I need a lot of help upgrading my PC for gaming

[ImPCnoob]

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 budget is $500.

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!

 

[CTurbo]

You just need a better power supply and a video card. What is your budget?

 

[ImPCnoob]

You just need a better power supply and a video card. What is your budget?

$500 USD.

 

[CTurbo]

Well if your budget is that high, you may as well upgrade your cpu and motherboard too.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.33 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.25 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $471.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 01:26 EDT-0400

 

[ImPCnoob]

Well if your budget is that high, you may as well upgrade your cpu and motherboard too.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.33 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.25 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $471.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 01:26 EDT-0400

Thank you so much Turbo! Will I be able to get away with only upgrading the video card and power supply? I don't know how to install the mother board or power supply.

 

[ocer9999]

Well if your budget is that high, you may as well upgrade your cpu and motherboard too.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.33 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.25 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $471.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-08 01:26 EDT-0400

Something like that would work good, but I would just go with RX470 4GB instead of the 3Gb 1060. 3Gb is already in its limits in this game gen, wouldnt take long to be outdated.

 

[CTurbo]

The 470 is ok, but the 3GB 1060 is faster all of the time.

Yes you can get by with only upgrading your video card and psu if you want.