Is this upgrade worth the money?

[iGaLBoN]

Hello everybody, for a long time I wanted to upgrade my PC and I thought to do that maybe tomorrow and I need your opinion about the new (and the current) build.
My current build:
http://i.imgur.com/tqAsZIb.png

My new build:
Ram: Transcend 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz (instead of 4GB DDR3 665mhz ~ cost: 70$)
Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 OC 2G GDDR5 (instead of Sapphire Radeon HD 6570 1 GB ~ cost: 160$)
SSD: Transcend SSD370 TS256GSSD370 256GB SSD SATA III (instead of non-ssd) (cost: 110$)

So now I want to know if its worth and if I don't need to add 1 more 8GB DDR3 RAM?

Ill use it for gaming and graphics design especially and sometimes also video editing.

Thanks for the help!~

 

[Justkeeplookin]

Aah, here is the deal, it is a good thing you are upgrading. But what you are upgrading is the thing. That GPU, atleast get a 750ti uses little power for the amount of performance it gives.


Ram with higher clocks will perform better in video editing, vs much less in gaming.

The difference betweeen 4GB and 8GB is significant, but 8GB to 16GB is little.

Fpr video Editing hop onto the i7's the hyper threading will save you some good time

 

[Victorion]

Hello everybody, for a long time I wanted to upgrade my PC and I thought to do that maybe tomorrow and I need your opinion about the new (and the current) build.
My current build:
http://i.imgur.com/tqAsZIb.png

My new build:
Ram: Transcend 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz (instead of 4GB DDR3 665mhz ~ cost: 70$)
Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 OC 2G GDDR5 (instead of Sapphire Radeon HD 6570 1 GB ~ cost: 160$)
SSD: Transcend SSD370 TS256GSSD370 256GB SSD SATA III (instead of non-ssd) (cost: 110$)

So now I want to know if its worth and if I don't need to add 1 more 8GB DDR3 RAM?

Ill use it for gaming and graphics design especially and sometimes also video editing.

Thanks for the help!~

Your currenct build:

CPU : i5-2400 | No reason to upgrade if you´re on a budget. It´s a true quadcore cpu with turboclock to 3.4 Ghz.
Ram : 4 GB DDR3-1333 | You want 8 GB DDR3-1600 ram with CL-rate 9, 10 or 11.
Mobo : fine for now, though bundle-mobos aren´t particular great.
Monitor : 1440x900 is about 720p. Which is quite low, you may want to upgrade to 1080p monitor (they are pretty cheap).


My suggestion

Monster videocard, that will run all newer games in 1080p and 1440p. Fast rams, Evo-series SSD and a good price/performance ratio 1080p monitor. Your CPU and mobo should be good for the next couple of years. You may want to check if your current PSU is 500w or higher, which is required by GTX 970.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($308.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: AOC 2236vw 60Hz 22.0" Monitor ($89.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $510.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-15 07:46 EST-0500

If you can afford it, I´d get 16 GB rams and a i5-6600K cpu with cpu cooler and a z170 mobo. Then you´d have a monster pc for gaming and video editing.

 

[iGaLBoN]

Aah, here is the deal, it is a good thing you are upgrading. But what you are upgrading is the thing. That GPU, atleast get a 750ti uses little power for the amount of performance it gives.


Ram with higher clocks will perform better in video editing, vs much less in gaming.

The difference betweeen 4GB and 8GB is significant, but 8GB to 16GB is little.

Fpr video Editing hop onto the i7's the hyper threading will save you some good time

Thanks for help!
I have an budget which can buy only ram, ssd and video card.
In the store I want to buy these, GTX 750ti is cost 200$ and the r7 360 cost 160$. I think that difference doesn't worth 40$ (is it?) they don't have any other video cards that better from these, under 200$. (only GTX 750(not Ti) 180$)
Also I don't think that Ill need new monitor because mine is supports also 1080p.
So the only things that I can spend money on them right now are ram, video card, and SSD. So I thought about taking 8 GB ddr3 ram (CL11) and r7 360, and 256GB SSD.
Now I almost sure that I don't need 16GB ram so 8 is enough, and if the 750ti is much better than the 360 Ill take him by 200$.

 

[Justkeeplookin]

If you are aiming to low power usage, you can take the 750ti, but they are similar in performance, but the 750ti can give you more raw performance, as you can easily overclock +200mHZ on the GPU and +400mHZ on the GPU's ram, but I guess it is your choice.