Need help upgrading my pc

[sambennett]

hello, i need help upgrading my pc. i have around £400-£500 to spend maximum, Can someone please help me pick what things to upgrade and what to upgrade too. the pc will be used to record, gaming, and rendering.

current parts:
cpu: AMD bulldozer fx-6100 black edition 3.30Ghz six core
Motherboard: asus m5a78l-m/usb3
ram: 8GB ddr3 (don't know the full details)
psu: ace 650w br black
graphics card: AMD radeon 7800 series
case: Thermaltake Snow Edition Chaser A31 drive

thanks

 

[animal]

You might consider this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£136.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£98.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£144.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £404.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-09 13:13 GMT+0000)

However, your existing RAM may not be compatible with the new mobo so you might need to get new RAM that is. And if you change motherboards, you would probably have to buy a new OS.

 

[sambennett]

ok thanks, will i need to change the motherboard or not?

 

[animal]

No, you do not have to change/replace your motherboard, although you will need to make sure the BIOS is at the correct version for the new CPU to work. Easy enough to update if not. Also, I added the CPU cooler since you may want to overclock (if you already have an aftermarket cooler you can drop the 212 EVO). Finally, if you keep your existing mobo, then you could get any of these R9 280X GPUs and still be within budget:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=148&sort=a6

 

[Vic 40]

ok thanks, will i need to change the motherboard or not?

For the fx 8350 you could just update the bios to the last version.

What 7800 series gpu do you have?

Looking up the psu i would rather upgrade that one if it's the next,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ace-Black-Power-Supply-Silent/dp/B0051ZGS50
£19.95 for a 650watt unit doesn't sound good.

 

[sambennett]

ok thanks guys will look into the things you have said. but if anyone else have ideas too please say

 

[animal]

I agree with Vic 40, you may want to get the FX-8350, CPU cooler, and R9 270x AND a new quality PSU from either Seasonic, XFX, Corsair (except their CX series) or Antec.

Great catch Vic!

 

[Vic 40]

What 7800 series gpu do you have?
.

No answer?

 

[sambennett]

all i know is it is xfx AMD radeon r7800 series

 

[Vic 40]

With the next program you can make a "sytem partslist",
hwinfo32
open it,click run,close the "system summary"=top window,click (left top) "save report",check=dot "short text report"and then next,in the next window you'll find the type off the gpu="graphics",you could also copy the info in that window here for us.
The name and model will also be found in the "sytem summary"at the right top corner as i look now.So you could look there also before closing it.

 

[sambennett]

CPU: AMD FX-6100 (Zambezi, OR-B2 (Orochi))
3300 MHz (16.50x200.0) @ 1406 MHz (7.00x200.9)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
Chipset: SB750/SB710
Memory: 8192 MBytes, 4.0-5-5-15
- 8192 MB PC10600 DDR3 SDRAM - Kingston 99U5471-040.A00LF
Graphics: XFX Radeon HD 7850
ATI/AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2048 MB GDDR5 SDRAM
Drive: ST31000524AS, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 3Gb/s
Drive: ATAPI iHOS104, BD-ROM
Sound: ATI/AMD SB600 - High Definition Audio Controller
Sound: ATI/AMD Verde/Heathrow/Chelsea - High Definition Audio Controller
Network: Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
Network: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (x64) Build 9600

http://prntscr.com/2qxqed

 

[Vic 40]

With an amd hd 7870 i probably would have said don't bother upgrading the gpu,with the 7850 there can be 10/15fps difference in games so upgrading to a r9 270x would help,altough the 7850 is still a nice card.

To me the cpu and psu would at least be nice upgrades,the gpu i don't know for sure.It's about what you expect from games too in that matter.
For the psu would a xfx 550watt pro be a nice one for instance.

 

[sambennett]

ok thanks, so if i upgrade my cpu to the best i can maybe and get a psu to support that then my fps should improve alot?
what cpu is the best to fit my pc?

 

[Vic 40]

ok thanks, so if i upgrade my cpu to the best i can maybe and get a psu to support that then my fps should improve alot?

No.to improve just the fps you upgrade the graphics card.

I thought it was also about rendering and recording with which the fx 8350 would be better afaik.

 

[sambennett]

ok thanks, will get them next