Pre Built Pc Upgrade

[mclovin29]

i need help upgradeing my pc i bought it from best buy 2 years ago and with gta 5 coming out soon i would have to upgrade it iv'e never built a pc before so if anyone can help me i would appreciate it

my budget is 250$-275$

i need:

psu (600W) modular

video card

motherboard (not sure what mine is

case: bottom mounted psu

better ram not sure if mine is ddr 2 or 3

hard drive 1 TB

my goal is to make gta run at 60 fps medium to high settings

[Comessy]

What processor do you have?

[mclovin29]

AMD A10 5700 3.4GHz im not sure if it's the fm2 soket though

[Comessy]

AMD A10 5700 3.4GHz im not sure if it's the fm2 soket though

Yes, it is FM2

[mclovin29]

thx

[plutomok]

GTX 960 ($200+tax)
Corsair CX430 ($39+tax)

on newegg (look for these parts and prices in local stores to avoid shipping costs)

 

your cpu is rated at 65watts and a gtx 960 will consume 200w max
 

should be good to run at medium-high settings

and your HDD is "good enough", just dont run any other demanding applications while gaming

 

of course things can ge improved but with that budget i dont see other options atm

hopefully someone else in the forum can find you some better deals

[mclovin29]

thx plutomok

[Fgtfv567]

If your power supply has a 6 pin and 8 pin connector, get this 290

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16814202043

[plutomok]

If your power supply has a 6 pin and 8 pin connector, get this 290

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16814202043

 

his current generic power supply is rated at 300w MAX 

 

I would HIGHLY recommend upgrading the power supply before installing a new GPU

[Fgtfv567]

his current generic power supply is rated at 300w MAX

I would HIGHLY recommend upgrading the power supply before installing a new GPU

Oh. Yeah, maybe you should get a new power supply...