upgrading cpu/ram/g-card

[Goldensunz]

hello, i am thinking about upgrading some of my parts. atm i have a CG1330 mainboard,AMD Phenom II x2 555 BE,  2gbx4 ddr3 ram, and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 2gb. should i go 16gb of ram or stay at 8gb, what would be a good choice for the other replacements? have a buget of around $400

[ThatOneRussian]

upgrade the cpu and gpu first eight is more than enough

[don_svetlio]

Start with GPU or CPU. RAM is fine

[manikyath]

is it a prebuilt?

 

if yes - i'd suggest putting in an investment to get an intel cpu; decent motherboard and decent power supply in one go. (some OEMs do naughty stuff with their PSUs and mobos)

[alexhelvetica]

I would try and get a HD 7870 and Phenom X4 (or X3 if you want to risk the unlock) second hand off ebay

[SeanAngelo]

hello, i am thinking about upgrading some of my parts. atm i have a CG1330 mainboard,AMD Phenom II x2 555 BE,  2gbx4 ddr3 ram, and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 2gb. should i go 16gb of ram or stay at 8gb, what would be a good choice for the other replacements? have a buget of around $400

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($71.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $430.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-08 06:01 EDT-0400

[Streetguru]

hello, i am thinking about upgrading some of my parts. atm i have a CG1330 mainboard,AMD Phenom II x2 555 BE,  2gbx4 ddr3 ram, and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 2gb. should i go 16gb of ram or stay at 8gb, what would be a good choice for the other replacements? have a buget of around $400

Should be fine, you'll probably need a new PSU as well to use the CPU/GPU, so I threw it in, dunno if it'll fit in that case.

For another 50 bucks you can upgrade the GPU to a 290

 

This is all assuming it's a gaming rig

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pH3msY

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pH3msY/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.00 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($74.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 2GB PCS+ Video Card  ($195.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Rosewill HIVE 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $389.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-08 06:48 EDT-0400