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What will I upgrade First

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To start-off here's my current Rig

CPU: FX-6300 - NO OC yet
Cooler: CM Hyper 212X
MoBo: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P

RAM: Gskill RipjawsX 8GBx1 1600Mhz

GPU: R9 270X Vapor-X

HDD: WD Caviar Blue
PSU: Thermaltake Smart SE 730W

Case: Cougar Volant



After seeing a modded case at a convention here in the ph. I felt like I also want to join these modding competitions.(amateur like custom braided cables water cooling painted rigs etc)

Here's a rig that won 1st place @ MSI RIG RELOADED 2014
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and my favorite

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I have a limited budget but what do you think I should buy first?
 

1.) Buy an Antec h20 920 + And BF4 Premium(basegame + dlc) for $30 as a gift to my self for my birthday

2.)120GB SSD + And BF4 Premium

3.) SSD and Cooler

4.)Corsair Air 540 (selling my cougar volant) - I really want this case

I feel like I want to upgrade my case because the metal at the back where you screw the GPU is missing. And i think it can damage my card becoz it will bend? or Im good with my current case?

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I also want to OC my cpu but I read from other sites that my board is not good. Some say that I can oc but I should not touch the Voltage - which is fine with me bec i have 0% experience at OC'ing

i5 4690k @ 3.5Ghz | Stock Cooler :/ | ECS Gank Machine Z87H3-A2X EXTREME | Gskill RipjawsX 8GB 1600Mhz | MSI GTX 960 100th ME 2GB | Samsung 840 Evo 120GB | 1TB WD Caviar Blue | Seasonic m12ii evo 750W | Razer Modded Phantom 410

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To start-off here's my current Rig

 

1.) Buy an Antec h20 920 + And BF4 Premium(basegame + dlc) for $30 as a gift to my self for my birthday

2.)120GB

ssd better cooler and save up for cpu upgrade to an i5 4690k

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CPU: FX-6300 - NO OC yet
Cooler: CM Hyper 212X
MoBo: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P

RAM: Gskill RipjawsX 8GBx1 1600Mhz

GPU: R9 270X Vapor-X

HDD: WD Caviar Blue
PSU: Thermaltake Smart SE 730W

Case: Cougar Volant

 

I'd suggest switching over to an intel i5 4690K or similar, and upgrading that GPU.

(Games benefit from faster, more powerful cores, which intel has, while AMD has more, slower cores.)

 

I'd also upgrade that cooler as @JEman99 suggested.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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personally, id get the SSD first then save up to start your modding, as if you start half assed you wont push yourself to get into it, modding is not cheap at all, and when you get a nice case, you can mess around with your old one and mod that, and learn about modding in the time between buying your SSD and saving up for a new case =)  

Specs 

CPU-Intel I7 4790K- @ 4.5Ghz / Mobo - Asus Maximus Hero VII / GPU - GTX 980 @ 1592MHz / RAM - 16Gb Corsair Vengeance Pro @ 2400Mhz / Cooler - Corsair H105 / SSD - Samsung 250gb 840 EVO / HDD - 2x 2tb Seagate/3x 3tb Seagate / PSU - Corsair RM1000 / Keyboard - Corsair K70 / Mouse - Corsair M65 / Case - Custom Glass panel Corsair Obsidian 750D -  Still saving for upgrades =)

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CPU: FX-6300 - NO OC yet

Cooler: CM Hyper 212X

MoBo: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P

RAM: Gskill RipjawsX 8GBx1 1600Mhz

GPU: R9 270X Vapor-X

HDD: WD Caviar Blue

PSU: Thermaltake Smart SE 730W

Case: Cougar Volant

 

I'd suggest switching over to an intel i5 4690K or similar, and upgrading that GPU.

(Games benefit from faster, more powerful cores, which intel has, while AMD has more, slower cores.)

 

I'd also upgrade that cooler as @JEman99 suggested.

This is the best idea

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cpu upgrade to i5 4690K + z97 mobo if you want to overclock ,i5 4460 + H97 mobo if you don`t OC. for gaming OC doesn`t do much 

 

and GPU upgrade

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I cant afford a CPU + Mobo and/or a GPU upgrade

The only thing that I can afford right the things given above.

As for modding, I check their specs

Most of the rigs in the show were not even strong compared to mine(srsly) 
They have like 5450s + a second gen i5/i7 and they won $1200 (thats considered high here in the PH ) 

So I should by a SSD first?

For now I play @ 1366 x 768p so I dont require that much of cpu+gpu power
I only play DOTA 2, Titanfall, LoL, Sniper Elite Series, Metro and BF3 (+BF4 if i'll buy that)

i5 4690k @ 3.5Ghz | Stock Cooler :/ | ECS Gank Machine Z87H3-A2X EXTREME | Gskill RipjawsX 8GB 1600Mhz | MSI GTX 960 100th ME 2GB | Samsung 840 Evo 120GB | 1TB WD Caviar Blue | Seasonic m12ii evo 750W | Razer Modded Phantom 410

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modded rigs dont need high specs...cuz they are modding the inside and outside they are not usually BEAST rigs, yeah buy an SSD 

Specs 

CPU-Intel I7 4790K- @ 4.5Ghz / Mobo - Asus Maximus Hero VII / GPU - GTX 980 @ 1592MHz / RAM - 16Gb Corsair Vengeance Pro @ 2400Mhz / Cooler - Corsair H105 / SSD - Samsung 250gb 840 EVO / HDD - 2x 2tb Seagate/3x 3tb Seagate / PSU - Corsair RM1000 / Keyboard - Corsair K70 / Mouse - Corsair M65 / Case - Custom Glass panel Corsair Obsidian 750D -  Still saving for upgrades =)

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