Is this a worthwhile upgrade?

[Lord Sephington]

Hi guys, im in the process of upgrading my system and just looking for some advice.

 

I currently have AMD A6 6400K APU, running with 12gb corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 ram on an Asus A88XM-A motherboard.

 

I am wanting to upgrade to a better system as the computer i have was an essential buy but on an extremely limited budget and the FM2+ socket type has limited to no upgrade path.

 

I have been looking for something better and came up with this:

AMD FX-6300
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
GSkill Ripjaw X series 16gb (2x8gb) DDR3 1866
Saphire Radeon RX460 4gb nitro

 

I am looking to do medium gaming and maybe some streaming to youtube, so would you say this would be ok for doing that? I would go for an intel system but the prices of things are too expensive for me so i will have to stick to AMD for now.

 

Im looking to play stuff like BF4, maybe BF1 when its out and less demanding games like need for speed so things dont have to be over the top.

 

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, my max budget is around £350 roughly.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/TLYn6X (list from pc part picker)

[Xx_MadJack_xX]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NjKYNN

 

exact same apart from ive gotcha a 8 core Cpu which will help alot 

[Lord Sephington]

1 minute ago, Xx_MadJack_xX said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NjKYNN

 

exact same apart from ive gotcha a 8 core Cpu which will help alot 

Ive found pc part picker has over priced the RX460 as apparently i can find it for £85 through amazon for the exact same card, so i might be able to squeeze in a AIO cooler or something as im not sure if my current cooler will be enough for 8 core CPU as i use coolermaster  hyper 103.

 

But thanks for the input i will keep things in mind and see if i can stretch a few more £'s for my budget lol

[Xx_MadJack_xX]

A Hyper 103 will be fine as long as you dont plan to overclock an insane amount 

[Lord Sephington]

1 minute ago, Xx_MadJack_xX said:

A Hyper 103 will be fine as long as you dont plan to overclock an insane amount 

Im a noob when it comes to OC'ing so i generally stay away from it lol

 

The last time i tried to OC my old PSU would crap out, i put my APU up from 4.1GHz (boost clock) to 4.6GHz and it would always trip my anti surge on my motherboard and restart so i stay away from it as i dont wanna kill what i have

[Xx_MadJack_xX]

then for the 8 core it will be fine 

 

[AlisterM]

"I will have to stick for AMD for now" I would recommend sticking with your current processor and saving for an intel CPU instead of buying another AMD one, it really wont be worth it in the long run, if you're gonna upgrade, do it right and save the money for a decent processor.

[Lord Sephington]

3 hours ago, AlisterMultimedia said:

"I will have to stick for AMD for now" I would recommend sticking with your current processor and saving for an intel CPU instead of buying another AMD one, it really wont be worth it in the long run, if you're gonna upgrade, do it right and save the money for a decent processor.

Unfortunately I am in a situation where buying an intel setup would literally kill any form of budget be it now or in the future, as looking at cpu's from intel capable of playing and streaming BF4 (or even BF1 when released) stands to run my system in excess of over £700 for a motherboard cpu and the gpu so that is why i am having to stick to AMD, unfortunately being in UK is ridiculous for parts prices.

 

My current rig (with it being AMD) set me back £220 for everything apart from a monitor, as where an intel equivalent would have cost me substantially more maybe up to 3 times the price. I understand Intel is more stable with regards to system performance but i don't understand why the prices are so high, I know AMD have had bad times recently but it doesn't mean they are complete crap like loads of people say, if it wasn't for AMD then i wouldn't have a system in the 1st place as unfortunately not everyone can afford prices that are being charged.

[r2good4u]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/d3mn6X

 

OP this is an intel system with your same specs that you will be able to game on. Its only an i3, however its a dual core and a high clock speed which is what you need for games. (This will run BF4 at high settings without issue)