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Your Thoughts on Upgrades to My Build?

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Hey everyone,

I'm looking to get your upgrade recommendations whether CPU, GPU, Mobo, etc. I currently use my build for gaming, lightroom and photoshop. Staggering my upgrades would probably be my plan with a budget of $200-600 give or take. Let me know what you think.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LrYN23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LrYN23/by_merchant/
 
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($64.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team Zeus Yellow 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($65.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $475.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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A 550W minimum EVGA GS or G2 series, or Any XFX / SeaSonic

Then, get like a BeQuiet! PURE ROCK or Shadow Rock 2 to overclick

Then get like a R9 380/x

Then save up for a new CPU later on

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.1GHZ | MOBO: Asus Rampage Extreme V Eatx LGA2011-3 | RAM: 16.00GB DDR4 G-Skills Ripjaws @2400Mhz | GPU: 2x Gtx 980 | CASE: Cooler Master Cosmos 2 | STORAGE: 400GB INTEL 750 Series PCI-E SSD/ 3TB Western Digital WDC | PSU: Corsair AXi 1200w | DISPLAYS: ASUS PB287Q (3840x2160@60Hz) And LG27MU67 (3840x2160@60Hz)

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A 550W minimum EVGA GS or G2 series, or Any XFX / SeaSonic

Then, get like a BeQuiet! PURE ROCK or Shadow Rock 2 to overclick

Then get like a R9 380/x

Then save up for a new CPU later on

 

Any particular reason for adding a new psu? Which CPU would recommend, that way I know how much to save up?  ;)

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Any particular reason for adding a new psu? Which CPU would recommend, that way I know how much to save up? ;)

Wouldn't fully trust the CX500,

CPU, anything from a i5-4460 to a 6600k or if you plan to get into video editing ECT, a Xeon 1231v3-4790k is also good

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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