What should I add next?

[Danny-Travers]

So I've got my current pc and I want to add some new parts to it, I have about £350 and I'm wondering what to add, here's some parts I've chosen. : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RCpsxr

 Here's a list of my specs:

Intel Pentium G3258 @4.2Ghz

Palit GTX 770 2gb

MSI H81M P33 V2 Motherboard

Corsair CX430w 

2x4Gb some ram 

Zalman z3 Plus

Corsair H75 Watercooling

SanDisk 128Gb SSD

500gb WD HDD 7200RPM

Windows 8.1 64 Bit

3x 19'' 1440x900 Samsung B1940w Monitors.

 

[jello77]

More ram

[Doh007]

1 minute ago, jello77 said:

More ram

depends what it's being used for; for gaming, 8GB should be fine. so really we need some context

[Danny-Travers]

Change some things : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Tvf8QV

It will be used for primarily gaming and surfing the web.

[Canada EH]

ram, then cpu, then graphics, then psu, then motherboard, cuz I bet that mobo has 2 ram slots.

[Mi26]

21 minutes ago, Danny-Travers said:

Change some things : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Tvf8QV

It will be used for primarily gaming and surfing the web.

U need a new pair of ram if you are going to upgrade to skylake

 

[Danny-Travers]

10 minutes ago, Mi26 said:

U need a new pair of ram if you are going to upgrade to skylake

 

Does the motherboard not support DDr3?

[DrM]

if you ar upgrading the psu, then get a better quality one. the cx600 is just as bad as the cx430

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ648d/corsair-power-supply-cp9020101na

 

 

[Gordon Bennett]

Don't upgrade it!

 

Save your money, that set-up is pointless going forward. New AMD & Intel CPUs will be available in just a few months. These new generation (not new CPU iterations, but new generational CPUs), will be the first in 3 years for Intel, 6 years for AMD!

 

These new CPUs will not only blow away the current ones, but will also render your CPU next to worthless. Even with your extreme cooling set-up, your CPU performs like a 4x Athlon! It will also mean that current gen CPUs become cheaper.

 

Delay, save the cash & buy a new MoBo, CPU, & memory in January!

[Mi26]

1 hour ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Don't upgrade it!

 

Save your money, that set-up is pointless going forward. New AMD & Intel CPUs will be available in just a few months. These new generation (not new CPU iterations, but new generational CPUs), will be the first in 3 years for Intel, 6 years for AMD!

 

These new CPUs will not only blow away the current ones, but will also render your CPU next to worthless. Even with your extreme cooling set-up, your CPU performs like a 4x Athlon! It will also mean that current gen CPUs become cheaper.

 

Delay, save the cash & buy a new MoBo, CPU, & memory in January!

The performance increase for Intel would be about 5%-10% so if op decide to buy skylake his CPU will still last as long but for AMD its a different story altogether

[Gordon Bennett]

16 minutes ago, Mi26 said:

The performance increase for Intel would be about 5%-10% so if op decide to buy skylake his CPU will still last as long 

That depends on:

 

1. What he uses his CPU for! The performance increase on VP9 & H265 will be not less than 50% compared to an current I7, as the chips will have additional instruction sets in hardware. When compared to his current CPU, any Skylake CPU will have a performance increase of about 500% !

 

2. But, who on earth was talking about Skylake anyway? That's an iterational increase. I was discussing the generational increase! AMD Zen will in & of itself force the price of all Intel chips downwards, and ZEN in & of itself will compete with current gen I7s, and is likely to be much cheaper than I7s, again forcing Intel to further reduce the price of its I3/5/7s.

 

3. Whilst waiting a few months more, will give Intel Cannonlake, that's the new generation. Again, that in & of itself will force the prices downwards.

 

4. You failed to address the fact that his current CPU is already overclocked to high heaven, but runs about the same as a 4x Athlon, & so there is no real room to improve his current rig, more memory will do what, 5%, verses 500%, yeah, tough choice (not)!