What to Upgrade?

[007agentHP]

So i just came into $200 to upgrade my rig. what should i get? i really have no idea what

so here's my full setup

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Armor 2X Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Monitor: Philips BDL3245E00 32.0" 60Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Monitor: Dell P2213 22.0" 60Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Keyboard: Logitech K350 Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Mouse: Logitech M510 Wireless Laser Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-03 22:59 EDT-0400

 

 

i was thinking of mobo ram and cooler

but what recommendations do you guys think?

 

id like to keep it to amazon, newegg, and ncix-us for retailers

[comicsansms]

The PSU. Replace it with an EVGA G2, GS, P2, Corsair RMi, RMx, HX, HXi, AXi, AX, anything from Seasonic or XFX (Excluding the XT)

 

[GDRRiley]

get 16gb of ram and a new PSU

[007agentHP]

2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

The PSU. Replace it with an EVGA G2, GS, P2, Corsair RMi, RMx, HX, HXi, AXi, AX, anything from Seasonic or XFX (Excluding the XT)

 

 

Just now, GDRRiley said:

get 16gb of ram and a new PSU

Why the PSU? its been running fine. 

i thought it was good unit

[GDRRiley]

Just now, 007agentHP said:

 

Why the PSU? its been running fine. 

it is not that good of a PSU

[ctaylor17]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

get 16gb of ram and a new PSU

His PSU is fine. I would upgrade to an i7 4790k CPU or save up a little more and upgrade to skylake with the i7 6700k and DDR4.

[comicsansms]

1 minute ago, 007agentHP said:

 

Why the PSU? its been running fine. 

i thought it was good unit

it is a mid-low end PSU, it is alright for a computer with a 750ti and an i3, but anything more than that it is not good enough.

[angelmartin11]

if you game a lot, i would say the mouse or keyboard, you could consider also another monitor. your pc seems fine to me,also if all you are doing is gaming, 8gb is fine, no need to replace that.

[ctaylor17]

3 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

it is a mid-low end PSU, it is alright for a computer with a 750ti and an i3, but anything more than that it is not good enough.

The PSU is FINE you aren't going to be pulling more than 500 watts with one GPU

[glitchmaster0001]

the PSU is fine, i run on a shitter PSU with an X5660 OC'd to 3.6GHz and it hasn't gone allahu akbar on me yet. 

[comicsansms]

12 minutes ago, ctaylor17 said:

The PSU is FINE you aren't going to be pulling more than 500 watts with one GPU

I am aware that 500W is more than enough, but the PSU is of mediocre quality.

[Captain_WD]

4 hours ago, 007agentHP said:

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Hi there

 

What are you using the system for? Are you encountering any bottlenecks? Do you need better performance from any of the parts (CPu, memory, storage, GPU, etc.)? 

 

If you don't really need more performance you don't have to upgrade your system, unless you want to move on to newer generations on some of the parts. The guys gave you some really good suggestions. 

 

I would also recommend at this point to do some diagnostic tests on your parts to see which of them are still good and which may have problems. For the storage drives I would recommend running a diagnostic tool from the manufacturer. For the WD Blue that would be WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic.  

 

Captain_WD. 

[007agentHP]

@Comic_Sans_MS

@GDRRiley

@ctaylor17

 

so i've decided on my upgrade

i just sold my R9 280X for $105 so my budget is it to $305

 

this is what i was thinking

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.95) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99) 
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $304.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-07 01:00 EDT-0400

 

a new cpu cooler to get rid of the stock cooler

a newer motherboard for when i grab a i7 4790k

the exact same kit i have but 2x8 so i can have 24 GB RAM

and a 850w PSU for when i eventually want to grab another 980 sli (I know the pitfalls of sli)

 

 

i think the psu is fine

is there any better $80 psu that could power a overclocked 4790k and 980 sli setup?

 

 

[comicsansms]

4 hours ago, 007agentHP said:

@Comic_Sans_MS

@GDRRiley

@ctaylor17

 

so i've decided on my upgrade

i just sold my R9 280X for $105 so my budget is it to $305

 

this is what i was thinking

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.95) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99) 
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $304.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-07 01:00 EDT-0400

 

a new cpu cooler to get rid of the stock cooler

a newer motherboard for when i grab a i7 4790k

the exact same kit i have but 2x8 so i can have 24 GB RAM

and a 850w PSU for when i eventually want to grab another 980 sli (I know the pitfalls of sli)

 

 

i think the psu is fine

is there any better $80 psu that could power a overclocked 4790k and 980 sli setup?

 

 

I haven't looked into the BQ quite yet, it isn't sold in Australia, but I haven't heard good things about it, I think it was because people don't like the OEM mostly. I'll look into it though.

 

You don't need 850W for dual GPUs, 750W is more than sufficient.

 

For $80 minus $25 rebate ($55) you can get a ThermalTake Toughpower Gold (Tier 4) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/MVrG3C/

For $75 you can get a EVGA B2 750W (Tier 2) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/JYyFf7/

For $100 minus $25 rebate ($75) you can get a ThermalTake DPS G 750W (Tier 2) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZDrG3C/

For $90 minus $10 rebate ($80) you can get a Rosewill Photom 750W (Tier 3) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/B7YWGX/

 

 

 

[007agentHP]

8 hours ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I haven't looked into the BQ quite yet, it isn't sold in Australia, but I haven't heard good things about it, I think it was because people don't like the OEM mostly. I'll look into it though.

 

You don't need 850W for dual GPUs, 750W is more than sufficient.

 

For $80 minus $25 rebate ($55) you can get a ThermalTake Toughpower Gold (Tier 4) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/MVrG3C/

For $75 you can get a EVGA B2 750W (Tier 2) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/JYyFf7/

For $100 minus $25 rebate ($75) you can get a ThermalTake DPS G 750W (Tier 2) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZDrG3C/

For $90 minus $10 rebate ($80) you can get a Rosewill Photom 750W (Tier 3) http://pcpartpicker.com/product/B7YWGX/

 

 

 

i'd like the headroom of 850W, so i think itll be worth more on grabbing the 850W EVGA B2.