Ordering tonight. 280$ upgrade.

[PSUGuru]

After four weeks of hard work, I am finally going to reward myself by upgrading my PC.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/m343M8 This is my PC now.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/LostElement/saved/K8zjXL These are the upgrades I want.

Maximum budget is 280$.

 

I chose this RX 470 because the one from Sapphire is out of stock.

This case looks really bad ass and it has a side window. 120mm fan in the front, preinstalled, and a 80/90mm fan mount in the back. My motherboard only has one fan header, so I'll need a fan splitter later.

I can't keep my old PSU because one, it's 5 years old. Two, it doesn't have a 6 pin power connector (or a 4+2 pin), and three, it's 300 watts. I don't trust it to power everything once the RX 470 is in. This CX450M is gets good ratings from professional reviews. It's bronze rated, semi-modulated, and cheap. I already ordered it through Amazon.

 

I will be getting a new CPU, but not now. That would require another 230$ that I don't have. (60$ for G4560, 70$ for Motherboard, 100$ for RAM)

 

Thoughts? Critiques? Suggestions?

I am ordering tonight!

[ARikozuM]

No SSD?

[DarkBlade2117]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

No SSD?

An SSD isn't as important as a GPU upgrade in his case...

[Energycore]

On that budget, I really wouldn't upgrade the case. The one you have works and you'd better spend that money on more performance

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($189.95 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H)
Total: $287.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 21:21 EDT-0400

 

Then for your CPU later, make the decision once we know where Ryzen 3 will land in terms of prices and performance.

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

An SSD isn't as important as a GPU upgrade in his case...

Agreed, but OP could get a $20-30 case and an SSD.

[PSUGuru]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

On that budget, I really wouldn't upgrade the case. The one you have works and you'd better spend that money on more performance

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($189.95 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H)
Total: $287.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 21:21 EDT-0400

 

Then for your CPU later, make the decision once we know where Ryzen 3 will land in terms of prices and performance.

I need a new case because one: The PSU won't I ordered won't fit in the case. Two: There isn't enough space in the case for that GPU I am getting.

[Energycore]

Just now, QuantumElement said:

I need a new case because one: The PSU won't I ordered won't fit in the case. Two: There isn't enough space in the case for that GPU I am getting.

Ahh it's a SFF prebuilt

 

Get these three then. Case is pretty well built (better than corsair's spec cases for sure), although it is a $40 case. It will fit the PSU and GPU

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($189.95 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($40.70 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H)
Total: $278.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 21:27 EDT-0400

[PSUGuru]

Just now, Energycore said:

Ahh it's a SFF prebuilt

 

Get these three then. Case is pretty well built (better than corsair's spec cases for sure), although it is a $40 case. It will fit the PSU and GPU

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($189.95 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($40.70 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.89 @ B&H)
Total: $278.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 21:27 EDT-0400

Already ordered the PSU

 

As for the case, I chose it because it looks really cool, and it has a side window.

[Energycore]

Just now, QuantumElement said:

Already ordered the PSU

 

As for the case, I chose it because it looks really cool, and it has a side window.

The Corsair PSU will do you well.

 

But with the price difference from the case you could get better performance in games. Your choice

[PSUGuru]

Just now, Energycore said:

The Corsair PSU will do you well.

 

But with the price difference from the case you could get better performance in games. Your choice

Well, The RX 480 will more than likely be a waste because there would likely be a bottleneck in most games. The A8-5500 is by no means a powerful CPU! So, I won't really reap the performance benefits of the RX 480.

 

And I share this PC with my sister, and she wants it to looks powerful. So we both agreed on this case.

[Energycore]

Just now, QuantumElement said:

Well, The RX 480 will more than likely be a waste because there would likely be a bottleneck in most games. The A8-5500 is by no means a powerful CPU! So, I won't really reap the performance benefits of the RX 480.

 

And I share this PC with my sister, and she wants it to looks powerful. So we both agreed on this case.

That's not the right way to think. Even with the A8-5500 you'll get more frames out of a 480. Not to mention once you upgrade your CPU (and preferably don't do a G4560, it's not much of an upgrade)

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, QuantumElement said:

Well, The RX 480 will more than likely be a waste because there would likely be a bottleneck in most games. The A8-5500 is by no means a powerful CPU! So, I won't really reap the performance benefits of the RX 480.

Don't worry too much about bottlenecks since you can always use higher settings.

 

[PSUGuru]

7 minutes ago, Energycore said:

That's not the right way to think. Even with the A8-5500 you'll get more frames out of a 480. Not to mention once you upgrade your CPU (and preferably don't do a G4560, it's not much of an upgrade)

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-AMD-A8-5500-APU/3892vsm3432

 

 

 

 

I think there's a big difference

[Microsoft Master]

Dude this is a not talked about but good case from vivosmart

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MCWREIF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3W3STWCK1O3NR

[TheCherryKing]

Don't get a cheap SSD. They are extremely unreliable.

[PSUGuru]

Just now, TheCherryKing said:

Don't get a cheap SSD. They are extremely unreliable.

I am probably going to get one from PNY or Crucial. They have a high life expectancy.

[Energycore]

13 minutes ago, QuantumElement said:

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I think there's a big difference

Even then you'll get more frames out of a 480. As for what CPU to upgrade to, we'll get to that when you have the upgrade money

 

I also don't put full trust on userbenchmark.com. Their bench is outdated and takes data from a lot of unoptimized systems. It's just not reliable data, too many variables.

[mclaren1]

by the middle of the second quarter this year you will be able to upgrade to a new amd cpu in the 5 series a mb and ram for about what your spending on this current upgrade.

here is a start with mb and ram when amd r5 line up comes out they will be very reasonably priced. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/mclaren1/saved/#view=m3JZLk

 

this is my pc build

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/mclaren1/saved/#view=c4Q7P6

[PSUGuru]

22 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Even then you'll get more frames out of a 480. As for what CPU to upgrade to, we'll get to that when you have the upgrade money

 

I also don't put full trust on userbenchmark.com. Their bench is outdated and takes data from a lot of unoptimized systems. It's just not reliable data, too many variables.

What about those videos? Even if you don' put full trust on user benchmark which I don't, there's the two comparison videos.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, QuantumElement said:

What about those videos? Even if you don' put full trust on user benchmark which I don't, there's the two comparison videos.

I know some of those are bad, but you can tweak settings to take load off the CPU while you wait for your upgrade money

[PSUGuru]

Just now, Energycore said:

I know some of those are bad, but you can tweak settings to take load off the CPU while you wait for your upgrade money

Yeah. I am not fretting the CPU upgrade too much, though. IN about 3-4 monthes, I'll be getting a really beefy machine. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jLckyf This one

[mclaren1]

Just now, QuantumElement said:

Yeah. I am not fretting the CPU upgrade too much, though. IN about 3-4 monthes, I'll be getting a really beefy machine. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jLckyf This one

do you really need an 1800x?

[Energycore]

Just now, QuantumElement said:

Yeah. I am not fretting the CPU upgrade too much, though. IN about 3-4 monthes, I'll be getting a really beefy machine. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jLckyf This one

In that case you might as well not upgrade right now if that helps you get that computer faster

 

Also that build is what I would call way overspent

[PSUGuru]

Just now, mclaren1 said:

do you really need an 1800x?

Yes. I will be doing very heavy 3D modeling/rendering/photoshop.

[PSUGuru]

Just now, Energycore said:

In that case you might as well not upgrade right now if that helps you get that computer faster

 

Also that build is what I would call way overspent

It's supposed to be. I am paying a lot of aesthetics, and I am okay with that.

 

And I am upgrading this PC now because it'll lent off to my sister. Might as well give her something that's somewhat decent