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1 minute ago, Lowspecgamer said:

This is already built

Ok, then any i5 that you can find for cheap would be a good deal, 4430-4690k. Definitely upgrade the CPU first, the 1050 is a pretty good card and I see no reason to upgrade it, at least for a couple more years. 

This is my build

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xL2Yf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xL2Yf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($66.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Toshiba P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card  ($109.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.87 @ Jet) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit  ($93.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $536.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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if I ever upgrade the CPU what should I get 150 usd is the budget and what should I upgrade the gpu to also with a budget of 150? if I do upgrade what should I upgrade first ?

 

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Have you already built the PC or is this a parts list for now? Haswell is 3 generations old now and I can't really recommend the G3258 for much besides CS:GO or Minecraft. Most games simply require 4 threads now, and you would see massive performance gains going from just that to a i3 6100.

 

If you already built the PC, upgrading to something like an i5 4460 for $150 or less would be a great deal.

Main PC: i5 4590 @ 3.5 GHz ♦ RX 480 Armor OC ♦ 16 GB DDR3 ♦ GA-Z97-HD3 ♦ 120 GB 840 EVO ♦ 120 GB Intel 520 ♦ W10 Home

Scrapyard PC: Xeon X5460 @ 3.8 GHz ♦ HD 7870 ♦ 8 GB DDR2 ♦ GA-P35-DS3L ♦ 80 GB Intel 320 ♦ 160 GB WD Caviar SE ♦ W10 Home

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1 minute ago, RyanMacRocks said:

Have you already built the PC or is this a parts list for now? Haswell is 3 generations old now and I can't really recommend the G3258 for much besides CS:GO or Minecraft. Most games simply require 4 threads now, and you would see massive performance gains going from just that to a i3 6100.

 

If you already built the PC, upgrading to something like an i5 4460 for $150 or less would be a great deal.

This is already built

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1 minute ago, Lowspecgamer said:

This is already built

Ok, then any i5 that you can find for cheap would be a good deal, 4430-4690k. Definitely upgrade the CPU first, the 1050 is a pretty good card and I see no reason to upgrade it, at least for a couple more years. 

Main PC: i5 4590 @ 3.5 GHz ♦ RX 480 Armor OC ♦ 16 GB DDR3 ♦ GA-Z97-HD3 ♦ 120 GB 840 EVO ♦ 120 GB Intel 520 ♦ W10 Home

Scrapyard PC: Xeon X5460 @ 3.8 GHz ♦ HD 7870 ♦ 8 GB DDR2 ♦ GA-P35-DS3L ♦ 80 GB Intel 320 ♦ 160 GB WD Caviar SE ♦ W10 Home

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2 minutes ago, RyanMacRocks said:

Ok, then any i5 that you can find for cheap would be a good deal, 4430-4690k. Definitely upgrade the CPU first, the 1050 is a pretty good card and I see no reason to upgrade it, at least for a couple more years. 

Ok thx

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