What should I upgrade?

[AWF_Noone]

If I just happen to have $300 or so burning whole in my pocket, what should I upgrade on my system?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KYh2K8

 

Thx

[darealsoulless]

3 minutes ago, AWF_Noone said:

If I just happen to have $300 or so burning whole in my pocket, what should I upgrade on my system?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KYh2K8

 

Thx

Upgrade the graphics card to a 960 or if you can somehow get a higher performance card for under $300, do that.

[Flowey]

3 minutes ago, AWF_Noone said:

If I just happen to have $300 or so burning whole in my pocket, what should I upgrade on my system?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KYh2K8

 

Thx

GPU for sure. Thats 300$ CAN or USD?

[AWF_Noone]

Just now, GR1MES said:

Upgrade the graphics card to a 960 or if you can somehow get a higher performance card for under $300, do that.

Yea... As my first PC build, I picked a weird card.  Why was this thing so expensive? It's not that powerful but it was like $200.

[AWF_Noone]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

GPU for sure. Thats 300$ CAN or USD?

US

[GirlFromYonder]

Get a r9 390. Just under $310

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100382ntoc2l

 

[byalexandr]

Grab a used 290X and slap that sucka in there.

[AWF_Noone]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

Get a r9 390

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100382ntoc2l

 

Kinda wanna stick with nVidia...

[Flowey]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

Get a r9 390

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100382ntoc2l

 

Pls don't get a r9 390. PLD DON'T. The best GPU in this price range is definitly not the r9 390.

 

I'd personally recommend the r9 390, but that's just IMO

[byalexandr]

3 minutes ago, GR1MES said:

Upgrade the graphics card to a 960 or if you can somehow get a higher performance card for under $300, do that.

Wth? You can get way better than a crappy 960 for $300.

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, AWF_Noone said:

Kinda wanna stick with nVidia...

ok then GTX 970

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr

[AWF_Noone]

1 minute ago, Flowey said:

Pls don't get a r9 390. PLD DON'T. The best GPU in this price range is definitly not the r9 390.

 

I'd personally recommend the r9 390, but that's just IMO

Wha...? You recommended a card you told me not to get...

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, AWF_Noone said:

Wha...? You recommended a card you told me not to get...

R9 390 does perform better in games. but i think he means power comsumption: 275 W

[Aereldor]

• Why are you wasting so much on four separate sticks of DDR3 RAM? Besides, why do you need more than 8GB? If this is a gaming PC, games rarely even get close to 8GB.
• Why have you paired a locked CPU with a Z97 motherboard? You aren't going to be overclocking that Core i5 4460 anytime soon.
• You haven't factored in the cost of your GPU or Power Supply, and there's no case to put the whole thing in.
• You can buy a 1TB SSD for the price you're paying for that 480GB SSD. You're spending far too much on it.

All in all, I'd recommend telling us exactly how much you're willing to spend, where you live, and what you'll be using the PC for. That way, users here can come up with a much better-optimized build for your needs.

[GirlFromYonder]

2 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

• Why are you wasting so much on four separate sticks of DDR3 RAM? Besides, why do you need more than 8GB? If this is a gaming PC, games rarely even get close to 8GB.
• Why have you paired a locked CPU with a Z97 motherboard? You aren't going to be overclocking that Core i5 4460 anytime soon.
• You haven't factored in the cost of your GPU or Power Supply, and there's no case to put the whole thing in.
• You can buy a 1TB SSD for the price you're paying for that 480GB SSD. You're spending far too much on it.

All in all, I'd recommend telling us exactly how much you're willing to spend, where you live, and what you'll be using the PC for. That way, users here can come up with a much better-optimized build for your needs.

I think he has already bought the PC. UPGRADE means making something which is already in use better. This is a build from early 2013 buy the looks of it.

[AWF_Noone]

4 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

• Why are you wasting so much on four separate sticks of DDR3 RAM? Besides, why do you need more than 8GB? If this is a gaming PC, games rarely even get close to 8GB.
• Why have you paired a locked CPU with a Z97 motherboard? You aren't going to be overclocking that Core i5 4460 anytime soon.
• You haven't factored in the cost of your GPU or Power Supply, and there's no case to put the whole thing in.

All in all, I'd recommend telling us exactly how much you're willing to spend, where you live, and what you'll be using the PC for. That way, users here can come up with a much better-optimized build for your needs.

1) I used 2 sticks of 4 at first, but found a deal for the same kit for cheap on black Friday, thought what the heck, why not.

2) I have no intention of overclocking a CPU.  Never needed to

3) The cost is irrelevant, I just wanted to list the parts.  Its all in an NZXT Phantom 410.  Didn't list everything as there are things like extra drives, DVD reader, fan controller, etc.

4) I bought the drive refurbished on Newegg

[AWF_Noone]

1 minute ago, DeezNoNos said:

I think he has already bought the PC. UPGRADE means making something which is already in use better. This is a build from early 2013 buy the looks of it.

Right on the money

[Aereldor]

9 minutes ago, DeezNoNos said:

I think he has already bought the PC. UPGRADE means making something which is already in use better. This is a build from early 2013 buy the looks of it.

Well, if he has $300 to blow, selling the 4460 and the GTX 660 should give him about $550 to spend. For that price, I'd recommend picking up an R9 390, a Core i5 4690k, and a Hyper 212 EVO, or a Xeon E3 1231-V3 with the stock cooler if he intends to do things other than gaming (editing, rendering, multitasking, and other tasks that benefit from having 4 additional threads).

Also, didn't the Core i5 4460 come out in mid-2014, along with the entire Haswell Refresh lineup? In fact, if I'm not wrong, so did Intel's 9-series motherboards, which were part of that lineup.

 

[Fulgrim]

Hold onto your cash, and wait for Polaris cards to be released.

[byalexandr]

10 hours ago, AWF_Noone said:

Kinda wanna stick with nVidia...

Nvidia sucks for price to performance. They suck in general, I think their only decent card is the 980 Ti.

[Flowey]

14 hours ago, AWF_Noone said:

Wha...? You recommended a card you told me not to get...

that's a yoke m8

[Flowey]

4 hours ago, byalexandr said:

Nvidia sucks for price to performance. They suck in general, I think their only decent card is the 980 Ti.

But they rock power efficiency that's for sure. Their latest drivers tho, that's a different story...

[byalexandr]

1 hour ago, Flowey said:

But they rock power efficiency that's for sure. Their latest drivers tho, that's a different story...

Who cares, if the cooler can handle the chip then I don't give a crap about efficiency. Especially when you cut performance for the sake of power efficiency.

[Flowey]

4 minutes ago, byalexandr said:

Who cares, if the cooler can handle the chip then I don't give a crap about efficiency. Especially when you cut performance for the sake of power efficiency.

That's the spirit!

[AWF_Noone]

1 hour ago, byalexandr said:

Who cares, if the cooler can handle the chip then I don't give a crap about efficiency. Especially when you cut performance for the sake of power efficiency.

I very much care about efficiency, as electricity where I live is quite pricey.