What Should I Upgrade?

[JFischer00]

Here is my current build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6r9TXL

I have about $400 USD to spend on upgrades. I am willing to sell any replaced parts (and even plan on doing so) if that changes anything (everything but the hard drive is about 4 months old if that). I didn't include peripherals because I'm comfortable with what I have now. Please suggest what you think I should upgrade (e.g. CPU), what I should upgrade to (e.g. i5-4460), and why (if you want).

 

Thanks!

[Stardar1]

4 minutes ago, JFischer00 said:

Here is my current build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6r9TXL

I have about $400 USD to spend on upgrades. I am willing to sell any replaced parts (and even plan on doing so) if that changes anything (everything but the hard drive is about 4 months old if that). I didn't include peripherals because I'm comfortable with what I have now. Please suggest what you think I should upgrade (e.g. CPU), what I should upgrade to (e.g. i5-4460), and why (if you want).

 

Thanks!

I5 4460 + R9 380 4GB

[JFischer00]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

problem is if you upgrade the CPU only to an i5 the video card will hold it back. If you upgrade to an R9 390 the CPU may hold it back. Here is what I would do. Buy an AMD r9 380, then spend the rest of the money on something like an i5 4690 (non-K).

Yeah, I knew that I would probably have to upgrade both.

 

Just now, Stardar1 said:

I5 4460 + R9 380 4GB

What about a Xeon E3-1231 and a GTX 960? I do some recording, editing, and rendering and mostly CPU-intensive games. Which combo would work better? I chose the GTX 960 over the R9 380 because of my PSU. Would the R9 380 work on my current PSU?

[GreatRP]

What kind of games do u play??? because if they aren't demanding it wouldnt be worth it

 

[Stardar1]

1 minute ago, JFischer00 said:

Yeah, I knew that I would probably have to upgrade both.

 

What about a Xeon E3-1231 and a GTX 960? I do some recording, editing, and rendering and mostly CPU-intensive games. Which combo would work better? I chose the GTX 960 over the R9 380 because of my PSU. Would the R9 380 work on my current PSU?

The xeon is a good upgrade, but I dont know if you'll be able to do that and a GTX 960 in $400.

[AlbinoTexan]

1 minute ago, JFischer00 said:

Yeah, I knew that I would probably have to upgrade both.

 

What about a Xeon E3-1231 and a GTX 960? I do some recording, editing, and rendering and mostly CPU-intensive games. Which combo would work better? I chose the GTX 960 over the R9 380 because of my PSU. Would the R9 380 work on my current PSU?

If someone. Tells you to get a 380 don't suggest a 960 to them they will just keep telling you to get a 380 no matter what. It's like 99% of people on here who do that.

[JFischer00]

2 minutes ago, GreatRP said:

What kind of games do u play??? because if they aren't demanding it wouldnt be worth it

 

Minecraft (record sometimes), SimCity, Cities: Skylines, Medieval Engineers, The Witness, American Truck Simulator

1 minute ago, Stardar1 said:

The xeon is a good upgrade, but I dont know if you'll be able to do that and a GTX 960 in $400.

I was planning on selling some parts. It'll be about $450 for those two.

1 minute ago, AlbinoTexan said:

If someone. Tells you to get a 380 don't suggest a 960 to them they will just keep telling you to get a 380 no matter what. It's like 99% of people on here who do that.

It's not about performance. It's about my PSU being able to run it or not.

[Ex14]

2 minutes ago, AlbinoTexan said:

If someone. Tells you to get a 380 don't suggest a 960 to them they will just keep telling you to get a 380 no matter what. It's like 99% of people on here who do that.

thats because they're talking about a pure gaming perspective in which case the 380 gives much more perf than the other combo..


Is waiting and saving more money a viable option for OP? New gpus are coming out plus zen and what not

[JFischer00]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

yes, you will able to get by with an R9 380 on that PSU just fine. Also if you do do a lot of editing, a xeon 1231 v3 could indeed be worth buying over an i5 if you are willing to spend the extra $50 over an i5.

Ok, good to know. But I also know Adobe products as well as most recording programs tend to prefer NVidia GPUs.

[JFischer00]

Just now, Ex14 said:

thats because they're talking about a pure gaming perspective in which case the 380 gives much more perf than the other combo..


Is waiting and saving more money a viable option for OP? New gpus are coming out plus zen and what not

Waiting how long? May/June? October/November?

[Ex14]

1 minute ago, JFischer00 said:

Waiting how long? May/June? October/November?

maybe just to see whats on the horizon? how long is up to you based on what you;re interested in most. 

Another benfit of waiting is that prices of current cards go down as well

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 4GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.48 @ Newegg)
Other: 500GB Hitachi Laptop Hard Drive
Total: $595.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 12:20 EST-0500

 

around $450

[JFischer00]

3 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 4GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.48 @ Newegg)
Other: 500GB Hitachi Laptop Hard Drive
Total: $595.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 12:20 EST-0500

 

around $450

Yeah, it's around $450, but why would I change the motherboard?

[stealth80]

22 minutes ago, JFischer00 said:

Yeah, it's around $450, but why would I change the motherboard?

I switched that out whilst pricing up Z97 and never switched it back in so ye stick with that.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.30 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.48 @ Newegg)
Other: 500GB Hitachi Laptop Hard Drive
Total: $652.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 12:52 EST-0500