Need help upgrading my PC on a budget

[InjuredSmurf]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this so if I am in the wrong place please let me know...

Okay, so I've noticed some significant degredation in my PC performance recently, cleaning up my hard drive seemed to help a little but the issues are still there.can anyone offer some upgrade options for someone on a very strict budget?? looking to make the upgrades in a few months with about a £500 total budget for the entire system (not sure on what that equates to in freedom points so let's say around $550 - $600)

 

parts I currently are (very roughly)

 

Kingston 8GB DDR3 RAM (2x4GB)
AMD FX 4350 quadcore processor 4.2GHz w/stock heatsink and fan
WD Caviar Blue 2TB 7200RPM 3.5" HDD
600W PSU (I think, maybe 550w)

Asrock 970 EXTREME3 R2.0 AMD Socket AM3 ATX motherboard

GeForce GTX 750 ti 2GB GDDR5

R4 Fractal design case

 

think that is everything

[Avve1000]

5 minutes ago, InjuredSmurf said:

Not sure if this is the right place to post this so if I am in the wrong place please let me know...

Okay, so I've noticed some significant degredation in my PC performance recently, cleaning up my hard drive seemed to help a little but the issues are still there.can anyone offer some upgrade options for someone on a very strict budget?? looking to make the upgrades in a few months with about a £500 total budget for the entire system (not sure on what that equates to in freedom points so let's say around $550 - $600)

 

parts I currently are (very roughly)

 

Kingston 8GB DDR3 RAM (2x4GB)
AMD FX 4350 quadcore processor 4.2GHz w/stock heatsink and fan
WD Caviar Blue 2TB 7200RPM 3.5" HDD
600W PSU (I think, maybe 550w)

Asrock 970 EXTREME3 R2.0 AMD Socket AM3 ATX motherboard

GeForce GTX 750 ti 2GB GDDR5

R4 Fractal design case

 

think that is everything

mhz on RAM? you should get a better cpu and gpu and at the same time change motherboard, more power in the psu if you want to overclock. you should get a ssd for a good price, but wait for ryzen

[geek on fleek]

wait for ryzen for cpu upgrades, i'd get a 1060. your psu seems fine. If you want to upgrade your cpu really at all you need to buy a new motherboard, but ryzen motherboards are leaked to be pretty cheap, you'll also have to buy ddr4 though.

[19_blackie_73]

If you dont need it instant,  wait and see what the new cpus from amd and intel deliver. I'd get a new cpu mobo and ram and new gpu tbh. You could try to get second hand fx cpus that are better and put more on a new gpu too. Though I'd rather switch to almost complete new core components

[InjuredSmurf]

Thanks for the help guys, I feared I'd have to replace all core components but if that's the way it is then so be it. No entirely sure what rpm the ram is, it was cheap at purchase so I think maybe 3300?? I'm looking at going up in the world and getting a ddr4 motherboard and ram anyways but that was meant to be another 18 months or so down the line. What's the forecast on the nvidia 1000 series price drop? Say within the next 6ish months?

[cadd]

i would wait for ryzen for a cpu upgrade, then get a RX 480 4gb or a 1060 6gb depending on which is cheapest at the time since they have extremely similar performance

[TheRandomness]

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