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John9786
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Hey guys,

 

I've got some money to spend and I just wanted your opinions on what you best think I should upgrade in my pc build below:

CPU: amd Fx6300

Motherboard: Asrock R2.0 Pro3

GPU: Gigabyte R9280x

PSU: Corsair CX600

Ram: 2x 4gb corsair

HDD: 1TB Seagate

 

Thanks in advance,

John

 

UPDATE:

Region - Australia, Brisbane
Budge - maximum $200

I use my computer for latest games by the way, and so far I can run nearly all games on ultra.

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How much money do you want to spend.

Main gaming pc: Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh Performance - Ryzen 5 5600X - MSI GTX1080Ti Armor - AMD Wraith Spire RGB - ASUS TUF Gaming B550 Plus - Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 2x8GB 3200MHz - 500GB M.2 (and a few other drives)

 

Gaming laptop: ASUS GL552VW: i7 6700HQ - GTX960M 2GB - 8GB DDR4 2166Mhz RAM - 1TB 7200RPM HDD

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Motherboard and CPU

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PHOΞNIX Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.75GHz | Corsair LPX 16Gb DDR4 @ 2933 | MSI B350 Tomahawk | Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 8Gb | Intel 535 120Gb | Western Digital WD5000AAKS x2 | Cooler Master HAF XB Evo | Corsair H80 + Corsair SP120 | Cooler Master 120mm AF | Corsair SP120 | Icy Box IB-172SK-B | OCZ CX500W | Acer GF246 24" + AOC <some model> 21.5" | Steelseries Apex 350 | Steelseries Diablo 3 | Steelseries Syberia RAW Prism | Corsair HS-1 | Akai AM-A1

D.VA coming soon™ xoxo

Sapphire Acer Aspire 1410 Celeron 743 | 3Gb DDR2-667 | 120Gb HDD | Windows 10 Home x32

Vault Tec Celeron 420 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | Storage pending | Open Media Vault

gh0st Asus K50IJ T3100 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | 40Gb HDD | Ubuntu 17.04

Diskord Apple MacBook A1181 Mid-2007 Core2Duo T7400 @2.16GHz | 4Gb DDR2-667 | 120Gb HDD | Windows 10 Pro x32

Firebird//Phoeniix FX-4320 | Gigabyte 990X-Gaming SLI | Asus GTS 450 | 16Gb DDR3-1600 | 2x Intel 535 250Gb | 4x 10Tb Western Digital Red | 600W Segotep custom refurb unit | Windows 10 Pro x64 // offisite backup and dad's PC

 

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Archon Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE

Gulliver Nokia Lumia 1320

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Hydromancer Acer Liquid Z220

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Hey guys,

 

I've got some money to spend and I just wanted your opinions on what you best think I should upgrade in my pc build below:

CPU: amd Fx6300

Motherboard: Asrock R2.0 Pro3

GPU: Gigabyte R9280x

PSU: Corsair CX600

Ram: 2x 4gb corsair

HDD: 1TB Seagate

 

Thanks in advance,

John

What do you want from your PC?

If it's gaming, I'd say upgrade to an Intel. That GPU is pretty solid and should last 1-2 years at 1080p. However, the FX-6300 is a really unremarkable chip that caused stuttering when I used to run a GTX 960.

How much do you have to spend? If you have enough, I'd say go for i5-4690K with a Z97 motherboard. That should do well for 3+ years in video games, given that you're willing to overclock. If not, a cheap H/B series board with an i5-4460 would be a good shout and then just upgrade sooner, something like Skylake (or whatever comes after that).

Incipere V5.0

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CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

Parvulus V1.0

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CPU | i5-4690k | GPU | Zotac GTX 960 | Motherboard | ASRock Z97M-ITX/ac | Memory | 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 GS | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + WD 1TB Blue 2.5" | Case | Silverstone Sugo SG13

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CPU and MB , unless Windows 10's gonna be amazing (which prolly won't be for FX processors) ; switch to Intel

CPU : i5 4670k @ 4.2Ghz | Cooler : NH-D14 | GPU : Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 [OC] | MB : Asus Z87-Pro | RAM : A-DATA 8GB 1600Mhz CL9 XPG Black | SSD : 850Evo 250GB
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Hey guys,

 

I've got some money to spend and I just wanted your opinions on what you best think I should upgrade in my pc build below:

CPU: amd Fx6300

Motherboard: Asrock R2.0 Pro3

GPU: Gigabyte R9280x

PSU: Corsair CX600

Ram: 2x 4gb corsair

HDD: 1TB Seagate

 

Thanks in advance,

John

Budget pls? For playing the latest games or specific games? Location?

Echelon Mk 2.11 

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  • Processor: Intel Core i5-6500
  • Cooler: Cryorig H7 (With a 120 mm Thermaltake Riing RGB)
  • Motherboard: MSI B150M Bazooka Plus
  • Memory: 16 (2x8) GB DDR4 Kingston HyperX Fury (Black)
  • Video Card: Sapphire NITRO R9 390 (Stock)
  • Storage:  1 TB Western Digital Blue
  • Power Supply: 520 W Seasonic M12II Evo (with custom extensions and cable combs)
  • Casing: NZXT S340 Elite (Matte Black)
  • Fans: 2x 120 mm & 3x 140 mm Thermaltake Riing RGB
  • Display: 22 " LG Flatron L227WTG-PF LCD (OCed to 76 Hz)
  • Keyboard: Logitech K120
  • Mouse: Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury
  • Mousepad: SteelSeries QcK
  • Operating System: Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)

 

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