am3+ On the 20th, I am upgrading my PC. And I need it cheap!

[BurstSMG]

PC UPGRADING TIME! The 20th is my birthday and where I'm officially the age of being legally allowed to join Facebook! (yayyy, 13)

 

Also, I'm in Canada, so Canada websites only ok? ok

 

My specs are below...

First of all, I do know what to upgrade, I just want to know what to upgrade it to.

I already have a few things in mind, such as getting the following:

 

Corsair Obsidian 350D

Deepcool Captain 240

AMD FX-8300

Munchkin Advanced ECO-2 512gb SSD

GTX 970

Changing my entire colour scheme to RED

 

 

But... I want to keep my motherboard the same, even though it sucks. (cuz I don't want to lose the way I have setup Windows 10, and all of my schoolwork is on here, and would need a new license to install again, which I don't have)

help pls

 

 

 

[Flowey]

1 minute ago, ZillaGames said:

PC UPGRADING TIME! The 20th is my birthday and where I'm officially the age of being legally allowed to join Facebook! (yayyy, 13)

 

Also, I'm in Canada, so Canada websites only ok? ok

 

My specs are below...

First of all, I do know what to upgrade, I just want to know what to upgrade it to.

I already have a few things in mind, such as getting the following:

 

Corsair Obsidian 350D

Deepcool Captain 240

AMD FX-8300

Munchkin Advanced ECO-2 512gb SSD

GTX 970

Changing my entire colour scheme to RED

 

 

But... I want to keep my motherboard the same, even though it sucks. (cuz I don't want to lose the way I have setup Windows 10, and all of my schoolwork is on here, and would need a new license to install again, which I don't have)

help pls

 

 

 

get an r9390 instead of the gtx 970. Or r9 290 of you can find it

[awesomeness10120]

WAIT FOR PASCAL OR POLARIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOODNESS

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Just now, Flowey said:

get an r9390 instead of the gtx 970. Or r9 290 of you can find it

Only person that ever recommended an AMD product to me. I knew I wasn't crazy thinking AMD was better for cheapness

 

Just now, awesomeness10120 said:

WAIT FOR PASCAL OR POLARIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOODNESS

I'm doing that on Christmas, not now

[Hero7750]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

get an r9390 instead of the gtx 970. Or r9 290 of you can find it

this^^

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Just now, Hero7750 said:

this^^

yup yup

ill do 390

 

[Flowey]

1 minute ago, ZillaGames said:

Only person that ever recommended an AMD product to me. I knew I wasn't crazy thinking AMD was better for cheapness

 

I'm doing that on Christmas, not now

Well Nvidia drivers latey have had there issues, I think right now the r9 290 sits at 2% performance increase over a 970. Make sure power consuption is not an issue with your PC tho, cause AMD sure does eat power like there no tomorrow

[Clyne]

Umm...don't oc the 8300 on a mATX AM3+ board...might as well get a Phenom X6 1100T...

5 chokes and barely heatsinked for a 95w TDP cpu...

[BurstSMG]

Just now, Bubblewhale said:

Umm...don't oc the 8300 on a mATX AM3+ board...might as well get a Phenom X6 1100T...

5 chokes and barely heatsinked for a 95w TDP cpu...

I have a 95w CPU in there right now, and only planning on using turbo for the 8300.

Also, I am in a situation where everyone is telling me to get a new mobo, but I F***ING CANNOT! DO YOU NOT GET IT!?!?!?!?

[BurstSMG]

2 minutes ago, Flowey said:

Well Nvidia drivers latey have had there issues, I think right now the r9 290 sits at 2% performance increase over a 970. Make sure power consuption is not an issue with your PC tho, cause AMD sure does eat power like there no tomorrow

750w should be fine

[SLAYR]

5 minutes ago, ZillaGames said:

 

 

 

But... I want to keep my motherboard the same, even though it sucks. (cuz I don't want to lose the way I have setup Windows 10, and all of my schoolwork is on here, and would need a new license to install again, which I don't have)

help pls

 

 

 

If you get a new motherboard you will not have to buy a new windows key, they can transfer from one motherboard to another, I know this from experience you will have to revalidate the key though. 

 

And depending on your usage for the computer then intel might be a better choice if you game on it, but the amd would be better if you do more workstation tasks.

[BurstSMG]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

If you get a new motherboard you will not have to buy a new windows key, they can transfer from one motherboard to another, I know this from experience you will have to revalidate the key though. 

 

And depending on your usage for the computer then intel might be a better choice if you game on it, but the amd would be better if you do more workstation tasks.

 

I'm sticking to AM3+ for now because if I wanted to go with Intel, it would be a whole other build and I want to make it a few months after Pascal releases just to be sure I can actually get it

[Clanscorpia]

Trust me, wait to get a new GPU and just get a new CPU. From your Sig I can see your build is for CSGO. I have just a 6500 until like you christmas when I'm getting a 1070 and rn I'm running near max settings 60 fps constant.

[Clyne]

4 minutes ago, ZillaGames said:

I have a 95w CPU in there right now, and only planning on using turbo for the 8300.

Also, I am in a situation where everyone is telling me to get a new mobo, but I F***ING CANNOT! DO YOU NOT GET IT!?!?!?!?

Get a X6 1050T or a 6350...

If you really want a mobo in mATX for AM3+ then get a Asrock 970M Pro 3...

[BurstSMG]

1 minute ago, Clanscorpia said:

Trust me, wait to get a new GPU and just get a new CPU. From your Sig I can see your build is for CSGO. I have just a 6500 until like you christmas when I'm getting a 1070 and rn I'm running near max settings 60 fps constant.

Ugh, I can't handle my 650 TI. Stutters on latest drivers. It just can't handle new games anymore

[Clanscorpia]

2 minutes ago, ZillaGames said:

Ugh, I can't handle my 650 TI. Stutters on latest drivers. It just can't handle new games anymore

So run off iGPU then. Intel HD 530 is pretty decent

[BurstSMG]

Just now, Clanscorpia said:

So run off iGPU then. Intel HD 530 is pretty decent

AM3+ doesn't have IGPUs

[Clanscorpia]

Just now, ZillaGames said:

AM3+ doesn't have IGPUs

 

-.- I was talking about if you upgraded your CPU to Skylake

[BurstSMG]

2 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

 

-.- I was talking about if you upgraded your CPU to Skylake

Not worth it unless I make a brand new build, sorry

[Clanscorpia]

2 minutes ago, ZillaGames said:

Not worth it unless I make a brand new build, sorry

Trust me, it would be worth it. AM3+ is way to old to upgrade to now. Its a waste to buy a new GPU if you are also buying a Pascal/Polaris one at Christmas. You should upgrade your CPU first

[BurstSMG]

4 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Trust me, it would be worth it. AM3+ is way to old to upgrade to now. Its a waste to buy a new GPU if you are also buying a Pascal/Polaris one at Christmas. You should upgrade your CPU first

But will I have to reinstall Windows!?

[TheGamingBarrel]

Just now, ZillaGames said:

But will I have to reinstall Windows!?

No.

[BurstSMG]

Just now, TheGamingBarrel said:

No.

How does that work

[Clanscorpia]

Just now, ZillaGames said:

But will I have to reinstall Windows!?

No, you may need to reverify it though if you installed with an OEM code which is just a call to microsoft and if not you can just plug and play. You may want to ask someone with more experience in reverifying though. I've never had to do it.

[TheGamingBarrel]

1 minute ago, ZillaGames said:

How does that work

You just plug the drive in, done. This SSD Has been used on 6 (7?) Motherboards, OS Hasnt even deactivated itself.

Edited May 8, 2016 by TheGamingBarrel