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Nik_
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My current pc seems to be dying out on me and with everything going through my mind right now I might upgrade. 

 

Current pc is dell xps 8700. the only specs I know are GPU is 7570, CPU is i5 4430 and psu is some crappy 460W.

I was looking at an rx 470 and the Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze to upgrade.

 

While making this thread I was also thinking maybe I could just build a new pc and maybe take some stuff from this one. I quickly threw this together https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/H7xCgL it's more then what I want to spend rn(it's more then what I have saved) but even with the small library of games I have and play(basically only play cs go) I hate having a crappy pc. I could also take more from this pc like the hdd, case, ram. But idk, share your opinions. 

 

I also could get a 1050 for $130-160 but it almost feels like a waste because I still have this image in my head that in a few months I'll have money and get a good pc, but that probably wont happen. 

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The i5 4430 is still a very good performer and lga 1150 still has some life left in it, i'd say try to fix what's broken, get a corsair cx450m and the best graphics card you can afford.

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Get a CX450M or a SeaSonic S12ii 530W. (430W costs more than the 530 IDK why lol)

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1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

The i5 4430 is still a very good performer and lga 1150 still has some life left in it, i'd say try to fix what's broken, get a corsair cx450m and the best graphics card you can afford.

ye that's why I put it as 0 in the build it would have been one of the things I left alone. 

 

1 hour ago, Shiv78 said:

Get a CX450M or a SeaSonic S12ii 530W. (430W costs more than the 530 IDK why lol)

aight thanks. hopefully I can bring my self to buy it. 

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