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Upgrading step-by-step

Tigroza
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I need help to slowly upgrade my potato pc. Here are the specs :

- AMD FX-8300

-Gtx 750

-8Gb x1 Ram No brand’

-350w psu 

-2tb hdd 

-no ssd

 

so I would want to upgrade my pc the best way possible. I know that if I want to change my cpu, I need to change absolutely everything except my hdd.

 

What should I do step-by-step? 

 

Thank you LTT community!

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Are you doing this for gaming, production work or just browsing?

 

If you are doing this for gaming do you notice any performance defecates?

Intel Xeon 1650 V0 (4.4GHz @1.4V), ASRock X79 Extreme6, 32GB of HyperX 1866, Sapphire Nitro+ 5700XT, Silverstone Redline (black) RL05BB-W, Crucial MX500 500GB SSD, TeamGroup GX2 512GB SSD, WD AV-25 1TB 2.5" HDD with generic Chinese 120GB SSD as cache, x2 Seagate 2TB SSHD(RAID 0) with generic Chinese 240GB SSD as cache, SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 850, x2 Acer H236HL, Acer V277U be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4, Logitech K120, Tecknet "Gaming" mouse, Creative Inspire T2900, HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless headset, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
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38 minutes ago, unkn0wn1 said:

i would say get an SSD and clone your HDD over to it, that is where you will notice the biggest difference.

Not a clone though since a fresh start is often beneficial, especially if the HDD has more files on it than the SSD can hold.

PC Specs:

CPU: AMD 1700x Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: Asus Crosshair VI Hero RAM: 4 * 8GB G.Skill RGB DDR4 Graphics: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB Case: Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: EVGA 750w G3 Monitors: Dell SG2716DG +  2x Dell U2515H

 

Freenas specs:

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 V2 Cooler: Some noctua cooler Motherboard: Supermicro X9 SRL-F RAM: 8 * 8GB Samsung DDR3 ECC Storage: 6 * 4TB Seagate 7200 RPM RAIDZ2 Controller: LSI H220 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro PSU: EVGA 650w G3

 

Phone: iPhone 6S 32 GB Space Grey

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22 minutes ago, unkn0wn1 said:

i would say get an SSD and clone your HDD over to it, that is where you will notice the biggest difference.

 

5 minutes ago, ThatFlashCat said:

Not a clone though since a fresh start is often beneficial, especially if the HDD has more files on it than the SSD ca hold.

^I agree with @ThatFlashCat but cloning from an HDD can cause many issues in the long run so it's best to just to get a fresh install. 

"May your frame rates be high and your temperatures low"

I misread titles/posts way too often--correct me if I don't.

 

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SELL UR EXISTING RIG FR ABOUT $200-250.....ND BUILD THIS PC...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($238.95 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($80.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($136.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($102.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.25 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card  ($454.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($77.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $1226.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-20 10:33 EDT-0400

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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Ok thank you Vexicus!

DragonTamer1 , mostly game and some production. I sera that my gtx is horrible when I saw the 1050 was WAY better.

For the others with the ssd and hdd, I should buy an ssd to put Windows in it. Could I reset my hdd so I am like in a new PC? 

What should  I do after the ssd?

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5 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

SELL UR EXISTING RIG FR ABOUT $200-250.....ND BUILD THIS PC...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($238.95 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($80.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($136.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($102.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.25 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card  ($454.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($77.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $1226.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-20 10:33 EDT-0400

I second this

CPU: Core i9 12900K || CPU COOLER : Corsair H100i Pro XT || MOBO : ASUS Prime Z690 PLUS D4 || GPU: PowerColor RX 6800XT Red Dragon || RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance (3200) || SSDs: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB (Boot), Crucial P2 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB (x2), Samsung 850 EVO 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM850 || CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini || MONITOR: Acer Predator X34A (1440p 100hz), HP 27yh (1080p 60hz) || KEYBOARD: GameSir GK300 || MOUSE: Logitech G502 Hero || AUDIO: Bose QC35 II || CASE FANS : 2x Corsair ML140, 1x BeQuiet SilentWings 3 120 ||

 

LAPTOP: Dell XPS 15 7590

TABLET: iPad Pro

PHONE: Galaxy S9

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