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masterj6
By masterj6
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hey guys I currently have an An

Asus M5A97 motherboard http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97/

a gtx550ti graphics card

32gb of ddr3 ram

1tb harddrive 

fx-8320 clocked at 3.8ghz

and a 750w PSU extreme gear

 

I was thinking about upgrading my gtx550 ti to a gtx750 cause i do some occasional video editing I had the system for 3 years now.. sometimes the screen would just black out whiles rendering a video.. but i think that a graphics card problem not sure

 

Also i was thinking about adding an SSD 

 

I'm on a budget can u guys recommend some upgrades? 

 

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I would certainly buy a 120-240GB SSD, the 550 Ti is just fine even for moderate gaming.

[AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+ Socket 754 | Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 | OCZ 2GB DDR PC3200 | Sapphire HD 3850 512MB AGP | 850 Evo | Seasonic 430W | Win XP/10]

 

 

 

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budget?

location?

use the quote button if you want my help

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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SSD would be worth it, unless you go for a GTX 760/ 270x I woudln't bother upgrading your GPU...

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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i dont have 30 A on the +12 V rail for the gtx760

most i have is 22.5A on the 12V rail 

Alright new plan, new SSD and PSU then look at a new GPU

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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say about $500 

I'm in US 

and thanks for all ur fast responses 

slightly over but hows this? you can upgrade the gpu later if you cant afford it ill change some stuff around

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.94 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard:  Asus Z97-WS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($289.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $619.92

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 20:06 EDT-0400)

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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Alright new plan, new SSD and PSU then look at a new GPU

 

@SAV1OUR thanks I'll go steal some money :D

i think my PSU is crap thou cause 22.5A is on the 12V rail And the gtx 550ti requires atleast  24A on a 12V rail

and i bought the system 3 years ago with alll the parts included 

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