PC Upgrade Suggestions?

[Yuniks]

Hey guys,

 

I have decided after a while to upgrade my PC, and waiting just the right time by getting $380 for Christmas! 

 

I will be spending $40 of it to get another 8GB RAM stick to get 16GB, so I came here to ask about what would be the best way to spend $340 for a processor, motherboard, and power supply upgrade.

 

I am ONLY spending this money on a new processor, motherboard, and power supply. Every other part of my system is perfect the way it is.

 

I am upgrading from this system:

AMD A10-6800k Black Edition

Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H

Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 280 OC Edition

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB 1866 MHz

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB + WD Blue 1TB

Corsair CX500

 

This system uses 400-450 watts on load and 300 or lower at idle. I plan to play fairly graphic and CPU intensive games, such as Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous, and Planetside 2.

 

Remember: $340 to spend on these 3 parts. Merry Christmas!

 

EDIT: I do not plan to overclock.

[J/C]

IMO, I'd go for a power supply upgrade.

[GalacticRuler]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.80 @ Amazon) 

Total: $257.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-25 13:57 EST-0500

With a 4690K and a Z97 motherboard you'll be spending too much, and you can't go Skylake because of your RAM.

[GalacticRuler]

IMO, I'd go for a power supply upgrade.

He is.

[kameshss]

This ??

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($83.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $319.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-25 13:59 EST-0500

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $358.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-25 14:01 EST-0500

[Yuniks]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($43.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $358.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-25 14:01 EST-0500

 

Will a Xeon work well with all the other parts of the system? I've heard that these processors have some problems when it comes to working with the types of parts I have.

[jimakos234]

Will a Xeon work well with all the other parts of the system? I've heard that these processors have some problems when it comes to working with the types of parts I have.

it is just an i7 without the igpu, it will work just fine.