Need Help For My Upgrade

[Tidjani]

i need to upgrade but i'm on budget  what should i get 

hd 7850 2gb with thermaltake 600w  or fx 6100 with gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3  this system is going to be for gaming playing games like dirt 3 crysis 2 and 3 on medium

 

i got

intel pentuim e5700 3.00ghz

4gb 1333 mhz

jetway ti41m

no graphics card i'm just runing the onboard video

 

 

 

 

 

[Mrcrysis2000]

Whats your budget is my question??,

 

For the best improvement i would recommend the processor and mobo, the reason is because the new processor is better at gaming the the built in graphics with Intel so try the APU, you'll see a big improvement if you need more power and have some money left over get a card to improve performance 

[Tidjani]

Whats your budget is my question??,

 

For the best improvement i would recommend the processor and mobo, the reason is because the new processor is better at gaming the the built in graphics with Intel so try the APU, you'll see a big improvement if you need more power and have some money left over get a card to improve performance 

i have 400$ for the upgrade

and thanks man you are really aweome

[SirKeaton]

You are not gonna be play any games if you only upgrade your graphics card OR cpu.

You have to upgrade all; motherboard, graphics card and cpu.

 

What I would do:

FX4300, decent motherboard like Asus M5A97 and Gigabyte 7850.

[killerx525]

If you only get the CPU and motherboard, it would not work as you need a graphics card with it.

[TechFan@ic]

You will need to upgrade your platform (CPU+motherboard) & add a graphics card to play games.
for 400$ you can build a decent gaming system but I would highly recommend saving up just a bit more to allow for a better upgrade.

You can recycle some parts from your old build, like the case, the screen, peripherals & possibly the power supply if it's decent enough.
Here is what I would recommend :

CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black 3.2GHz Quad-Core .............$91.00

Motherboard Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ ................................$84.99

Memory Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 ......$47.98

Storage Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM ....................$55.01

Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7850 2GB .......................................$179.99

Power Supply Corsair 500W ATX12V ..........................................$49.99

Total.............................................................................................. $508.96

[Tidjani]

thanks guys

[TechFan@ic]

AMD just dropped their CPU prices, so the build is now slightly cheaper ^__^ .

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/12280-amd-slashes-cpuapu-prices/

 

CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black 3.2GHz Quad-Core .............$81.00

Motherboard Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ ................................$84.99

Memory Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 ......$47.98

Storage Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM ....................$55.01

Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7850 2GB .......................................$179.99

Power Supply Corsair 500W ATX12V ..........................................$49.99

Total.............................................................................................. $498.96

[killerx525]

AMD just dropped their CPU prices, so the build is now slightly cheaper ^__^ .

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/12280-amd-slashes-cpuapu-prices/

 

CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black 3.2GHz Quad-Core .............$81.00

Motherboard Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ ................................$84.99

Memory Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 ......$47.98

Storage Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM ....................$55.01

Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7850 2GB .......................................$179.99

Power Supply Corsair 500W ATX12V ..........................................$49.99

Total.............................................................................................. $498.96

Just below the $500 mark, impressive!