[CAN] 450$ PC upgrades

[Marxtai]

Hello everyone,

 

a friend of mine is looking to upgrade his PC, he lives in Canada and has about 400-450$ to spend on the upgrades.

Here are his current specs : 

 

- ASUS M3A mother board AMD770 Chipset

- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ - Processor

- Insignia NS-PCW5250-C - (520w PSU)

- 3GB DDR2 Ram

- GTX 750Ti

 

I think that the GPU is still fine for the games he plays (mostly simulators), so he was thinking of upgrading the CPU, motherboard, RAM and HDD. 

Here's what I picked so far : 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ NCIX) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ NCIX) 

Total: $428.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-07 13:14 EDT-0400

 

He doesn't want to order from too many retailers, so only 1-2 would be ideal. 

 

My questions now : 

 

- Is this the best way to spend his money with his current specs?

- Should be the PSU be upgraded? Is there any risk of having it break, I never heard of that brand before, and damage other components?

 

Thanks for your help

[escape093]

- Should be the PSU be upgraded?

 

YES.

[Textosterone]

Upgrade the psu.

[Marxtai]

YES.

 

 

Upgrade the psu.

 

Thanks for the quick replies, would this do the trick ? https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-power-supply-sp550pcbus

[Textosterone]

Thanks for the quick replies, would this do the trick ? https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-power-supply-sp550pcbus

yes, but i would recommend modular or semi-modular. Its not needed but its nice to have so you have have easy cable management.