upgrade upgrading a pre built turd

[Name_Unoriginal]

Budget (including currency): ~$200 USD (including tax of 7%)

Country: U.s.

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly gaming in 1080P at 75HZ (GTA:O and FFXV are the most demanding games i have and play), ive done a little bit of playing around with GIMP but thats not often 

Other details

CPU: fx-6300

RAM: 16gb ddr3

MOBO: Gigabyte ga-78lmt-usb3 r2

GPU: Sapphire R9 290 ( bought used with reference cooler for $60 about 9 months ago, upgraded from a r7 240) 

Storage: 1tb HDD

PSU: Corsair RM750 (replaced the sketchy stock 500W psu that came with it so i could use my r9 290)

Case:  what ever case this is: CyberPowerPC gamer ultra gua883 (with one extra fan in the top)

 

I'm mostly just getting tire of the constant noise and ridiculous heat from my GPU, I've been looking at the "ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 O8G Gaming", but I've also been considering buy a new case (Meshify c) and cpu cooler (hyper 212 evo? maybe idk) as a small form of "future proofing" for a total platform upgrade I'm hoping to do down the line. But what it mostly comes down to is wanting to spend my money optimally this time around compared to when i bought this stupid thing lol. 

 

[williamcll]

for 199$ you could get this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bVtQzy/pny-geforce-gtx-1660-6-gb-xlr8-gaming-overclocked-edition-video-card-vcg16606sfppb-o

[Perrin]

You wont get much out of $200 but I'd recommend a GPU upgrade. A rx 580 will do well with your budget. You'll probably want to upgrade your CPU later but you may be content with it. You won't have a lot of room for a case so maybe check facebook marketplace or letgo and see if you can find some used cases for cheaper. I got a $200 case for $30

[Name_Unoriginal]

3 minutes ago, Perrin said:

You wont get much out of $200 but I'd recommend a GPU upgrade. A rx 580 will do well with your budget. You'll probably want to upgrade your CPU later but you may be content with it. You won't have a lot of room for a case so maybe check facebook marketplace or letgo and see if you can find some used cases for cheaper. I got a $200 case for $30

yeah thats probably what ill end up doing, any recommendations over the 8gb rog strix version for the same $190 price range or is that probably good?

[PineyCreek]

Polish a turd, it's still a turd, just shinier.

 

...but yeah...probably spend it on a GPU upgrade.

[Perrin]

11 minutes ago, Name_Unoriginal said:

yeah thats probably what ill end up doing, any recommendations over the 8gb rog strix version for the same $190 price range or is that probably good?

I think that's the best you can do and it should get you some decent gaming performance too. If you get more money in the future you should go with a Ryzen build but that's all future stuff. For now that GPU will be a good upgrade

[Name_Unoriginal]

6 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

Polish a turd, it's still a turd, just shinier.

 

...but yeah...probably spend it on a GPU upgrade.

i just want a turd that does need its own AC, or yn, doesn't cause hearing loss lol

[Name_Unoriginal]

1 minute ago, Perrin said:

I think that's the best you can do and it should get you some decent gaming performance too. If you get more money in the future you should go with a Ryzen build but that's all future stuff. For now that GPU will be a good upgrade

yeah I'm hoping to start with the new ryzen 3000 budget chips and a b550 mobo and some ram and do incremental upgrades from there to make it a long term build. but like you said future stuff 

[PineyCreek]

2 minutes ago, Name_Unoriginal said:

i just want a turd that does need its own AC, or yn, doesn't cause hearing loss lol

Lol, you'll probably want a case with some front ventilation then.

[Name_Unoriginal]

6 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

Lol, you'll probably want a case with some front ventilation then.

its mostly from my gpu running on open air, its fan is at 100% speed while gaming at all times and even then it hits the thermal limit (85C) because blower coolers suck lol, it shakes my entire desk and is way louder than a hair dryer

[Perrin]

9 minutes ago, Name_Unoriginal said:

yeah I'm hoping to start with the new ryzen 3000 budget chips and a b550 mobo and some ram and do incremental upgrades from there to make it a long term build. but like you said future stuff 

Yeah good plan. I just finished a Ryzen 5 3600 build. Msg me on discord GlazedPikachu#5069 if you need help if you do end up building one in the future. I've done a lot of research so I'd be glad to help if you want

[SavageNeo]

Hey! buy a SSD and put your system and games on it. get the cheapest 250/500 gig ssd. then get rx 580

[Name_Unoriginal]

34 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

Hey! buy a SSD and put your system and games on it. get the cheapest 250/500 gig ssd. then get rx 580

i would but i don't have a windows license i can put on it 

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, Name_Unoriginal said:

i would but i don't have a windows license i can put on it 

you can just transer the windows from HDD to SSD

[Name_Unoriginal]

Just now, SavageNeo said:

you can just transer the windows from HDD to SSD

i thought you couldnt do that with the OEM windows because its a prebuilt

[SavageNeo]

2 minutes ago, Name_Unoriginal said:

i thought you couldnt do that with the OEM windows because its a prebuilt

you can, but if its your first time it takes soem time: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-do-clean-installation-windows-10