PC Upgrade help

[BENMC123]

2 minutes ago, GzeroD said:

we really need to know the card your using now. Right now with what you're telling us it could be anything between an R7 240 and an R7 265. if you have a r7 265 or 260x I would go for a CPU upgrade. if its anything lower than a 260 I would go for a GPU.

Would it state the model number on the actual card itself? i plan to take the back off my computer again tomorrow so i could post a picture of what it looks like

[BENMC123]

1 minute ago, GzeroD said:

I would not put an 8350 on that motherboard. it's a 4+1 phase wich could cause some power related throttling.

What would you suggest instead?

[GzeroD]

it probably would. if you open your AMD Radeon settings and take a screenshot of your system > hardware tab I might be able to get the probable card version from the bios or clock information.

 

I wouldn't go higher than a 6 core on that board. and with the age of the platform, I wouldn't consider buying one new. 

[HPWebcamAble]

5 minutes ago, BENMC123 said:

Would it state the model number on the actual card itself? i plan to take the back off my computer again tomorrow so i could post a picture of what it looks like

Download HWMonitor (free); it'll tell you what the model of every component is in your PC (and things like temperatures and usage)

[GzeroD]

You could also use GPUz from https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ and screen-shot the main page there and we could find out exactly what card it is.

 

[BENMC123]

Brilliant I'll try that tomorrow and quote you guys in it.

 

Thanks for all your help everyone so far!! 

 

[BENMC123]

On 5/18/2016 at 11:19 PM, GzeroD said:

You could also use GPUz from https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ and screen-shot the main page there and we could find out exactly what card it is.

 

 

On 5/18/2016 at 11:16 PM, HPWebcamAble said:

Download HWMonitor (free); it'll tell you what the model of every component is in your PC (and things like temperatures and usage)

Please find attached the screen shot that should show my exact graphics card

[GzeroD]

that would be an XFX r7 240 2GB ddr3. it is a very low-end card.

[GzeroD]

In my opinion I wouldn't upgrade the CPU right now I would wait on that and grab a card in the 960/380 performance range that will run things on medium/high settings at 1080. The CPU isn't great but it's not horrible and I wouldn't throw new hardware at an am3+ socket.

 

We are going to need to know what PSU you have to find out exactly what GPU to recommend, since the one you have now does not require a 6 or 8 pin power cable which the new one will.