£500 to upgrade

[themrsomedude456]

Like the title says I have £500 (or a bit more if needed) to upgrade my existing gaming pc. I would need a new graphics card, 1080p monitor and a PSU.

My current specs are:
i7 860 @2.8ghz
P55-US3L
600w PSU
GTS 250
3 HDDS

I think I wanna go for a 24 inch LED monitor but I don't know which one to get for gaming. For the GPU I'm tempted to go for an R9 280X. The PSU probably a 750w?

I just need help on what parts I should get and where to get them from.

Thanks in advance.

 

[AndyC53]

Like the title says I have £500 (or a bit more if needed) to upgrade my existing gaming pc. I would need a new graphics card, 1080p monitor and a PSU.

My current specs are:
i7 860 @2.8ghz
P55-US3L
600w PSU
GTS 250
3 HDDS

I think I wanna go for a 24 inch LED monitor but I don't know which one to get for gaming. For the GPU I'm tempted to go for an R9 280X. The PSU probably a 750w?

I just need help on what parts I should get and where to get them from.

Thanks in advance.

Monitor: http://www.amazon.co.uk/AOC-E2461FWH-inch-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00B2HA42Y/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1383935373&sr=1-4&keywords=2ms+monitor or http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005QVZ79C/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=electronics
(Both really good gaming monitors but the AOC one is miles better)

GPU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Toxic-1100MHz-Express-Graphics/dp/B00FOQZZ9G/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1383935296&sr=1-2&keywords=r9+280x

PSU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CX750-Builder-Series-Bronze/dp/B008RJZR40/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1383935312&sr=1-3&keywords=800w+psu or http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Gaming-Series-Edition-Bronze/dp/B00AMLKAWA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1383935340&sr=1-1&keywords=800w+psu

 

[Novuake]

What EXACT PSU do you have? If its a quality unit, then you do not need a new one. 600W is more than enough for any single graphics card.
What RAM do you have?

Initial suggestion without knowing what PSU you have :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZhcH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZhcH/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZhcH/benchmarks/

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£227.11 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 24EA53V-P 23.8" Monitor (£131.62 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £358.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-08 18:28 GMT+0000)