PC Upgrade

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Hi,
I have a 3 year old computer my friend built for me. I now want to upgrade this computer and i don't know what to buy or anything. As you probably figured I'm pretty new to all of this. I now hope someone friendly could help me.

Specs:

Processor: AMD FX-4130 4-CORE 3.8GHz 125W 4MB BLACK EDITION AM3+ BOX
Motherboard ASROCK AM3+ AMD RX881/760G DDR3 USB3 SAT
Graphics Card: GF GTX 650 1GB DDR5 PCI-E 3.0
RAM: KINGSTON HYPERX 8GN 1600MHZ DDR3 (2X4GB)
Case: MAXCUBE AMORIS 6010 WINDOW 4XUSB2.0 ATX
PowerSupply: CHIEFTEC GPA PSU 400W 12CM ATX 80PLUS
Harddrive: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1TB 3.5" SATA4 7.2K 64MB

I have a budget of 300-500€
Thanks,
Simon
 
New CPU and video card give much more power for games:

CPU: FX-6300/FX-8320/FX-8320E
Video card : Any Radeon R9 380 4GB

Consider also better PSU
 
H4rdR3s37 said:
New CPU and video card give much more power for games:

CPU: FX-6300/FX-8320/FX-8320E
Video card : Any Radeon R9 380 4GB

Consider also better PSU
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Thank you for your answer. If i buy a FX-6300 and a AMD Radeon R9 380 what PSU do you recommend or do i even need to buy a new one?
 
Yeah with that budget I'd just get a new video card and CPU and possibly PSU too. Normally I wouldn't suggest investing money into AM3+ these days but I think on your budget it's probably the best thing to do because it means you can get a better GPU too. Maybe look at the FX-8320 instead of the FX-6300 though and it will be better than any new PC you could build unless you decided to save for a whole new setup.
 
PSU, GPU and SSD is what I suggest.

I am not sure if it worth upgrade on cpu. If you really want, skip fx6300, go straight to fx8350 or 8320
 
I probably wouldn't put an 8 core FX on that board since it's a lower end 4+1 VRM board.

What kind of games do you play?
 
I have an fx 6300 and it performs well for new games but probably isn't too future proof. Also I second a PSU upgrade, and if you find a used gtx 770 for around $200 that would work too, great card but a little weak on the anisotropic filtering.
 
lincsman said:
I have an fx 6300 and it performs well for new games but probably isn't too future proof. Also I second a PSU upgrade, and if you find a used gtx 770 for around $200 that would work too, great card but a little weak on the anisotropic filtering.
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I know you're trying to help but this is a bit off.

Buying an AM3+ chip right now is a flat bad move, unless you have an AM3+ board laying around and a burning desire to be underwhelmed.
Power supply upgrade is a good idea.
GTX 770 is an alright card, but wouldn't be my first pick if getting a new GPU, particularly coming from a 650. Your comment about anisotropic filtering confuses me because AF is one of the least performance options available in games.

Example:
rise-of-the-tomb-raider-anisotropic-filter-performance-640px.png
 
lincsman said:
I have an fx 6300 and it performs well for new games but probably isn't too future proof. Also I second a PSU upgrade, and if you find a used gtx 770 for around $200 that would work too, great card but a little weak on the anisotropic filtering.
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The GTX 770 isn't a bad card today if you already own one, but I wouldn't recommend people rush out and buy them used. As I said in your 'my FX-6300 is better than I thought' thread, the limitation of the GTX 770 today is that most of them (or certainly your one anyway) only have 2GB of RAM. Today, most cards (even mid-range ones) have at least 4GB which is sometimes even required for 1080p gaming with the latest titles. My GTX 760 from 2 or 3 years ago has 4GB.

For around $200 brand new I'd recommend something like this Radeon R9 380X with 4GB of RAM instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150761&cm_re=r9_380x-_-14-150-761-_-Product performance will be similar to the 770 (given that this 380X is not much slower than the 780) but the extra RAM will help for playing modern titles.

I'd probably just recommend to save up and buy the new AMD platform when it comes out instead of upgrade the CPU. The FX-6300 and the FX-8320 aren't bad for gaming, we know that, but they are both 4 years old and whatever AMD comes out with next will be better than both of these old CPUs and you want to be spending your money on that, not CPUs from 4 years ago (which they will be by the time the new platform is released).
 
I stand corrected. I say the anisotropic filtering because on Crysis 3 it's the one setting that lowered my framerate, and on Assassins creed syndicate it's also one of the settings that lowers the frame rate a lot.
 
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