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Hey everyone,

 

I'm really new at PC building. Been watching the guys on LTT for about a year. I'm looking to either upgrade my current rig for editing (Photography/Video/Audio) or building from scratch. I just don't know what I should do! Money is an issue, can't spend an arm and a leg. Max $700 (CAD) unfortunately.

 

This is what I'm working with right now:

 

-Aspire M3 (AM3420- ES348)

-AMD A8-5500 3.2GHz Processor

-8GB of DDR3 RAM

-2TB SATA 7200RPM

-Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7350 1GB

-300W Power Supply

-Motherboard: Chipset: AMD A75

 

I would greatly appreciate the help and or any suggestions anyone may have.

 

Thanks in advance!

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11 minutes ago, CheeseLaBouf said:

Hey everyone,

 

I'm really new at PC building. Been watching the guys on LTT for about a year. I'm looking to either upgrade my current rig for editing (Photography/Video/Audio) or building from scratch. I just don't know what I should do! Money is an issue, can't spend an arm and a leg. Max $700 (CAD) unfortunately.

 

This is what I'm working with right now:

 

-Aspire M3 (AM3420- ES348)

-AMD A8-5500 3.2GHz Processor

-8GB of DDR3 RAM

-2TB SATA 7200RPM

-Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7350 1GB

-300W Power Supply

-Motherboard: Chipset: AMD A75

 

I would greatly appreciate the help and or any suggestions anyone may have.

 

Thanks in advance!

I think to save slightly more and build a new rig would be good. I believe some one here will be able to come out with a budget but yet kind of awesome build for you.

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6 minutes ago, JackHubbleday said:

New, maybe salvage and add more RAM :)

Do you mean, build something from scratch with some salvaged parts from my old rig?

 

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10 minutes ago, CheeseLaBouf said:

Do you mean, build something from scratch with some salvaged parts from my old rig?

 

Thanks.

Build from scratch but you could prob salvage your RAM and then add some more ram on top :)

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Keep your harddrive, and RAM, then upgrade everything else. Unless you want to keep the case too. 

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Something like this is what you could get while keeping your RAM https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/mkHkbj, but I'd suggest saving up another 100$ so you can get some DDR4 and move to kabylake/ZEN, it would be worth much more. 

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new, go for a new PC. for new get an I5 7600 and an RX 470 probably, cant make a parts list for you right now but you should be able to get that in there

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1 hour ago, CheeseLaBouf said:

Hey everyone,

 

I'm really new at PC building. Been watching the guys on LTT for about a year. I'm looking to either upgrade my current rig for editing (Photography/Video/Audio) or building from scratch. I just don't know what I should do! Money is an issue, can't spend an arm and a leg. Max $700 (CAD) unfortunately.

 

This is what I'm working with right now:

 

-Aspire M3 (AM3420- ES348)

-AMD A8-5500 3.2GHz Processor

-8GB of DDR3 RAM

-2TB SATA 7200RPM

-Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7350 1GB

-300W Power Supply

-Motherboard: Chipset: AMD A75

 

I would greatly appreciate the help and or any suggestions anyone may have.

 

Thanks in advance!

I'd say absolutely new build but with Ryzen tipped to be just over a month away it would seem crazy not to wait until the launch and see how/if it shakes up the cpu market and prices. Personally I'm team blue but I do think the reds will come out swinging with Ryzen. Even if you go intel the competition may tip prices in your favour.

 

Use the time to save a bit more. The closer you can get to $900-1000 the better :)

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