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I would recommend getting evga now 600w PSU with 3 years warranty and the evga  gtx 1070 with same warranty... They should be compiitable and cost less than you're budget..  They would keep u on high setting with 1080p triple 8 titles for few years

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I want to upgrade my current setup. the specs of that are below. and the money I want to invest in it would be around €600.

I currently have a Asus 640 which is fine but I cant play fallout 4 for example really well. So I'm looking for a upgrade

I don't know much about what to look for when looking for a upgrade so I though I would try it here.

 

The research I did turned out I cant do a mayor upgrade without upgrading my motherboard and so my CPU. But I could be wrong.

If anyone has some great ideas or tips where to look for let me know. 

 

Also I live in The Netherlands so please no 'US-Only' parts

 

Specs of current PC
case,
  Antec Three Hundred (ATX, Micro-ATX (µATX), Mini-ITX)

Power supply,
  Huntkey 500W 12Cm Fan

Motherboard,
  Asus P8H67 V

RAM,
  2 x MEMC corsair 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz 1st
  2 x Kingston 4Gb DDR3 1333MHZ

Processor,
  CPU Intel i5 3550 3.3Ghz Z1155

Storage, (all sata) 
  Samsung 830 SSD 128GB
  WD6400AAKS 560GB
  Samsung HD103UJ 1TB
Videokaart,
  Asus Engt640 Nvidia 2Gb

System,
  Windows 7 Pro 64bit upgraded to win 10

Extra
  PCI wifi card
  USB connection for card reader 
  Sata connection for CD/DVD reader

 

 

 

PS; I design and make machines for work, so yes I know how to build a PC. Don't worry about that aspect.

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7 minutes ago, JelleWho said:

I want to upgrade my current setup. the specs of that are below. and the money I want to invest in it would be around €600.

I currently have a Asus 640 which is fine but I cant play fallout 4 for example really well. So I'm looking for a upgrade

I don't know much about what to look for when looking for a upgrade so I though I would try it here.

 

The research I did turned out I cant do a mayor upgrade without upgrading my motherboard and so my CPU. But I could be wrong.

If anyone has some great ideas or tips where to look for let me know. 

 

Also I live in The Netherlands so please no 'US-Only' parts

 

Specs of current PC
case,
  Antec Three Hundred (ATX, Micro-ATX (µATX), Mini-ITX)

Power supply,
  Huntkey 500W 12Cm Fan

Motherboard,
  Asus P8H67 M

RAM,
  2 x MEMC corsair 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz 1st
  2 x Kingston 4Gb DDR3 1333MHZ

Processor,
  CPU Intel i5 3550 3.3Ghz Z1155

Storage, (all sata) 
  Samsung 830 SSD 128GB
  WD6400AAKS 560GB
  Samsung HD103UJ 1TB
Videokaart,
  Asus Engt640 Nvidia 2Gb

System,
  Windows 7 Pro 64bit upgraded to win 10

Extra
  PCI wifi card
  USB connection for card reader 
  Sata connection for CD/DVD reader

 

 

 

PS; I design and make machines for work, so yes I know how to build a PC. Don't worry about that aspect.

basically what you want is the "deal" of the moment being the RX-480 should be arround 200Euro, and has GTX 970 performance, so Fallout 4 at ultra shouldnt be an issue, also check if your PSU supports a single 6pin PCI-E ive never heard of that brand

Main PC:| CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 @ 4.1, MOBO: Asus B350 PRIME , RAM: LPX Vengance 2400 16gb kit, GPU: 980Ti Poseidon Platinum 6gb
                PSU: SilverStone Strider Gold Evolution 1200w , CASE: HAF 932  HDDs:240gb EX900 HP NVME 6TB (2x3 Seagate Barracuda)
                COOLING: ThermalTake Contac Silent 12
Laptop:MSI GL62 7RD  CPU: Core i5 7300HQ, RAM: 16GB 2400mhz, :GPU GTX 1050 2GB: HDDs: 256gb adata NVME + 1TB HDD
 

love all brands, will go for whats cheaper for my needs

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10 minutes ago, JelleWho said:

I want to upgrade my current setup. the specs of that are below. and the money I want to invest in it would be around €600.

I currently have a Asus 640 which is fine but I cant play fallout 4 for example really well. So I'm looking for a upgrade

I don't know much about what to look for when looking for a upgrade so I though I would try it here.

 

The research I did turned out I cant do a mayor upgrade without upgrading my motherboard and so my CPU. But I could be wrong.

If anyone has some great ideas or tips where to look for let me know. 

 

Also I live in The Netherlands so please no 'US-Only' parts

 

Specs of current PC
case,
  Antec Three Hundred (ATX, Micro-ATX (µATX), Mini-ITX)

Power supply,
  Huntkey 500W 12Cm Fan

Motherboard,
  Asus P8H67 M

RAM,
  2 x MEMC corsair 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz 1st
  2 x Kingston 4Gb DDR3 1333MHZ

Processor,
  CPU Intel i5 3550 3.3Ghz Z1155

Storage, (all sata) 
  Samsung 830 SSD 128GB
  WD6400AAKS 560GB
  Samsung HD103UJ 1TB
Videokaart,
  Asus Engt640 Nvidia 2Gb

System,
  Windows 7 Pro 64bit upgraded to win 10

Extra
  PCI wifi card
  USB connection for card reader 
  Sata connection for CD/DVD reader

 

 

 

PS; I design and make machines for work, so yes I know how to build a PC. Don't worry about that aspect.

Get a new power supply. I would go for a GTX960, 970 or the AMD RX480

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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You're right about not being able to only upgrade one part.  I would go for a new motherboard, graphics card, CPU, and PSU.  For the power supply, I'm not exactly sure which parts are U.S. only, but I would go for a 700-750W EVGA or Cooler Master PSU.  For the CPU, I'd recommend either an AMD FX-8350, or a 5-6th gen intel i5 or i7.  For the graphics card, it depends on how much you are willing to spend.  I have an MSI gtx 970, which isn't crazy expensive and gives great performance.  If you're not willing to sped as much, I would go for the AMD  Radeon RX-480.  For the motherboard, I would go with MSI, but I also trust Gigabyte.  Pretty much whatever you need to support all of your new upgrades!  Hope this helps! :)

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Well I could go higher on budget. but last time I spend €600 for all stuff listened above.

Also I do not game at 4K (I wont even reach 1080 in fact) I play games at 1 a little bit less then 1080 screens. and have another one for chats.

 

Also about the power supply https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/296829/huntkey-v-power-500/specificaties/

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6 minutes ago, Treedubz said:

You're right about not being able to only upgrade one part.  I would go for a new motherboard, graphics card, CPU, and PSU.  For the power supply, I'm not exactly sure which parts are U.S. only, but I would go for a 700-750W EVGA or Cooler Master PSU.  For the CPU, I'd recommend either an AMD FX-8350, or a 5-6th gen intel i5 or i7.  For the graphics card, it depends on how much you are willing to spend.  I have an MSI gtx 970, which isn't crazy expensive and gives great performance.  If you're not willing to sped as much, I would go for the AMD  Radeon RX-480.  For the motherboard, I would go with MSI, but I also trust Gigabyte.  Pretty much whatever you need to support all of your new upgrades!  Hope this helps! :)

So new GPU CPU motherboard and PSU. More than expected but fine. Its no problem to about double the budget. 

 

For the parts I can get everything that is on www.tweakers.net although the page is dutch. There are some exclusive US parts out there what I can not get. although thats almost nothing.

 

 

I can get EVGA and Cooler master PSU 

For the CPU I am more a intel guy since I always run in to software problems and intel is the one which quicker response and updates

For GPU almost the same thing is true, so I prefer the green side. I don't mind paying more 

 

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I would recommend getting evga now 600w PSU with 3 years warranty and the evga  gtx 1070 with same warranty... They should be compiitable and cost less than you're budget..  They would keep u on high setting with 1080p triple 8 titles for few years

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1 hour ago, TITANB said:

I would recommend getting evga now 600w PSU with 3 years warranty and the evga  gtx 1070 with same warranty... They should be compiitable and cost less than you're budget..  They would keep u on high setting with 1080p triple 8 titles for few years

Well as far as I know my motherboard only supports  3x PCI, 2x PCI-e 2.0 x1, 2x PCI-e 2.0 x16 and no PCI-e 3.0 x16 as for that video card. isn't that a problem?

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