. It's an AMD Athlon II X4 645 processor, 6gb of DDR3 ram 1333, 1TB 7200rpm HD, integrated graphics, and a junk 250w power supply.
My goal is to play the more popular games (BF, COD, bioshock, etc) at medium to high settings enjoyably. No video editing or photoshop. Just a few games and some web surfing.
My plan it to start with the power supply. It sounds like a decent 500w supply would be enough. I'll probably go with an FX-6300 chip when I get to the processor, as it sounds capable for my demands and budget. I'd also likely jump to 8gb of ram too.
The total budget is around $600-$700, before OS. That will be spread out over a couple months. I'd like to get a power supply and graphics card now and run what I have until I have the funds for the rest of the build.
Knowing that, what GPU would you grab? I'm looking at the $150-$250 range, mostly at the R9 270x and the GTX 760 on the high end and R7 260x and GTX 750ti on the low end. I've been told to check if the card will fit my current case, which looks fairly deep, though I haven't had it open. I'm also not sure if some of those cards would be better suited down the road for the FX-6300 processor. Any input would be great. I know anything will be better than the integrated graphics, but I'd like to do this once rather than return parts until I figure out what I'm doing.
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