First time modifying a PC

[AluminumDragon]

Hello my PC Masters! I am new here in the Realm of PC-land!  

 

Anyway, I am in need of someone how can help my PC to reach it´s true potential! For may you see, I had a "conflict" with the seller where I bought the parts for my build and now I don´t

know what to do (please consider that this is my first experience with other than thinking that they are pre-made magic boxes made by the fairies of Dell or HP). So yeah I'm lost.

 

So can please someone explain me what kind of research do I have to do first to start my build? Where should I start and how can I get a good graphics card? And yes, at least I know how to somewhat build the thing.

 

The only thing that I know about my PC is that it has these parts:

 

CPU: AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition Processor

 

Graphics card: XFX AMD Radeon HD 5450 2GB DDR3 VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card ON-XFX1-DLX2

 

Motherboard: ASUS Micro ATX DDR3 2000 AMD AM3+ Motherboard M5A78L-M/USB3

 

Everything else, I'm in the dark. :wacko:

 

So please fell free to share how crappy my PC is right now :blush: and what are the best parts to build a great PC AROUND this scraps that I got (and a shiny case too). Also, my wallet isn't very big, so don't expect me to buy a Titan X. Please be gentle.

 

PC, live and prosper!!!

 

 

[DarkBlade2117]

Hello my PC Masters! I am new here in the Realm of PC-land!  

 

Anyway, I am in need of someone how can help my PC to reach it´s true potential! For may you see, I had a "conflict" with the seller where I bought the parts for my build and now I don´t

know what to do (please consider that this is my first experience with other than thinking that they are pre-made magic boxes made by the fairies of Dell or HP). So yeah I'm lost.

 

So can please someone explain me what kind of research do I have to do first to start my build? Where should I start and how can I get a good graphics card? And yes, at least I know how to somewhat build the thing.

 

The only thing that I know about my PC is that it has these parts:

 

CPU: AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition Processor

 

Graphics card: XFX AMD Radeon HD 5450 2GB DDR3 VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card ON-XFX1-DLX2

 

Motherboard: ASUS Micro ATX DDR3 2000 AMD AM3+ Motherboard M5A78L-M/USB3

 

Everything else, I'm in the dark. :wacko:

 

So please fell free to share how crappy my PC is right now :blush: and what are the best parts to build a great PC AROUND this scraps that I got (and a shiny case too). Also, my wallet isn't very big, so don't expect me to buy a Titan X. Please be gentle.

 

PC, live and prosper!!!

Follow your topics, Could you open up your side panel and see how big your PSU is? Plus if you are on windows 7 type in the windows start menu ram and something like ram speed should Pop up. See how much ram you got.

[DarkBlade2117]

Follow your topics, Could you open up your side panel and see how big your PSU is? Plus if you are on windows 7 type in the windows start menu ram and something like ram speed should Pop up. See how much ram you got.

also how much storage do you have? Do you have a SSD? Or just s single HDD?

[AluminumDragon]

also how much storage do you have? Do you have a SSD? Or just s single HDD?

 

Follow your topics, Could you open up your side panel and see how big your PSU is? Plus if you are on windows 7 type in the windows start menu ram and something like ram speed should Pop up. See how much ram you got.

I have a 1TB HARD DRIVE SATA that I should replace first of all things. I mean, that hard drive was the root of all the rage with the seller. Also I have 4 GB of RAM (don't ask me about the brand) which I understand is pretty pathetic for an 8-core CPU. So it´s pretty limited.

 

A friend of mine recently told me to buy an SSD and a new HDD. But I don't know of how much space the SSD should be?

 

And I have Windows 8.1 (I know Win 7 is better for gaming, but a mate installed for me for free).

 

And no I can open the side panel to see the PSU, but supposing this is a mid-tower I think is a AT PSU.

 

By the way, thanks for replying.

[LucemArrow]

To be perfectly honest your going to need to build a new pc if you even want to hit min. setting 60fps @1080p ill put one together but I need a budget

[LucemArrow]

I have a 1TB HARD DRIVE SATA that I should replace first of all things. I mean, that hard drive was the root of all the rage with the seller. Also I have 4 GB of RAM (don't ask me about the brand) which I understand is pretty pathetic for an 8-core CPU. So it´s pretty limited.

 

A friend of mine recently told me to buy an SSD and a new HDD. But I don't know of how much space the SSD should be?

 

And I have Windows 8.1 (I know Win 7 is better for gaming, but a mate installed for me for free).

 

And no I can open the side panel to see the PSU, but supposing this is a mid-tower I think is a AT PSU.

 

By the way, thanks for replying.

forgot to quote see post above ^^

[DarkBlade2117]

I have a 1TB HARD DRIVE SATA that I should replace first of all things. I mean, that hard drive was the root of all the rage with the seller. Also I have 4 GB of RAM (don't ask me about the brand) which I understand is pretty pathetic for an 8-core CPU. So it´s pretty limited.

 

A friend of mine recently told me to buy an SSD and a new HDD. But I don't know of how much space the SSD should be?

 

And I have Windows 8.1 (I know Win 7 is better for gaming, but a mate installed for me for free).

 

And no I can open the side panel to see the PSU, but supposing this is a mid-tower I think is a AT PSU.

 

By the way, thanks for replying.

AT PSU Doesn't tell me anything. I need the wattage. At this point. Build a new pc if you have the budget. Your gonna just end up paying like $300-$320 more for a whole new PC so misewell do kt