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I need to upgrade to a new cpu,mobo,ram soon so what would be the cheapest possible upgrade? 

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What do you have right now?

CPU: i5 25000 3.3 GHz             Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V-LK          Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB           Display: Samsung SD24 24" 1080p          

GPU: EVGA GTX 660 SC 2 GB     Sound: Razer Kraken pro                            PSU: Rosewill 630 watt                    Storage 1: 128 GB Adata XPG SX900 SSD

Case: Rosewill Challenger       CPU Cooler: Corsair h80i                    Mouse: Corsair M65                                   Storage 2: Seagate 2 TB HDD

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What do you have right now?

Amd phenom x4 9600,asus m3a76-em  and I want to buy a r7 260x but ive heard it will bottleneck 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $133.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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A pretty low budget tho

 

^^^This, but get 1600MHz RAM if you can.

i'm a potato

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $133.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 13:29 EDT-0400

 

A pretty low budget tho

 

^^^This, but get 1600MHz RAM if ywou can.

What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

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Amd phenom x4 9600,asus m3a76-em  and I want to buy a r7 260x but ive heard it will bottleneck 

The CPU and Ram will be bottlenecks if you buy a r7 260x. I suggest you buy a newer cpu and motherboard first then upgrade video card

CPU: i5 25000 3.3 GHz             Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V-LK          Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB           Display: Samsung SD24 24" 1080p          

GPU: EVGA GTX 660 SC 2 GB     Sound: Razer Kraken pro                            PSU: Rosewill 630 watt                    Storage 1: 128 GB Adata XPG SX900 SSD

Case: Rosewill Challenger       CPU Cooler: Corsair h80i                    Mouse: Corsair M65                                   Storage 2: Seagate 2 TB HDD

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What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

 

That'll be good with the 260X.

i'm a potato

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What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

You can run MMOs and indies very well. Some trip A's such as BF4 and Watch dogs will be a bit bottlenecked though.

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The CPU and Ram will be bottlenecks if you buy a r7 260x. I suggest you buy a newer cpu and motherboard first then upgrade video card

Yea but I dont have a video card at all now :(

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What will this allow me to run? and whats a good gpu to go with it?

Whats your budget for a GPU?

CPU: i5 25000 3.3 GHz             Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V-LK          Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB           Display: Samsung SD24 24" 1080p          

GPU: EVGA GTX 660 SC 2 GB     Sound: Razer Kraken pro                            PSU: Rosewill 630 watt                    Storage 1: 128 GB Adata XPG SX900 SSD

Case: Rosewill Challenger       CPU Cooler: Corsair h80i                    Mouse: Corsair M65                                   Storage 2: Seagate 2 TB HDD

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Whats your budget for a GPU?

Dont really have one... Just dont have the money to upgrade both.. Im only going to have about 200$ total

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Ah... right, put your total budget, for all upgrades.

Also put your PSU specs

200$ total :( And 500w

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($37.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $136.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 13:30 EDT-0400

 

A pretty low budget tho

 

 

Yea but I dont have a video card at all now :(

Buy the combo above and get an R7 240 for like $65 and you should have like $10 left over

CPU: i5 25000 3.3 GHz             Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V-LK          Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB           Display: Samsung SD24 24" 1080p          

GPU: EVGA GTX 660 SC 2 GB     Sound: Razer Kraken pro                            PSU: Rosewill 630 watt                    Storage 1: 128 GB Adata XPG SX900 SSD

Case: Rosewill Challenger       CPU Cooler: Corsair h80i                    Mouse: Corsair M65                                   Storage 2: Seagate 2 TB HDD

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Buy the combo above and get an R7 240 for like $65 and you should have like $10 left over

Yeah but the r7 240 suckkks according to linus

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Yeah but the r7 240 suckkks according to linus

It does but for your budget you'd have to spend like $30 more to get a R7 260x :P

CPU: i5 25000 3.3 GHz             Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V-LK          Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB           Display: Samsung SD24 24" 1080p          

GPU: EVGA GTX 660 SC 2 GB     Sound: Razer Kraken pro                            PSU: Rosewill 630 watt                    Storage 1: 128 GB Adata XPG SX900 SSD

Case: Rosewill Challenger       CPU Cooler: Corsair h80i                    Mouse: Corsair M65                                   Storage 2: Seagate 2 TB HDD

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Make sure it's a PCIe 6 pin connector and 25 A or more on the +12V rail (and some efficiency cert)

 

Also 200 $ is poop budget for a R7 260X...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.00 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($37.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card  ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $226.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 13:39 EDT-0400

I know I have a bad budget :( and its the EVGA 500w PSU

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^^^This, but get 1600MHz RAM if you can.

afaik the pentium g3xxx supports up to 1333 MHz ram.
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So if I use my current cpu will it be bad at gaming with a r7 260x?

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So if I use my current cpu will it be bad at gaming with a r7 260x?

I dont care If i have to run them at medium graphics.... I just want to play the games with stable fps

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you could buy apu and if u want more performance later u could add r7 250 in crossfire    , there is a video on linustechtip  u should chek it out

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Yes... It'll bottleneck it, it's just throwing money

(what's your actual GPU?)

Dont have one just using the integrated one which is the HD radeon 3200

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Then even an APU would be better...

I dont want one Id rather have an actual GPU

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How much could you save in 3 months (or the time you'd wait)?

I dont know... Im 14 so I dont have a job.... I only get like 10$ every other week for mowing my neighbors yard

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I had 350$ then spent some on a 500W psu and a new case and fan controller(the case has alot of fans)

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