Which to upgrade first?

[mitchellmote]

So, about a month ago I finished building my PC with the plan of upgrading in the future... and it's kind of the future...

 

So, with that being said; which should be upgraded first under a $400 budget.

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.3GHz

GPU: GeForce 750TI

PSU: EVGA 430W (80 plus cert if that means anything).

RAM: 8GB DDR4 2133 (G. SKILL)

Storage: 128GB SSD (forgot what brand. no need for a ton of storage for me; I've barely used 30gb of it).

Mobo: GIGABYTE Z170 HD3P

 

Thank you!

 

 

 

and if you could, provide an update line; as in, which to upgrade first to last.

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, mitchellmote said:

So, about a month ago I finished building my PC with the plan of upgrading in the future... and it's kind of the future...

 

So, with that being said; which should be upgraded first under a $400 budget.

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.3GHz

GPU: GeForce 750TI

PSU: EVGA 430W (80 plus cert if that means anything).

RAM: 8GB DDR4 2133 (G. SKILL)

Storage: 128GB SSD (forgot what brand. no need for a ton of storage for me; I've barely used 30gb of it).

Mobo: GIGABYTE Z170 HD3P

 

Thank you!

 

CPU then PSU then GPU.

[mitchellmote]

3 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

CPU then PSU then GPU.

Could I get a way with the top end 6th core i3 and a 970 (friend is selling to me for 120) and still be fine with the 430W PSU?

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, mitchellmote said:

Could I get a way with the top end 6th core i3 and a 970 (friend is selling to me for 120) and still be fine with the 430W PSU?

NOOOOOO, the 970 would need at LEAST 500 watts.

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, mitchellmote said:

Could I get a way with the top end 6th core i3 and a 970 (friend is selling to me for 120) and still be fine with the 430W PSU?

Still buy it though, $120 is amazing for an i3 and 970.

 

Edit: Do buy a new PSU though.

Edited May 29, 2016 by ShadowTechXTS

[Starelementpoke]

21 minutes ago, mitchellmote said:

So, about a month ago I finished building my PC with the plan of upgrading in the future... and it's kind of the future...

 

So, with that being said; which should be upgraded first under a $400 budget.

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.3GHz

GPU: GeForce 750TI

PSU: EVGA 430W (80 plus cert if that means anything).

RAM: 8GB DDR4 2133 (G. SKILL)

Storage: 128GB SSD (forgot what brand. no need for a ton of storage for me; I've barely used 30gb of it).

Mobo: GIGABYTE Z170 HD3P

 

Thank you!

 

 

 

and if you could, provide an update line; as in, which to upgrade first to last.

PSU. Then CPU. Then GPU.

[mitchellmote]

Thank you guys!

 

I do have a question. Is the current motherboard OK? It was the cheapest Z170 chipset mobo I could find.

[xDanielxOossiex]

1 minute ago, mitchellmote said:

Thank you guys!

 

I do have a question. Is the current motherboard OK? It was the cheapest Z170 chipset mobo I could find.

It's alright. You wont notice much difference in fps. Maybe even no fps difference.

[mitchellmote]

8 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

You sure about that? Let's look at some actual full system power consumption figures of the GTX 970:

 

300 watts for the whole system.

 

 

 

Thanks for all the advice!

[mitchellmote]

10 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

It won't. The mods on this forum watch us like the NSA and are not at all afraid to lock threads if someone even remotely does anything mean. If that happens this post will no longer be around and two people will be banned.

That's surprising.

 

All the forums that I've posted this question on, I have gotten called an idiot and noob and dumb because I didn't know the best route to take...

 

Thanks for all the help.