What should I do?

[Brennan Price]

Hello, so I have a mid-range pc (AMD Athlon 860K, 12GB of RAM & R7 360) and have finally got some money to do some stuff. I have £60 currently so these options are available to me...

 

Note: The case stuff seems more viable as the airflow in my current case is Sh**. So much so that I have my side panel off most of the time.

 

1. Buy a new Micro atx Case

2. Buy a CPU Water cooler

3. Sell my current GPU and upgrade to something higher end

4. Buy a dremel and mod my Case

5. Buy a lower end case and fill it with blue LED fans

 

I have many more but these are my main options.

I dont know what to do, Please Help me decide

[Paralectic]

Save up and get a new motherboard and CPU.

[Brennan Price]

Save up and get a new motherboard and CPU.

What is the point? I can overclock it high enough for my needs.

[Paralectic]

What is the point? I can overclock it high enough for my needs.

If getting any decent CPU you'll have a major bottleneck, you could prioritize getting a new GPU tho.

[jimakos234]

sell the gpu u now have and get a 380/285/280x, or a used 290/290x

[Brennan Price]

If getting any decent CPU you'll have a major bottleneck, you could prioritize getting a new GPU tho.

Ok, well I was thinking maybe R7 370 or R9 360 (Possibly). However, I do not mind which GPU brand I use but although I have amd currently, I would happily go with NVidia since I know their drivers are much better.

[Brennan Price]

sell the gpu u now have and get a 380/285/280x, or a used 290/290x

Good idea sir, although brand new is favoured.

[jimakos234]

Good idea sir, although brand new is favoured.

yep, but the 290/290x are stronger cards, just fyi

in the other hand, that cpu might bottleneck a 290/290x, so the safe way would be to get a 380

[Brennan Price]

yep, but the 290/290x are stronger cards, just fyi

in the other hand, that cpu might bottleneck a 290/290x, so the safe way would be to get a 380

Yes, that is agreeable but I feel that that could be too highly priced since I dont know how much I could sell my gpu used.

[jimakos234]

Yes, that is agreeable but I feel that that could be too highly priced since I dont know how much I could sell my gpu used.

how much did u get it? and how it has been used?

[Brennan Price]

how much did u get it? and how it has been used?

Ok, well I bought my R7 360 for £85 at the time. I have been using it for just over 6 months and I feel I could get £70 maximum for it.

[jimakos234]

Ok, well I bought my R7 360 for £85 at the time. I have been using it for just over 6 months and I feel I could get £70 maximum for it.

sounds good enough for a card used 6 months, 60+70=130£ and the cheapest 380 2 gb is around 146£, and 4gb 160£

or you could get a gtx 950 and save some money, but you will be sacrificing performance (the 960 is not worth it, since it is comparable to the 380, and performs worse and it is more expensive)

[Brennan Price]

sounds good enough for a card used 6 months, 60+70=130£ and the cheapest 380 2 gb is around 146£, and 4gb 160£

or you could get a gtx 950 and save some money, but you will be sacrificing performance (the 960 is not worth it, since it is comparable to the 380, and performs worse and it is more expensive)

Ok, well that sounds good but I dont know what heats it will get up to as my case has terrible ariflow.

[jimakos234]

Ok, well that sounds good but I dont know what heats it will get up to as my case has terrible ariflow.

what case and psu do you have?

the gtx 900 and amd 300 series stay pretty low on temps by default

[Brennan Price]

what case and psu do you have?

the gtx 900 and amd 300 series stay pretty low on temps by default

Ok, well I would love to tell you my case name but It is a modded version (by myself) of a 15 year old e-Machines pc case stolen from my old family computer. It was generally to save money on my PC I built just over 6 months ago.

[jimakos234]

Ok, well I would love to tell you my case name but It is a modded version (by myself) of a 15 year old e-Machines pc case stolen from my old family computer.

if it has an intake fan and an exhaust fan, it should be ok. now tell me about the psu

[Brennan Price]

if it has an intake fan and an exhaust fan, it should be ok. now tell me about the psu

It is a 500W EVGA PSU with two 8 pin plugs usable. (my R7 360 only uses a 6 pin plug from them all)

 

If you need other stuff then I may as well give you the link...

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-evga-100-w1-0500-kr-80plus-single-rail-atx-psu

[Brennan Price]

BTW, I modded my case to have a front intake but sadly it doesnt work very well and both fans (front and rear) are very very noisy.

[jimakos234]

It is a 500W EVGA PSU with two 8 pin plugs usable. (my R7 360 only uses a 6 pin plug from them all)

tbh, that psu is not tha good at all. but there should be no problem, if it wont be pushed, i cant say to replace it, since you are on a budget(but it would be nice)

[Brennan Price]

tbh, that psu is not tha good at all. but there should be no problem, if it wont be pushed, i cant say to replace it, since you are on a budget(but it would be nice)

Meh, I am not exactly bothered about my PSU anyway. I would only upgrade if I changed my motherboard to have crossfire or SLI going on.