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Okay, so i have

 

CPU                AMD fx 4170 4.2GHz Quad core

Motherboard   Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

GPU                ATI HD7770

RAM                8GB Vengeance RAM

PSU                Corsair TX850

Case               Coolermaster CM690

 

I think that i will need to upgrade my CPU,GPU and the motherboard. I've seen on the forum that new GTX cards are coming out, Should i wait?

I would like to have an Intel CPU.

 

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GPU

 

then SSD

 

then CPU and Mobo

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Okay, so i have

 

CPU                AMD fx 4170 4.2GHz Quad core

Motherboard   Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

GPU                ATI HD7770

RAM                8GB Vengeance RAM

PSU                Corsair TX850

Case               Coolermaster CM690

 

I think that i will need to upgrade my CPU,GPU and the motherboard. I've seen on the forum that new GTX cards are coming out, Should i wait?

I would like to have an Intel CPU.

try to get an 8320, best gpu you can and no waiting for the new GTX cards will be a waste unless your budget is so high your upgrading everything, and an SSD

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This is too vague.

 

Do multithreaded processes bog your system down, are you running out of memory doing something intense, are your frames kinda low in gaming at your res, is your HDD made in the early 2000's to be uber slow, is your hardware on fire because of no air flow in your current case?

 

Whichever is causing the most annoyance is what you upgrade first.

 

 

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I forgot to say that i have a budget of £500-700, and i want a quiet with high fps pc. I also would like to stream on twitch.

change out your cpu and mobo

 

plus get a GTX760

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What cpu and mobo?

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.13 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£63.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £244.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Try get a 280x or 770 over 760. In UK price difference is small but performance difference big.

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Get and FX-8320 CPU and a radeon R9 280X and you'll have a good gaming machine

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280X, 8320, 250GB EVO. On Amazon UK it gives me a price of 381.69

 

290, 8320, 500GB EVO SSD is 570.57

 

290X, 8320, 250GB EVO SSD is 592.90

 

 

Get and FX-8320 CPU and a radeon R9 280X and you'll have a good gaming machine

I do like these 2 upgrade options

 

but OP requested Intel thou :/

 

700 pounds is quite a sum

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I do like these 2 upgrade options

 

but OP requested Intel thou :/

 

700 pounds is quite a sum

intel would mean scrapping the motherboard, could be a good option if he can get some money back online for the FX cpu and motherboard...

a good intel upgrade that won't break the bank would be the i5-4460 along with a cheap H97 motherboard and the GPU i would still upgrade to the R9 280X or R9 290 since that is the weakest link in his system.

If money isnt an issue i would get a good quality Z97 motherboard along with the core i5-4690K and an R9 290 GPU.

 

EDIT: Just saw the OP is interested about streaming gameplay on twitch, for that reason i would consider stepping up the CPU to the core i7-4790K

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An Intel upgrade will yield more visible improvement. But, if you are looking into saving more money, considering upgrade the CPU to 8320 and a 212X or Evo (if you can still find them). Graphics card wise, I would recommend a minimum of GTX 760 or a R9 270.

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Rather a single GTX 780, never SLI cards with crappy memory amount and bandwidth.

OK how about 2 780s!

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He wants something rather cheap, and not some overpriced shit he doesn't even need. So you'd be better off recommending useful things, and not... This.

You started it! :P

 

I would never even have an AMD setup in the 1st place!

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2 770gtx & a SSD!

OK how about 2 780s!

 

He wants something rather cheap, and not some overpriced shit he doesn't even need. So you'd be better off recommending useful things, and not... This.

 

You started it! :P

 

I would never even have an AMD setup in the 1st place!

You were the one recommending the GTX 770 SLI, so... I couldn't have started it :)

come on kids stop that both of your suggestions are just plain stupid you never in life, NEVER, buy two identical graphics card from the get go there is ALWAYS a better solution.

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Get and FX-8320 CPU and a radeon R9 280X and you'll have a good gaming machine

Well he can use Quicksync with OBS (offloading streaming to the integrated gpu) that would make Intel the choice if he really wants an AMD gpu. He could get a 8320 orsomething and get an nvidia gpu not AMD. Streaming with cpu's just doesnt cut it, can't even play BF3 at 120 fps when streaming with the cpu >.>

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I always will buy 2 cards for SLI cause if one card goes down I have one as a back up!

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Anyways lets say he wants to offload streaming to a GPU:
 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£31.34 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£87.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£79.50 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£279.59 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £633.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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or keep his mobo and get this:

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£31.34 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£79.50 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£227.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £435.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Well he can use Quicksync with OBS (offloading streaming to the integrated gpu) that would make Intel the choice if he really wants an AMD gpu. He could get a 8320 orsomething and get an nvidia gpu not AMD. Streaming with cpu's just doesnt cut it, can't even play BF3 at 120 fps when streaming with the cpu >.>

My suggestion was because i was taking into account that the OP already has a good AMD board to support the cheap 130$ FX-8320...only reason.

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| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
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I always will buy 2 cards for SLI cause if one card goes down I have one as a back up!

that has to be the supidest thing i have heard this month so far! congratulation

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Anyways lets say he wants to offload streaming to a GPU:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£31.34 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£87.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£79.50 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£279.59 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £633.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-31 17:37 BST+0100

or keep his mobo and get this:

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£97.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£31.34 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£79.50 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£227.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £435.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-31 17:39 BST+0100

 

 

If the OP has the cash to go the Intel build then he should, if not then go with the AMD build. Neither are bad builds though.

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro | PSU: Enermax Revolution87+ 850W | Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC | GPU 1: MSI R9 290X Lightning | CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k | SSD: Samsung SM951 128GB M.2 | HDDs: 2x 3TB WD Black (RAID1) | CPU Cooler: Silverstone Heligon HE01 | RAM: 4 x 4GB Team Group 1600Mhz

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Trolling? Nice, dude. It was rather a "fix" for his comment. I was NOT recommending anything. In that system, I would rather recommend a R9 270(X), so stop pestering me (us).

you where concerned by the ''stop the stupid childish arguing and let's help the OP'' part of my comment and the other guy was concerned by the ''stop making stupid recommandations if you don't know what you are talking about just leave'' part of the comment...sorry i should have clarified this up front.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 3 VR

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