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Victor100
By Victor100
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Hi! So, I have a friend who's looking to upgrade his pc. His budget is around the $350-$400 area (currency is in U.S dollars and location is in U.S as well).
What upgrades would be most beneficial to him?
His current build struggles to keep games like Overwatch above 60fps at low settings (It drops to like below 40fps during team fights).

 

He currently has:

CPU: AMD A8-7600

Motherboard: MSI - A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+

Memory: 8GB DDR3

Graphics Card: Radeon RX 470 4GB

 

Storage: Crucial BX 200 - 240GB SSD
Case: Corsair - SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

Important details you left out:

 

Budget for upgrade?

 

Location?

 

Currency?

 

Can't give you a straight answer until I have those. 

Budget was stated at $350-$400 in post.

In US dollars.

 

Location is in US.

 

 

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The 470 isn't terrible, you may want to recommend something like a Ryzen 3 or 5 with 8GB DDR4 and a B350 mobo.

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Please tell me why you aren't on dark theme already.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($193.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($40.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $399.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-17 21:12 EST-0500

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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