$400 upgrades for build.

[Ansh Nanda]

Making a custom PC
I have $400 dollars and some idle parts lying around my house.
The parts I have to spare are:
8GB Kingston RAM
GA-78LMT-USB3 Gigabyte Motherboard
1 GB AMD Sapphire R7 250x Graphics Card
Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Disk
500W Power Supply
AMD fx-6300 6 core CPU clocked at 4.4GHz
Seagate Barracuda 500GB Hard Disk

Yeah so I have these parts barely a few months old and some money for upgrades, suggestions?

Thanks

EDIT 1: I HAVE MONITOR AND OTHER PERIPHERALS.

 

[herrwizo]

If the build will be used for gaming, here are a few suggestions:

- keep the CPU, RAM, disks and mobo
- get an SSD for a system drive, like Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
- I have no idea what brand your PSU is - if it is a cheap one, better get XFX 550W or similar quality PSU
- a new video card: 250x is just too slow for modern games. GTX970 would be great, but is out of your budget when combined with other two components, so get a GTX960 or radeon R9 280.

 

[Ansh Nanda]

If the build will be used for gaming, here are a few suggestions:

- keep the CPU, RAM, disks and mobo
- get an SSD for a system drive, like Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
- I have no idea what brand your PSU is - if it is a cheap one, better get XFX 550W or similar quality PSU
- a new video card: 250x is just too slow for modern games. GTX970 would be great, but is out of your budget when combined with other two components, so get a GTX960 or radeon R9 280.

Thats perfect!

Thanks a lot!

Also what are the benefits of getting a quality PSU?

 

[madmatt30]

^ stability more than anything else - what is your current PSU model??? It may be good enough anyway.

Regarding the ssd - the board is sata 2 only so a premium drive like the evo would be unnecessary expenditure IMO. Go for one of the cheaper models.
I would also factor in an aftermarket cooler - that little gigabyte board is fairly good for overclocking the 6300 & more speed never hurts.

What country are you in??

 

[herrwizo]

Benefits of a quality PSU go far beyond stability. You get more expandability (able to use multiple graphics cards), longevity (not only of the PSU, but potentially all components due to cleaner power), better overclocking potential, better protection of circuitry and much less chance of fire hazard even if the PSU fails, longer warranty, better efficiency and so on. A quality PSU should be given priority over any other component during the careful component selection stage, even over your main processor or graphics card.

 

[Ansh Nanda]

^ stability more than anything else - what is your current PSU model??? It may be good enough anyway.

Regarding the ssd - the board is sata 2 only so a premium drive like the evo would be unnecessary expenditure IMO. Go for one of the cheaper models.
I would also factor in an aftermarket cooler - that little gigabyte board is fairly good for overclocking the 6300 & more speed never hurts.

What country are you in??

INDIA