Upgrading... Few Questions

[Yiz]

Greetings. My little brother is getting tired of his FX-6300 and his 270x so I told him lets fix that.

Upgrades:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fYJVxr

Now, I've built a handful a PC's but haven't really upgraded anything before. My few questions are, do I need to re-install windows? Is a Rosewill Greenseries 430w powersupply enough? (Website says 400w minimum) Lastly, is Skylake the route to take? Sorry I haven't been on the forums lately so my questions may seem ignorant. Also the GTX 960 is a must because of shadowplay.

[don_svetlio]

awful

[yannickverc]

You'll have the same harddrive so no need for a new OS (unless the new mobo corrupts everything)

430 should be enough

[don_svetlio]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($178.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $506.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-08 12:33 EST-0500

[don_svetlio]

You'll have the same harddrive so no need for a new OS (unless the new mobo corrupts everything)

430 should be enough

a 430W cheapo is NOT enough ffs

[Samppa221]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($178.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $506.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-08 12:33 EST-0500

This ^^

[yannickverc]

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($178.98 @ Newegg)

 

OP needs shadowplay. I'd also suggest a 380 but he needs shadowplay.

 

a 430W cheapo is NOT enough ffs

My knowledge about PSU's isn't that good, but 430w should be enough for that. Heck my build uses like 450 only

[Critiax]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($178.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $506.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-08 12:33 EST-0500

That but then a 960. Because he requested shadowplay.

[don_svetlio]

OP needs shadowplay. I'd also suggest a 380 but he needs shadowplay.

 

My knowledge about PSU's isn't that good, but 430w should be enough for that. Heck my build uses like 450 only

A Rosewill 430W is worse than a Diablotek 600W....

 

That but then a 960. Because he requested shadowplay.

960 is horrible and overpriced T_T - just use OBS

[Critiax]

A Rosewill 430W is worse than a Diablotek 600W....

 

960 is horrible and overpriced T_T - just use OBS

L0L. I can agree on that one. But OP wants shadowplay.

[don_svetlio]

L0L. I can agree on that one. But OP wants shadowplay.

But OBS is superior in every possible aspect T_T

[Critiax]

But OBS is superior in every possible aspect T_T

I know. But OP wants to roll with shadowplay.

[don_svetlio]

I know. But OP wants to roll with shadowplay.

but....why? I used it and hated it - OBS is the way to go

[Critiax]

but....why? I used it and hated it - OBS is the way to go

My personal experience with shadowplay. It works at first. Then it starts hitting you in the face

[don_svetlio]

My personal experience with shadowplay. It works at first. Then it starts hitting you in the face

My experience - it works when it wants to workk

[Critiax]

My experience - it works when it wants to workk

L0L

[don_svetlio]

L0L

I'm literally forced into the August WHQL driver btw - Nvidia drivers for my 860M can't even finish a goddamn installation... they released a special patch for 860M cards which FAILED to fix the issues.... there was a poll here - 0 people answered "yes" to "did your issue get fixed"

[xQubeZx]

I'm literally forced into the August WHQL driver btw - Nvidia drivers for my 860M can't even finish a goddamn installation... they released a special patch for 860M cards which FAILED to fix the issues.... there was a poll here - 0 people answered "yes" to "did your issue get fixed"

I just use Action instead. It has support for 120fps and different formats and doesn't use much system resources. Costs 20bucks but its worht it since shadowplay just fucks up all the time. (It really does, like it works fine and then you reboot and then it doesn't start without a registry tweak. Has happend way to many times.)

[Yiz]

(dont mind this, glitched post)

[Yiz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchantCPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC)Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.98 @ Newegg)Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($178.98 @ Newegg)Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg)Total: $506.81Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-08 12:33 EST-0500

Thanks for the build list, appreciate it being cheap! Will probably go with that.

[don_svetlio]

Thanks for the build list, appreciate it being cheap! Will probably go with that.

Happy I could help. That is the best 380 on the market so it should be more than capable

As for the PSU, it's not that 430W isn't enough, it's that your PSU is not really good. Customer reviews aren't really something to go by as they don't open up the PSU and look at components, they don't do cross-load tests or hot and cold testing.