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GassyCanadian
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Hello, I currently have a old gpu in my system, and frankly, it runs like poop. It is a AMD Radeon HD 3870. I have a AMD Phenom X6 1075T processor, and $700 to spend. Would you recommend me upgrading my system, or just getting a whole new system all together? Also, will there be any bottlenecks? 

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You could pick up an R9 280X for cheap, and then overclock your cpu.

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What is your motherboard? You could pick up yourself a GTX 770, 7970, 280X, etc.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

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Phenom X6 is really similar to a 6xxx series FX processor. So you'd be fine with a 7970/280x/770. 

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 @ Stock, CPU cooler: Dark Rock 4, Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX, RAM: 2x8GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 @ 3000Mhz, GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 ACX 3.0, SSD: Crucial P1 1TB M.2 + 2x120GB SSDs, Case: Corsair 110R, PSU: Corsair TX650M, OS: Windows 10 64-bit.

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What is your motherboard?

I don't know the pricise name for it, but i know that it's a "ASRock 890GX Extreme3"

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It looks like if you got the latest BIOS, you could get an FX CPU.

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you can get an extremely good new build for that price range

I also want to get a new cpu cooler and peripherals. So probably not :/ 

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I also want to get a new cpu cooler and peripherals. So probably not :/ 

depends on your perspective, if you have decent stuff, like not broken peripherals, I'd recommend shying away from the thought that periferals make you better player (except a mouse).

if you have working stuff that isn't pissing you off, then get a whole new build, I'd consider it more essential than anything from the likes of gaming peripherals have to offer compared to smoother gameplay or better details

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depends on your perspective, if you have decent stuff, like not broken peripherals, I'd recommend shying away from the thought that periferals make you better player (except a mouse).

if you have working stuff that isn't pissing you off, then get a whole new build, I'd consider it more essential than anything from the likes of gaming peripherals have to offer compared to smoother gameplay or better details

Would you be able make a build for me?

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GTX 780?

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Would it bottleneck?

Very slightly.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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How many GB of RAM do you have? Just wondering. But yeah, get a 780.

8GB Kingston 1600 ram.. 

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Would you be able make a build for me?

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($141.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard:  ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($65.00 @ Vuugo) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($95.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($316.00 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply:  Antec EarthWatts Green 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $672.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-28 20:17 EST-0500)

Use your current case, optical drive, HDD's for storage (?) and add OS as needed. Should keep you going for a good while.

MAXIMUS VII HERO | i7 4770K w/ H100i | 2x8GB 1600MHz | GALAX GTX 970 x2
250GB SSD boot | 250GB x2, 1TB SSD storage | Corsair 400C | Corsair RM550

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Full specs list please?

What do you use your system for?

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