upgrade

codkilla2408 · 23 Jul 2014 at 11:26

ive got £200 to spend on my build i wanna improve my system i need a new power supply and anything else that you think will improve my system

current specs

amd a8 5600k
8gb gskill ram 1600mhz
2 500gb hdd
1 250gb hdd with os on it
asus radeon R7 260

any ideas gratfeul

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2014 at 11:28

Hi,

I have an idea in mind.

What is your case and PSU and CPU cooler (if you have one?)?

codkilla2408 · 23 Jul 2014 at 11:31

my case is a corsair spec 01 and my psu is a crap cheap one form a competitor and thats why its needs replacing asap and my cpu cooler is stock im new to this so i didnt realise this sort of stuff was bad

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2014 at 11:38

codkilla2408 said:
my case is a corsair spec 01 and my psu is a crap cheap one form a competitor and thats why its needs replacing asap and my cpu cooler is stock im new to this so i didnt realise this sort of stuff was bad

We all are at some point, you live and learn, the case is pretty good and we can salvage a few things.

This is one option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £192.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

It won't improve games graphically but it gets you on a better platform and then you can pick up a cheap i5/i7 (secondhand) later on if you wish to upgrade to a high-end machine.

If you upgrade your GPU anymore the CPU will become a bottleneck, so I think it was best to suggest switching plaforms.

codkilla2408 · 23 Jul 2014 at 11:45

so are amd processors not very good then to be fair i dint play that many games been playing dayz but then thats buggy as hell lol so you think i should switch over to intel and i could proberly sell my old cpu and mobo and get a bit of cash back