What should I upgrade

[Danielaustin1234]

Hi everyone I have a quick question about what I should upgrade on my computer next. Should I upgrade my I5 4460 or should I upgrade my Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2gb? Please get back to me on your opinion and please give me a reason for why what you chose is a better option for upgrade. And dont say you dont have to upgrade becasue I am going to no matter what so please dont waste your time saying that. Thanks in advance for all of those with helpful advice

 

[sid0195]

Well it depends on the parts you have right now......post those and we will be able to help

[Jerakl]

Well it depends on the parts you have right now......post those and we will be able to help

Those are the parts he has.

 

 

 

I'd say upgrade you're pretty good right now. If anything I'd upgrade the CPU to an unlocked i5.

[Toddwjp]

gpu

[RevoltTrain]

What other parts do you have in your PC? We could give better advice if we knew.

[KamiKatze]

If you're unsatisfied with your setup, I'd recommend upgrading the GPU. Your CPU will be good as long as you're staying with a single GPU. So anything above a 270X will do. In fact i would go full on to a R9 290. Or stay with your 270X, it's not a bad card.

[Dude]

Upgrade your 4450 to a 4670k or 4690k and if you intend to do this by selling your 4450 then afterwards I would recommend getting one of those Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO or BeQuiet Black Rock thingies to match.

[Danielaustin1234]

Well it depends on the parts you have right now......post those and we will be able to help

 

Other than the parts that I have now i have a Gigabyte H87

Kingston Hyper X red 2x4

and a 1tb hard drive

Also a CS650M Power Supply

Those are the parts he has.

 

 

 

I'd say upgrade you're pretty good right now. If anything I'd upgrade the CPU to an unlocked i5.

 

 

gpu

 

 

What other parts do you have in your PC? We could give better advice if we knew.

 

 

If you're unsatisfied with your setup, I'd recommend upgrading the GPU. Your CPU will be good as long as you're staying with a single GPU. So anything above a 270X will do. In fact i would go full on to a R9 290. Or stay with your 270X, it's not a bad card.

Also if I upgrade to this Gpu

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX46151#Continue

will I have enough power in my Power supply?

Upgrade your 4450 to a 4670k or 4690k and if you intend to do this by selling your 4450 then afterwards I would recommend getting one of those Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO or BeQuiet Black Rock thingies to match.

Already have a Hyper 212 Evo and I was just wondering if I would have a bottleneck if I upgraded to this video card 

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX46151#Continue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another question for all is will I have a Bottleneck anywhere in my sytem with these specs and if I dont is there anything that I can buy to fix that

 

Core I5 4460

Gigabyte R9 270X 2gb

Gigabyte H87 Mini Itx Motherboard

HyperX Red ram 2x4 Gb

Corsair CS650M Power Supply

1Tb Seagate Hard Drive 7200Rpm

 

 

 

Please tell me and bottlenecks that I might have

[Jerakl]

Core I5 4460

Gigabyte R9 270X 2gb

Gigabyte H87 Mini Itx Motherboard

HyperX Red ram 2x4 Gb

Corsair CS650M Power Supply

1Tb Seagate Hard Drive 7200Rpm

 

 

 

Please tell me and bottlenecks that I might have

If there are any bottlenecks I would say it's either the CPU (small) or the Storage, and SSD would speed up loading times/boot times. An unlocked CPU is out for now because you'd have to buy a new motherboard to overclock it. I'd say you should buy an SSD.

 

And if you bought that 770 you might get a little CPU bottleneck. Hell I get a CPU bottleneck when playing PS2 and I have a 4770k and a 780.

 

PSU would be fine for the 770 though. I run my 470k/GTX780 off of 600w.

 

Also, MEMORYEXPRESS MASTER RACE

[Dude]

- SNIP -

 

 

Another question for all is will I have a Bottleneck anywhere in my sytem with these specs and if I dont is there anything that I can buy to fix that

 

Well, your system won't and shouldn't bottleneck but I would strongly recommend buying an i5 4670k + Mobo combo before you upgrade your GPU. Then you buy the R9 290 because that performs a lot better. Lastly, you might want to consider buying an SSD at some point.

[Danielaustin1234]

If there are any bottlenecks I would say it's either the CPU (small) or the Storage, and SSD would speed up loading times/boot times. An unlocked CPU is out for now because you'd have to buy a new motherboard to overclock it. I'd say you should buy an SSD.

And if you bought that 770 you might get a little CPU bottleneck. Hell I get a CPU bottleneck when playing PS2 and I have a 4770k and a 780.

PSU would be fine for the 770 though. I run my 470k/GTX780 off of 600w.

Also, MEMORYEXPRESS MASTER RACE

So true

Well, your system won't and shouldn't bottleneck but I would strongly recommend buying an i5 4670k + Mobo combo before you upgrade your GPU. Then you buy the R9 290 because that performs a lot better. Lastly, you might want to consider buying an SSD at some point.

Sounds good but I want to get away from the Radeon video cards and go back to Geforce

[Dude]

Sounds good but I want to get away from the Radeon video cards and go back to Geforce

 

That being the case, wait til October for the 9xx series to release which leaves you enough time to get the CPU/Mobo combo I suggested.

[Danielaustin1234]

Btw my Case is a Bitfenix prodigy and the only motherboard that will fit in it is a Mini Itx and I dont really want to overclock anyway so there is really no point in getting a new Motherboard. I could get a new Cpu but would the jump in performance really be worth buying a whole new Cpu?

That being the case, wait til October for the 9xx series to release which leaves you enough time to get the CPU/Mobo combo I suggested.

Yea I could but I would not get an overclocked Cpu because that could also cause there to be to much heat in my computer

And that is a really bad thing to have which would cause the life of my components to be a lot shorter to barely get any performance

[Dude]

Yea I could but I would not get an overclocked Cpu because that could also cause there to be to much heat in my computer

And that is a really bad thing to have which would cause the life of my components to be a lot shorter to barely get any performance

 

No - Not really. Where did you get that from? You are running a CM Hyper 212 Evo so cooling is fine. If you really are concerned then get a h80i or something. Also, the 4670k isn't overclocked by default, it is UNLOCKED which makes it possible for the CPU to be OVERCLOCKED.

[RevoltTrain]

Honestly just add a SSD.

[CyanOG]

Buy another 270x

[Danielaustin1234]

Honestly just add a SSD.

But will that inprove performance of my computer Fps wise?

and can that relieve any bottleneck that might be occuring?

[RevoltTrain]

But will that inprove performance of my computer Fps wise?

and can that relieve any bottleneck that might be occuring?

It will not help much in gaming, but it will make the computer as a whole alot faster. 

[Danielaustin1234]

It will not help much in gaming, but it will make the computer as a whole alot faster. 

You said it wont help a lot? Does that mean that it will make somewhat of a difference

[RevoltTrain]

You said it wont help a lot? Does that mean that it will make somewhat of a difference

It will make a difference if you install games on it yes. But if not no.

[Danielaustin1234]

It will make a difference if you install games on it yes. But if not no.

How much of a difference will it make? Will it make the Fps more stable or just incerase the Fps

[RevoltTrain]

A bit of both. Maybe about 5-10% in some cases.