Looking for some advice on GTX/PSU upgrade

[MrWarren]

Hello! I built my PC back in November and was on a bit of a tight budget (among other factors at play) and ended up buying this

 

430w EVGA PSU

2x 4GB Corsair 1333Mhz ram

ASUS GTX 650 1GB GDDR5

ASUS M5A78L-MUSB3 motherboard

Apex case from ncix since it was the cheapest thing there.

AMD FX6300 

 

Anyway, I want to upgrade my GPU to a 970  but the thing is I can't come across and affordable price range, -/+300$ Cad  is the best i can do as I need to upgrade my PSU also.

 

Anyone have some advice or  suggestions where to look or what I can do?

 

EDIT; forgot to mention I'm Canadian, not sure if any prices mentioned are USD or CAD

Edit2: prices seems to be abit out there at the moment, alternatively if you want to, any links to giveaways or contests would be appreciated too. 

Edited May 23, 2015 by CrownG

[TheKleen]

Save up more money.

[thekeemo]

290x is $270 + GS 650 which is $60 thast $330

[Aniallation]

Anyway, I want to upgrade my GPU to a 970  but the thing is I can't come across and affordable price range, 300$ -/+ is the best i can do as I need to upgrade my PSU also.

 

Anyone have some advice or  suggestions where to look or what I can do?

R9 290 instead, then you can afford a PSU alongside it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($259.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $304.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-23 13:18 EDT-0400

[minibois]

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What CPU do you have?

Because with that motherboard I am expecting something FX or maybe Athlon..

That will possibly bottleneck the 970, so I would probably suggest something like a CPU upgrade too (and a GPU closer to a R9 280X or so)

[Aniallation]

What CPU do you have?

Because with that motherboard I am expecting something FX or maybe Athlon..

That will possibly bottleneck the 970, so I would probably suggest something like a CPU upgrade too (and a GPU closer to a R9 280X or so)

There's always upgrading GPU later on. FX6/8 will benefit more from a GPU upgrade then CPU.

 

 

290x is $270 + GS 650 which is $60 thast $330

No it's not

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($300.79 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $385.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-23 13:19 EDT-0400

[thekeemo]

 

There's always upgrading GPU later on. FX6/8 will benefit more from a GPU upgrade then CPU.

 

 

No it's not

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($300.79 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $385.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-23 13:19 EDT-0400

 

I swear the tri-x was $270 and the tri-x OC was $280 prices jump around yo.. 

 

EDIT: nvm you dont look at mirs I accept them as being the real price some poeple do some people dont

 

EDIT: if Canada your going to have to save up sorry man 

[MrWarren]

I edited the first post.

the CPU is AMD FX6300 6core 3.5Ghz

My currency is canadian, anything  US is value * 1.22 + 13% tax

 

Trying to stay away from AMD, because of the heat rates

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If anyone knows any giveaways or contests somewhere I suppose entering wont hurt. I been on Maingear's giveaways for a while but  those odds never played out for me yet

[panwala95]

@CrownG can you tell tell us the amperage on the 12 v rail on your current psu?

Reference gtx 970 's work fine with 31A