$150 To Upgrade.

[willielikesmonkeys]

The machine contains:

A10-5800k APU w/ Radeon HD 7660D

MSI FM2A75-E35 Mobo

2x Hitachi 320GB 7200 RPM HDD's on SATA 3Gb/s

1x Seagate 2TB 5900 RPM HDD on SATA 6Gb/s

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

TP-Link tl-wn851nd 300Mb/s wireless N PCI legacy adapter

Rasewill RDCR-11003 front panel SD card reader/USB 3.0 port

HP OEM DVD RW burner

TC-101B ATX case

8GB of Corsair Dual Channel XMS3 RAM @ 1600Mhz

550W PSU from a brand you cannot name.

 

You have a budget of $150 to upgrade. You stream on twitch. You play lots of games. But you also only have a feature phone and are considering an upgrade to a smartphone. In YOUR opinion what do you upgrade? 

[beefalo]

I wouldn't recommend hybrid crossfire. You can get a 7850 or 7870 for that amount of money.

[MbV93]

NOOOOPE don't hybrid crossfire if you're going for something new, the R7 260X fits your budget perfectly, comes with two games and it'll be a whole different level of performance.

[willielikesmonkeys]

NOOOOPE don't hybrid crossfire if you're going for something new, the R7 260X fits your budget perfectly, comes with two games and it'll be a whole different level of performance.

Isn't a 7850 cheaper and outperform a 260x?

[MbV93]

Isn't a 7850 cheaper and outperform a 260x?

 

Oh yeah that's right! Hadn't seen that, get a 2GB 7850.

[Rekx]

IF you stream to twitch an Nvidia wouldn't be a bad idea because of shadowplay

[needmorewood]

u can get a 7850 for that price. its pretty awesome

[atom608]

Get a last gen amd card. Although you might be bottlenecked by the cpu if you are gaming the only part that is going to get you more performance is a graphics card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161404

 

Its $20 over your budget but for a 7870 for $170 is pretty dam cheap... I got a 7870 its a beast and can run most games at max settings besides crysis 3/far cry 3 those types of games

[willielikesmonkeys]

Get a last gen amd card. Although you might be bottlenecked by the cpu if you are gaming the only part that is going to get you more performance is a graphics card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161404

 

Its $20 over your budget but for a 7870 for $170 is pretty dam cheap... I got a 7870 its a beast and can run most games at max settings besides crysis 3/far cry 3 those types of games

 

Is the CPU really a bottleneck? It's basically an FX 4300 and once you turn off the the graphics core overclocking can only increase.

[hiyayhi]

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[hiyayhi]

Get a last gen amd card. Although you might be bottlenecked by the cpu if you are gaming the only part that is going to get you more performance is a graphics card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161404

 

Its $20 over your budget but for a 7870 for $170 is pretty dam cheap... I got a 7870 its a beast and can run most games at max settings besides crysis 3/far cry 3 those types of games

^^

this is a good idea but you may or may not be ably to find an r9 270 (non x) for 150. Especially on black friday / cyber monday.

[atom608]

Oh if its like a 4300 then no its not a bottleneck. 7870 is a really good card linus also said its pretty much the best vaule card for 1080p gaming

[WoodenMarker]

Is the CPU really a bottleneck? It's basically an FX 4300 and once you turn off the the graphics core overclocking can only increase.

It won't bottleneck anything up to a 7950. 

What kind of games do you play? I'd personally get a 7770 and a ssd but you could get a 7850 if you really want the gaming performance.

[willielikesmonkeys]

It won't bottleneck anything up to a 7950. 

What kind of games do you play? I'd personally get a 7770 and a ssd but you could get a 7850 if you really want the gaming performance.

Sorry for the late night reply, mostly minecraft, skyrim, some bf3, and pretty much a bunch of directx 9 games. I actually really like the 7770 and a small ssd idea.

[WoodenMarker]

Sorry for the late night reply, mostly minecraft, skyrim, some bf3, and pretty much a bunch of directx 9 games. I actually really like the 7770 and a small ssd idea.

A 7850 would perform admirably for those games. The 7770 would do the job but not as well.

At this point it's really up to you. If you think you can get a ssd later soon after the 7850, go for that. Otherwise, don't miss out on the ssd experience and go with the 7770.