New Build/Upgrading. <=$700 USD

[trickynick]

At bottom of post will be my current specs. If missing anything, please ask.

Approximate Purchase Date: within 1 to 2 months (when income tax comes in)

Budget Range: As cheap as possible, but within reason and must meet my requirements (see below)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Dragon Age: Inquisition on Max Settings)

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Everything except for my RAM (but will consider it)

Do you need to buy OS: Maybe

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: NewEgg.com is preferred, Amazon. Will consider others

Location: Tulsa, OK, USA

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: No -- too scared to screw it up.

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 (main) & 1440x900 (Secondary & smaller screen)

Additional Comments: Need to have it run Dragon Age: Inquisition and Assassians Creed Unity on Max
(Last I heard Unity was crappy on PC, but I still want to play it)

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Constant crashing when playing DA:I due to graphic problems.

--- My Current Specs ---

OCZ 700W MODXSTREAM PRO -- This will need to be changed.

ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7Q- -- I'd like to keep these, but will consider changing.

XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support ... -- This really needs to be upgraded.

COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case -- Would like to get a case with USB 3 headers.

 

[sakthibruce]

First buy 280 and see it still crashes or not. Also upgrading your cpu is benefits you a lot . IF you want to upgrade build something based on this

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QzVq99) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QzVq99/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690) | $217.78 @ OutletPC
**Motherboard** | [Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a) | $137.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Video Card** | [MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9280gaming3g) | $169.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss750km) | $129.99 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $655.75
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 22:03 EST-0500 |

 

[trickynick]

I forgot to mention in my original posit that I would need Hard Drives, but I see you put them in. I tried to edit my post but it wouldn't let me.

Is there a decent video card on the nVidia side that will still be within budget? (I'm only asking as GPUs are hard for me to pick) Also, if I only upgrade my Video Card until next year, what would be a good card to upgrade to?

 

[sakthibruce]

I forgot to mention in my original posit that I would need Hard Drives, but I see you put them in. I tried to edit my post but it wouldn't let me.

Is there a decent video card on the nVidia side that will still be within budget? (I'm only asking as GPUs are hard for me to pick) Also, if I only upgrade my Video Card until next year, what would be a good card to upgrade to?

gtx 960

 

[trickynick]

Would my current system handle the Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card?

Would I still be able to play DA:I on max graphics?

Would my CPU be a bottle neck for this card?

EDIT: I'm trying to save money, the more I can save the better as my car was totaled and need money for a new down payment but I already bought DA:I but can't play it.

 

[sakthibruce]

Yes it can handle the gpu.