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Hello guys, I'm kinda new to PC building and things like that, so I wanted to ask for advice, I want to upgrade my current PC so I could get some decent FPS and temperatures while gaming on 1080p. My current main parts are:

 

-MSI B85M-E33 motherboard
-Intel Core i5-4430 quadcore 3ghz (turboboosts to 3,2)
-Intel stock cooler
-Aerocool STRIKE-X 500w 80+ bronze PSU
-HyperX Fury ddr3 1600mhz 1x4gb RAM

 

 

My budget is ~300€ if it's gonna be extra needed I could spend like 350€ or even a little bit more.

 

 

I was thinking about these graphics cards:
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti windforce OC 4G 4GB of vram
• MSI GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GT OC 4GB of vram
• Asus Radeon RX 480, 8GB

 

And putting one more 1x4GB RAM or even 2x8GB

 

And also I'm a little bit afraid of my PSU, couse I heard it's quite bad with supporting GPU's like these ones becouse of 12V outputs or something like that, so I should change my PSU too?

 

 

I will appreaciate any advice of yours how could I upgrade my PC, what GPU and how many RAM's I should buy, thanks!

 

 

P.S. websites where I can buy parts, so you could know prices for the parts:

www.skytech.lt

www.fortakas.lt

www.kilobaitas.lt

 

 

Thank you for every advice you will give me and if it's possible argument your opinions and advices ^^

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Your current CPU can handle RX 480/580, get it if your budget allows
Add 1X4GB RAM
Change the PSU if possible, your current one isn't a good unit

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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how much is the RX480? And yeah, you should get a new PSU.

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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18 minutes ago, GintarasM said:

What 570 or 580? I'm kinda new on pc building/upgrading, could you explain these numbers? ?

They are GPUs, both are signifigantly better than a GTX 1050 ti.

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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3 hours ago, Damascus said:

They are GPUs, both are signifigantly better than a GTX 1050 ti.

But is it better on price-value side? Couse on RX 570 and 580 same price variants as GTX 1050Ti frequency and boost clock speeds ar better on GTX 1050Ti, only better specification on RX 570 or 580 is memory interface (bit), does it affects performance more than frequency speed?

 

Sorry for bad english... :D

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The cheapest 570 will outperform the most expensive 1050 ti.  Get any RX 470,480,570 or 580 that isn't a powercolor card and you are good to go.  

 

RX 570 - 50% better than 1050 ti

RX 580 - 30% better than RX 570 or nearly double a 1050 ti

 

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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