pc upgrade Planning for upgrading my PC...

[EA.Sucks]

Recently, I was planning on upgrading my rig, since my PC is pretty slow, and I can't run games in a decent fps, like 50-60.

As I'm on a low budget (around US$380), and I'm not a pro in building PCs, I need some suggestions for that...

 

Here's my rig:

Motherboard: Asus A78M-A

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9G-4.2G 4M 100w 32nm

RAM: 8GB Kingston KVR16N11/8 1.5v, 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz

GPU: Nvidia GTX 960, CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB  (ya, it's 2GB )

HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB

SSD: N/A (I dun have one )

Power supply: Acbel iPower85H 450W ATX PowerSupply

*I mainly use my PC for playing games like, PUBG, CoD, and CS:GO. 

*I'm only running on 1 monitor

 

 

(p.s. I'm from Hong Kong, I know my English kinda suck, please dun mind)

 

 

[Ashleyyyy]

your gpu is pretty decent.. what games are you playing..?

[NelizMastr]

I'd start with ditching the old platform before upgrading the GPU and SSD.

 

Intel:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PZzr3F
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PZzr3F/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($105.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $407.37
 

AMD:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9bvjM8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9bvjM8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $389.87
 

Gaming wise, the 8400 will be the stronger performer, but it's locked. Waiting for the H and B series chipsets launching in early 2018 would be wise. If you can't wait, grab the Ryzen and overclock it. Even the stock cooler will allow a few hundred MHz, my R7 1700 OC'd from 3.0 to 3.7 on near stock voltage, YMMV.

 

 

[EA.Sucks]

2 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

your gpu is pretty decent.. what games are you playing..?

I mainly play CS:GO, which doesn't require much VRAM, but recently I started playing PUBG and Need For Speed, and I found that my PC can't even finish loading the map... Perhaps it's because I only got 2GB of VRAM on my GTX 960?

[EA.Sucks]

17 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

I'd start with ditching the old platform before upgrading the GPU and SSD.

 

Intel:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PZzr3F
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PZzr3F/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($105.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $407.37
 

AMD:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9bvjM8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9bvjM8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $389.87
 

Gaming wise, the 8400 will be the stronger performer, but it's locked. Waiting for the H and B series chipsets launching in early 2018 would be wise. If you can't wait, grab the Ryzen and overclock it. Even the stock cooler will allow a few hundred MHz, my R7 1700 OC'd from 3.0 to 3.7 on near stock voltage, YMMV.

 

 

Thank you for your reply  but is there any reason why I should upgrade my cpu and motherboard first?

[NelizMastr]

3 minutes ago, EA.Sucks said:

Thank you for your reply  but is there any reason why I should upgrade my cpu and motherboard first?

Because upgrading your GPU won't do anything since the APUs were designed to be a bottleneck from the get-go. You might even bottleneck your 960 right now.

 

Oh, and you should run PUBG on very low if you can. Don't try to raise the eye candy. 

[Ashleyyyy]

21 minutes ago, EA.Sucks said:

I mainly play CS:GO, which doesn't require much VRAM, but recently I started playing PUBG and Need For Speed, and I found that my PC can't even finish loading the map... Perhaps it's because I only got 2GB of VRAM on my GTX 960?

Need For Speed Payback? i can play that at 1080p on medium/high on my 2GB gtx 1050.. your 960 is as good or better..

 

i think i found the reason:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7400-vs-AMD-A8-6600K-APU/3886vsm3344

 

you have a massive bottleneck in your system. upgrade the cpu fist before the gpu, like others have recommended.

[EA.Sucks]

4 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

Need For Speed Payback? i can play that at 1080p on medium/high on my 2GB gtx 1050.. your 960 is as good or better..

 

i think i found the reason:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7400-vs-AMD-A8-6600K-APU/3886vsm3344

 

you have a massive bottleneck in your system. upgrade the cpu fist before the gpu, like others have recommended.

 

18 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Because upgrading your GPU won't do anything since the APUs were designed to be a bottleneck from the get-go. You might even bottleneck your 960 right now.

 

Oh, and you should run PUBG on very low if you can. Don't try to raise the eye candy. 

Okay, thank you all for your advice!