I know obviously I need to upgrade the processor and the motherboard but just curious as to what.
Open to upgrading the PSU as well. Everything else seems to be fine. I would love to upgrade my graphics card but I just became aware of the massive shortage known as the great gpu shortage of 2020/2021. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Budget for upgrades is around $1000
AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor
$138.99 Buy
CPU Cooler
NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
$129.99 Buy
Thermal Compound
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste
$6.89 Buy
Motherboard
MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard
$97.89 Buy
Memory
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory
$69.99 Buy
Storage
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$46.89 Buy
Video Card
Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card
$479.99 Buy
Case
NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
$64.99 Buy
Power Supply
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
$65.98 Buy
Open to upgrading the PSU as well. Everything else seems to be fine. I would love to upgrade my graphics card but I just became aware of the massive shortage known as the great gpu shortage of 2020/2021. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Budget for upgrades is around $1000
AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor
$138.99 Buy
CPU Cooler
NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
$129.99 Buy
Thermal Compound
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste
$6.89 Buy
Motherboard
MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard
$97.89 Buy
Memory
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory
$69.99 Buy
Storage
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
$46.89 Buy
Video Card
Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card
$479.99 Buy
Case
NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
$64.99 Buy
Power Supply
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
$65.98 Buy
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