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1 minute ago, imORANGEskittle said:

Thanks man really helpful :D one GPU and PSU coming up :) when do you think RAM prices will drop?

Any time! As for RAM, just keep an eye out. It's all up to whether or not the memory manufacturers decided to stop gouging the market. Right now they're not even producing DDR4 modules, all the plants are producing the memory used in cell phones. There's almost no knowing until it takes a sudden dive in price. I pay attention to the news. I'm hoping that prices will drop by the beginning of of Q2 2018, but don't quote me on that.

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Heres a video card that should be a nice budget increase for your money.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/TrGj4D/msi-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-6gb-gt-ocv1-video-card-geforce-gtx-1060-6gt-ocv1

 

And a slightly more expensive one, which also puts you slightly out of budget if you include a PSU:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/fPFXsY/asus-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-dual-video-card-dual-gtx1070-o8g

 

Here the PSU I recommend:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/DbqdnQ/corsair-power-supply-cs550m

 

The PSU in your case appears to be standard ATX, which is command for uATX cases. Doublecheck before ordering, but that PSU should do you justice with that card and give you plenty of performance headroom.

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Down the road if you plan to keep this rig for a while, and once you have a bit more money, other things you can do to further increase gaming performance will be to grab a couple good SSDs: a small one for your OS and a larger one to store your steam library on. You can also add more RAM, which up to 16GB should help a bit too. More than 16 is honestly overkill for the average gaming rig. The % increase from upgrading RAM will be hardly noticable unless you multitask while you game.

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need best cpu cooling? add 2 stroke oil (but no, really don't)
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  4. friday
  5. sales

 

 

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7 minutes ago, michelin_boi said:

Heres a video card that should be a nice budget increase for your money.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/TrGj4D/msi-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-6gb-gt-ocv1-video-card-geforce-gtx-1060-6gt-ocv1

 

And a slightly more expensive one, which also puts you slightly out of budget if you include a PSU:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/fPFXsY/asus-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-dual-video-card-dual-gtx1070-o8g

 

Here the PSU I recommend:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/DbqdnQ/corsair-power-supply-cs550m

 

The PSU in your case appears to be standard ATX, which is command for uATX cases. Doublecheck before ordering, but that PSU should do you justice with that card and give you plenty of performance headroom.

Using the part picker, there doesn't seem to be any problems. So do you think the GTX 1060 6GB and the PSU upgrade will increase my performance? Nothing else, like no CPU upgrade? I was considering buying another 8GB RAM when I could to give me 2x8 (16GB) RAM. 

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9 minutes ago, imORANGEskittle said:

Using the part picker, there doesn't seem to be any problems. So do you think the GTX 1060 6GB and the PSU upgrade will increase my performance? Nothing else, like no CPU upgrade? I was considering buying another 8GB RAM when I could to give me 2x8 (16GB) RAM. 

Yes, getting a CPU upgrade would help a little bit, BUT not as much as a GPU for gaming. You don't necessarily have a bad CPU for gaming, as most games are bottlenecked by GPU well before CPU. It is highly likely you'll see a stark increase in gaming performance by upgrading to a faster GPU that also has more VRAM. More VRAM will definitely help since you card only has 2GB.

 

8GB RAM is a good starting point for most gaming machines. Wait until you upgrade your GPU before you purchase more RAM. I'd also wait for RAM prices to go down before you do.

 

EDIT: I had a rig with that same CPU up until very recently running 1440 at 60 FPS on a 1070 without bottlenecking the CPU, so trust me its a solid processor. 4 cores @ 3.7GHZ is great.

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  3. black
  4. friday
  5. sales

 

 

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11 minutes ago, michelin_boi said:

Yes, getting a CPU upgrade would help a little bit, BUT not as much as a GPU for gaming. You don't necessarily have a bad CPU for gaming, as most games are bottlenecked by GPU well before CPU. It is highly likely you'll see a stark increase in gaming performance by upgrading to a faster GPU that also has more VRAM. More VRAM will definitely help since you card only has 2GB.

 

8GB RAM is a good starting point for most gaming machines. Wait until you upgrade your GPU before you purchase more RAM. I'd also wait for RAM prices to go down before you do.

 

EDIT: I had a rig with that same CPU up until very recently running 1440 at 60 FPS on a 1070 without bottlenecking the CPU, so trust me its a solid processor. 4 cores @ 3.7GHZ is great.

Thanks man really helpful :D one GPU and PSU coming up :) when do you think RAM prices will drop?

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MAYbe after the holidays

 

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Just now, bigjohnthescot said:

MAYbe after the holidays

 

True, they love to rake in money over XMAS

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1 minute ago, imORANGEskittle said:

Thanks man really helpful :D one GPU and PSU coming up :) when do you think RAM prices will drop?

Any time! As for RAM, just keep an eye out. It's all up to whether or not the memory manufacturers decided to stop gouging the market. Right now they're not even producing DDR4 modules, all the plants are producing the memory used in cell phones. There's almost no knowing until it takes a sudden dive in price. I pay attention to the news. I'm hoping that prices will drop by the beginning of of Q2 2018, but don't quote me on that.

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need best cpu cooling? add 2 stroke oil (but no, really don't)
5 things newegg doesn't want you to know:

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  2. for
  3. black
  4. friday
  5. sales

 

 

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yeah I am hoping for a drop in the 7820 in 3 months along with the 1080 looking to run dual cards next year

 

never let fear stand in the way of your terror. 

 

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                                                                                                              however, if you disagree with me and have a strong opinion.....better be riding a fast horse

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1 hour ago, bigjohnthescot said:

yeah SUPER sketchy go for a corsair gold cert 

 

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1 hour ago, imORANGEskittle said:

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