Planning advice needed

[Alsonleys]

Hi, i am currently planning to upgrade my pc graphic card and psu , but i am not sure if the rest of the spec are good or bad. I am mainly using it for gaming and some 3D modeling 

 

Current Rig:

 

Intel Core i7 3770 3.4 Ghz

 

8GB DDR3 - 1600

 

1TB hardrive

 

Window 8 

 

basically : http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03639145-7 this is my computer, 

 

i am planning to get Seasonic G-750w psu and a Radeon R9 290x Graphic card, any advice anyone? should i change my  motherboard anything?

 

Apologize for the messy information.   

[skullbringer]

You dont need a 750W psu, 500-600 would be fine as well, this one is also from Seasonic: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm

 

The motherboard will work fine for a single card configuration, and the rest of you system is looking ready for a new gpu as well.

[Alsonleys]

You dont need a 750W psu, 500-600 would be fine as well, this one is also from Seasonic: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm

 

The motherboard will work fine for a single card configuration, and the rest of you system is looking ready for a new gpu as well.

Thanks for the advice, i will switch to seasonic G-650 

[thekeemo]

Rendering loves CPU so keep that in mind

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Thanks for the advice, i will switch to seasonic G-650 

sounds like a good idea to me. also one upgrade for usability I would look into is a SSD for boot. it's going to make your computer Feel fast but won't technically improve performance. the difference is enough that I don't have a single computer using a mechanical hard drive to boot. even my media center/fileserver that never shuts down has a SSD for boot.

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Rendering loves CPU so keep that in mind

yeah but in reality that CPU isn't bad at all. I have the unlocked version and even at stock clocks it doesn't feel held back.

[thekeemo]

yeah but in reality that CPU isn't bad at all. I have the unlocked version and even at stock clocks it doesn't feel held back.

Wait until you have to render 3d vray animations

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Wait until you have to render 3d vray animations

You got me on that one. Only rendering I do is in adobe premiere pro CC.

[thekeemo]

You got me on that one. Only rendering I do is in adobe premiere pro CC.

With my 3820 it took 3 days to render a simple 40 second animation

[soaringchicken]

You should be fine, although a cpu upgrade is recommended 

[thekeemo]

Thanks for the advice, i will switch to seasonic G-650 

do not go below 600 with a 290x

[Alsonleys]

You should be fine, although a cpu upgrade is recommended 

 

What do you mean? 

 

do not go below 600 with a 290x

 

So a 650 or 750 would be better?

[soaringchicken]

What do you mean? 

 

 

So a 650 or 750 would be better?

I mean you might want to bump up the CPU due to the fact that you use 3d rendering/modeling software