PC Improvements

[partuchi]

MY specs are as follows:

CPU:AMD Athlon X4 760K

Graphics Card: Sapphire radeon R7 260X

8GB crucial ballistix sport ram

MSi A78M-E35 motherboard

1TB WD Black (and some random 500gb i salvaged from my old pc that i have back files on)

430 Watt corsair cx430

corsair spec-01

and windows 8.1 64 bit os

 

What can kind of improvements can i do in the future? I'm just wondering because summer is coming soon and ill be getting money i can spend.

Thank you for helping out. 

(f.y.i- i would like a green theme because i mainly use razer peripherals, so any fan [preferably led fans] that are green and any green motherboards if that is what needs to be upgraded.)

[Chasem121]

I would focus on getting a better cpu+mobo first

[ZerueLX11]

 

MY specs are as follows:

CPU:AMD Athlon X4 760K

Graphics Card: Sapphire radeon R7 260X

8GB crucial ballistix sport ram

MSi A78M-E35 motherboard

1TB WD Black (and some random 500gb i salvaged from my old pc that i have back files on)

430 Watt corsair cx430

corsair spec-01

and windows 8.1 64 bit os

 

What can kind of improvements can i do in the future? I'm just wondering because summer is coming soon and ill be getting money i can spend.

Thank you for helping out. 

(f.y.i- i would like a green theme because i mainly use razer peripherals, so any fan [preferably led fans] that are green and any green motherboards if that is what needs to be upgraded.)

 

 

 

Highest I would go is 280x on the GPU( Your CPU will bottleneck anything higher) other than that you will need ~700$ to convert to Intel/Nvidia build.

[partuchi]

Knowing your budget+tasks will help.  

i will probably have aroud 400-500 dolars max

[partuchi]

I would focus on getting a better cpu+mobo first

what cpu-mobo combo would you reccomend

for the mobo i was thinking a gigabyte sniper

[ZerueLX11]

what cpu-mobo combo would you reccomend

for the mobo i was thinking a gigabyte sniper

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI H97M Eco Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.98 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($221.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $500.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-07 21:47 EDT-0400

[itachipirate]

I would definitely upgrade that graphics card first

[partuchi]

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI H97M Eco Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.98 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($221.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $500.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-07 21:47 EDT-0400

 

what type of thermal paste should i buy or does it not really matter. I was thinking arctic 5 but im not a pro :l

[ZerueLX11]

what type of thermal paste should i buy or does it not really matter. I was thinking arctic 5 but im not a pro :l

 

 

Do you have a custom cooler? 

 

Just stick to the Stock cooler if you low on money.

 

But if you need thermal paste use Artic Silver 5, its pretty good.

 

 

If you want to buy a cooler use the Hyper 212 Evo and use the thermal paste that comes with it. 

[michaelk12]

That's not toooo bad, I'd get a boot SSD first.