Upgrading my PC. HELP.

[bashful]

Hello guys.

So currently I have quite shitty office computer that my step-father gave to me. It's an office computer, so it's not a very powerful machine. It haa: 4gb of ram, i3-4150 and a 120GB samsung SSD. It has no HDD, only SSD. So I have plans on upgrading it. I'm really into competetive gaming, so I'm gonna play CS:GO and League of Legends mostly and sometimes Minecraft or Skyrim(maybe some modding, but no ULTRA HIGH INSANE HD textures) for casual gaming.

So I don't want to rebuild the whole PC from scratch and the CPU(i3-4150) is pretty decent, so that's what I want to add:

GTX 750TI

1TB HDD

Additional 4GB of ram (8GB in total)

I have quite a decent budget, but I don't think I'm gonna play any graphical intense games, only cause my internet is really slow, which makes something like GTA V to download for years. So I want to invest my money in other stuff:

Razer Blackwidow Tournament Stealth - keyboard

Razer Abyss - mouse

BenQ RL2455HM - 24" monitor, HDMI, 1ms

Steelseries Siberia v2 or Razer Kraken Pro

I think it will help my gaming experience, considering what games I play.

What do you think? Maybe you have any more suggestions?

My budget is around 650€(including all the upgrades, keyboard, monitor etc), and I'm from Germany.

Thanks!

[Panzer003]

Seems good, except the Kraken, go with the Siberia.

[ZetZet]

what psu does that computer have? Kingston HyperX Cloud is better than all of those headsets.

[Tedster]

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[Panzer003]

what psu does that computer have? Kingston HyperX Cloud is better than all of those headsets.

I was wondering if that was good, thanks for that.

[Tedster]

I was wondering if that was good, thanks for that.

 

what psu does that computer have? Kingston HyperX Cloud is better than all of those headsets.

[bashful]

Wow guys, that was a quick reply.

My PSU is mounted in my case, but it didn't fail, even though it was used for 2-3years. I'm planning on adding a new PSU, I think thermaltake 80+ bronze would be enough and I'll go for 430W. Or 550W, idk yet. Or I shouldn't upgrade the PSU if it's not needed and it worked?

And, if I use 2 different rams? One is Crucial and another is Fujitsu - will it still work? Idk, it can even be not 1600, will it still work?

I actually found a good headset for the same price, and even the mic sounds really good:

Turtle Beach Ear Force PX22

[TwOne]

Wow guys, that was a quick reply.

My PSU is mounted in my case, but it didn't fail, even though it was used for 2-3years. I'm planning on adding a new PSU, I think thermaltake 80+ bronze would be enough and I'll go for 430W. Or 550W, idk yet. Or I shouldn't upgrade the PSU if it's not needed and it worked?

And, if I use 2 different rams? One is Crucial and another is Fujitsu - will it still work? Idk, it can even be not 1600, will it still work?

I actually found a good headset for the same price, and even the mic sounds really good:

Turtle Beach Ear Force PX22

1. 430W should be enough for that build, just make sure you get a PSU from a good brand. Thermaltake is a pretty good brand.

 

2. It doesn't really matter as long as they are both 240-pin DIMM (DDR3). The memory will however run at the speed of the slowest RAM stick.

 

3. Don't get Turtle Beach. They are the Beats by Dr Dre of headsets.

 

 

As for the peripherals, my picks would be:

Logitech G300s or Steelseries Kana v2 mouse (Razer Abyssus is fine as well btw, I am just not sure about Razer)

CM Storm QuickFire Ultimate or CM Storm QuickFire TK (MX Brown) Cherry MX Brown are way higher quality switches than Razer Orange, but still feel similar.

AOC G2460FQ or BenQ XL2411Z monitor. That system will run above 144fps on CS:GO and LoL, so investing in a 144Hz monitor is not a bad idea. 

SteelSeries Siberia v2 is still a good headset. People swear by the HyperX Cloud, but they have closed earcups, which means worse positional audio. In competitive games you need good positional audio.

[Shattered Box]

Alright make sure that your power supply can handle the graphics card (i would allow for at least 40 wants more than all of the parts require because the power from the power supply fluctuates and won't always provide the advertised power). you might also find it hard to find places that sell that card (I did when I looked for when I wanted to buy) [emoji2]

[User1868]

Alright make sure that your power supply can handle the graphics card (i would allow for at least 40 wants more than all of the parts require because the power from the power supply fluctuates and won't always provide the advertised power). you might also find it hard to find places that sell that card (I did when I looked for when I wanted to buy) [emoji2]

 

Here is a PSU calculator: http://coolermaster.outervision.com/poc.jsp 

[bashful]

 

1. 430W should be enough for that build, just make sure you get a PSU from a good brand. Thermaltake is a pretty good brand.

 

2. It doesn't really matter as long as they are both 240-pin DIMM (DDR3). The memory will however run at the speed of the slowest RAM stick.

 

3. Don't get Turtle Beach. They are the Beats by Dr Dre of headsets.

 

 

As for the peripherals, my picks would be:

Logitech G300s or Steelseries Kana v2 mouse (Razer Abyssus is fine as well btw, I am just not sure about Razer)

CM Storm QuickFire Ultimate or CM Storm QuickFire TK (MX Brown) Cherry MX Brown are way higher quality switches than Razer Orange, but still feel similar.

AOC G2460FQ or BenQ XL2411Z monitor. That system will run above 144fps on CS:GO and LoL, so investing in a 144Hz monitor is not a bad idea. 

SteelSeries Siberia v2 is still a good headset. People swear by the HyperX Cloud, but they have closed earcups, which means worse positional audio. In competitive games you need good positional audio.

 

Thank you. I think I'll go full steelseries, it stays on my budget and I think it will perform well too.

About that monitor, it's way too expensive for me, it goes over my budget really hard, maybe later on, when I'll save some more money, I'll get this as my main monitor.

 

 

Here is a PSU calculator: http://coolermaster.outervision.com/poc.jsp 

 

Thanks, this is very useful.

My only consumes 259W tho. That's nice

[User1868]

 

 

 

 

Thank you. I think I'll go full steelseries, it stays on my budget and I think it will perform well too.

About that monitor, it's way too expensive for me, it goes over my budget really hard, maybe later on, when I'll save some more money, I'll get this as my main monitor.

 

 

 

Thanks, this is very useful.

My only consumes 259W tho. That's nice

 

 

Just make sure you check on your GPU how much you need power cause it doesn't seem to take it into account (I needed min 450W and the PSU cal showed like 200/300 - SO CHECK THE GPU WEBSITE FOR MIN POWER!) Good luck