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I would LOVE to be able to build a new pc, however it's not going to happen because I dont have enough money, so can anyone recommend what to upgrade in my very powerful system:

 

CPU:  AMD Phenom II x4 840 w/ Stock Cooler

Ram: 4GB - single stick generic ram @ 666MHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-770T-D3L

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Juniper HD 5770

Storage: 1TB HDD, 160GB HDD, 250GB HDD, No SSD

PSU: Cooler Master 500W

My Rig:

PS4

 

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I would LOVE to be able to build a new pc, however it's not going to happen because I dont have enough money, so can anyone recommend what to upgrade in my very powerful system:

 

CPU:  AMD Phenom II x4 840 w/ Stock Cooler

Ram: 4GB - single stick generic ram @ 666MHz

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-770T-D3L

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Juniper HD 5770

Storage: 1TB HDD, 160GB HDD, 250GB HDD, No SSD

PSU: Cooler Master 500W

whats your budget for the upgrade

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about £100

how about this http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IGQ4UX8/?tag=pcp0f-21

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A cheap 128GB SSD to run your operating system will make a big performance difference in speed of the machine (boot-up, writing/reading files).

 

If it's just a speed upgrade and not a graphics upgrade I would add another 4GB stick of RAM and buy an SSD (my opinion) :)

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either get a ssd or wait and save for more money

My Rig  

 
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kGNksY

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.83 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.34 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($92.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($298.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.99 @ NCIX) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($116.00 @ shopRBC) 

Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($23.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($114.99 @ NCIX) 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($76.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset  ($78.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $2074.22

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