What to upgrade?

[Olivertheguy]

Hi, its coming up to christmas and its time for me to upgrade, one problem, I don't know what to upgrade?

My current system is...

 

Cpu: AMD A6 5400k

MoBo: Biostar HifiA75s (cheap and crappy)

Gpu: AMD r7 260x 2GB

Ram: 2x4gb Crucial ballistic

Boot Drive: 120Gb Samsung evo SSD (95% full)

Second drive: 500gb Seagate (80% full)

Psu: Corsair 430w

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Random keyboard and mouse

Random 21.5 inch screen and old Dell 4:3 17 inch

And a DVD RW

 

I recently got the GPU so dont want to upgrade that, I also was looking a running a Plex Media Server. But currently it maxes my CPU at 100% all the time it is running so would a AMD 760k solve this? 

 

Currently the games I have are Arma 2 (dayz mod) and Arma 3, BF3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, planetside 2 (which runs at 2fps max at low setting) and Minecraft

I am looking at getting BF4 and maybe some other new games, but none of them will be more demanding than BF4.

Aswell as all that I am starting to us Blender (blender.org) for 3D rendering and simulations.

 

My budget is £200-£250 for upgrades so a new computer is out of the option so what I want to know is what to get? 

 

Thanks, Oli

[MattWakey]

Hi, its coming up to christmas and its time for me to upgrade, one problem, I don't know what to upgrade?

My current system is...

 

Cpu: AMD A6 5400k

MoBo: Biostar HifiA75s (cheap and crappy)

Gpu: AMD r7 260x 2GB

Ram: 2x4gb Crucial ballistic

Boot Drive: 120Gb Samsung evo SSD (95% full)

Second drive: 500gb Seagate (80% full)

Psu: Corsair 430w

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Random keyboard and mouse

Random 21.5 inch screen and old Dell 4:3 17 inch

And a DVD RW

 

I recently got the GPU so dont want to upgrade that, I also was looking a running a Plex Media Server. But currently it maxes my CPU at 100% all the time it is running so would a AMD 760k solve this? 

 

Currently the games I have are Arma 2 (dayz mod) and Arma 3, BF3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, planetside 2 (which runs at 2fps max at low setting) and Minecraft

I am looking at getting BF4 and maybe some other new games, but none of them will be more demanding than BF4.

Aswell as all that I am starting to us Blender (blender.org) for 3D rendering and simulations.

 

My budget is £200-£250 for upgrades so a new computer is out of the option so what I want to know is what to get? 

 

Thanks, Oli

Your CPU is pretty weak, you could go intel or get a 860k

a 260x will be able to play bf4

[Lingrah]

In this order,

CPU

HHD

Monitor

MoBo

Mouse

Keyboard

[Mixzzz]

Cmon... Why hasn't anyone already made a pcpartpicker list ? I'd say go for G3258 if you can...

 

EDIT: Or don't....

[Chuck Eastlee]

Hi, its coming up to christmas and its time for me to upgrade, one problem, I don't know what to upgrade?

My current system is...

 

Cpu: AMD A6 5400k

MoBo: Biostar HifiA75s (cheap and crappy)

Gpu: AMD r7 260x 2GB

Ram: 2x4gb Crucial ballistic

Boot Drive: 120Gb Samsung evo SSD (95% full)

Second drive: 500gb Seagate (80% full)

Psu: Corsair 430w

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Random keyboard and mouse

Random 21.5 inch screen and old Dell 4:3 17 inch

And a DVD RW

 

I recently got the GPU so dont want to upgrade that, I also was looking a running a Plex Media Server. But currently it maxes my CPU at 100% all the time it is running so would a AMD 760k solve this? 

 

Currently the games I have are Arma 2 (dayz mod) and Arma 3, BF3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, planetside 2 (which runs at 2fps max at low setting) and Minecraft

I am looking at getting BF4 and maybe some other new games, but none of them will be more demanding than BF4.

Aswell as all that I am starting to us Blender (blender.org) for 3D rendering and simulations.

 

My budget is £200-£250 for upgrades so a new computer is out of the option so what I want to know is what to get? 

 

Thanks, Oli

 

 

A 760k would be a good upgrade, However I recommend getting a locked i5 + h97/h81 mobo, that should be in your price range. And would be sufficient enough for what you want to do. Plus, you can upgrade to a locked i7 later down the road.