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So my friend has been living in jealousy of the master race for a while. He recently  got his hands on a comp for free from another friend of his. He asked me what he needed to upgrade it, and Idk. I know that his PSU is 500W, he has 8GB and his hard drive will be fine. I dont think hes going to drop more than $350 USD on it. 

 

AMD FX-4100
Nvidia GT 520
GA-M68MT-S2

 

This is all i could get out of him.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Directron) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card  ($117.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $342.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-10 13:23 EDT-0400

 

 

I think a used gpu would give a lot more value.

Or if he wants a new one just buy the i5 and mobo and then save up for a gpu..

 

(This is not skylake cus im re-using the rams)

 

Of course he could sell the FX 4100 + mobo + gpu and he could get more money in hes budget.

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CPU: i7-5820k @ 4.4GHz Motherboard: Asus X99 Strix  Graphics Card: Gigabyte 980Ti G1 Gaming Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 24GB (3x 8GB) Hard Drive: 1TB WD Green SSD: Samsung 950 Pro 250GB CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Power Supply: EVGA G2 850W Case: Corsair 400c Mouse: Logitech G502 Keyboard: Asus Strix (mx reds)  Monitor: BenQ XL2730Z 1440p@144hz OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit Laptops: Lenovo Y50-70: i7-4720HQ - 16GB RAM - 256GB SSD - GTX 960m 4GB - MacBook Pro (Early 2016) 2,0GHz i5 - 8GB Ram - 256GB SSD Phone: iPhone 7+

 

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22 minutes ago, M9 said:

So my friend has been living in jealousy of the master race for a while. He recently  got his hands on a comp for free from another friend of his. He asked me what he needed to upgrade it, and Idk. I know that his PSU is 500W, he has 8GB and his hard drive will be fine. I dont think hes going to drop more than $350 USD on it. 

 

AMD FX-4100
Nvidia GT 520
GA-M68MT-S2

 

This is all i could get out of him.

The 4100 is only going to hold him back in CPU heavy games, otherwise it's basically as fast as a 750K/860K which you can find a lot of benchmarks for

 

Wait for the polaris GPUs that are coming in 2 months, if not, then upgrade the power supply and get a 380 4GB, I say upgrade the PSU, because you probably just want a new one anyways

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8TqgVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8TqgVn/by_merchant/

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($190.80 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($67.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $258.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-10 13:43 EDT-0400

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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