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Hi everyone! i'm new here and I wanted some advice on upgrading my current setup.

so since I'm still a college student I couldn't possibly afford a hardcore set up plus pc parts are really scarce here :/

so my current set up is an a10 5800k,stock heatsink, 2 x 4gb 1333mhz generic ram, sapphire 6670 1gb gddr5, gigabyte f2a75m-d3h,

generic 600w psu, Seagate baracuda 500gb 7200rpm on a generic mirco atx case (which is really crappy with only 1 140mm fan on front and and 80mm fan on back) so yeah i bought this piece by piece two years ago and I guess it's time to upgrade, I managed to save up and order a deepcool kendomen case, ( I thought it was really practical since it was cheap and had 5 120mm fans pre installed) and a deepcool gammaxx 400, so I was gonna upgrade bit by bit due to low budget, I was planning to keep my a10 5800k,  for now I could only upgrade two more parts so which do you think should I get first,a corsair vs550, upgrade my ram to kingston hyperx furry 4x4gb 1866mhz, buy an Asrock fatal1ty fm2a88x+ killer or upgrade my graphics card to an gtx 750ti or a r7 260x. I could only upgrade two at the moment so I would like to ask you what the practical choice would be, or any suggestions, I only use my pc for school work, video editing as a side job, online gaming and some modern games as well. Your advice would be greatly appreciated :D

 

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Well you made a mistake on your case. You should've bought from a trusted brand like Corsair. But other than that, you should save up and get a real upgrade. like maybe an AM3+ board and an AMD fx- 4300. I had that cpu for 2 years and it worked very well. It is also very cheap at 100$ CAD(but could get it for less used) The motherboard is your choice, and DDR3 RAM is dirt cheap, sometimes 80$ CAD for 16 gb. Then you should buy a last gen r9 card, maybe a 270 or 270x(What I have). Then you should be set for a few years :D

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