Partial $250 Upgrade question.

[r31ya]

guys i'm planning to upgrade my rig, and this is my current rig

Motherboard : Asrock 770de3l
Processor : AMD Phenom X2 555
RAM : Team Elite 4 gb (2x2) DDR 3
GPU : MSI GTS 450 Cyclone
HDD : WD BLue 300 gb, WD green 1.5 tb
Casing : cheap $10 spc casing
Powersupply : truepower 450 watt i forgot the brand

so far i mainly used it for gaming and multimedia center and local(house) media server.

i've bugdet somewhere up to $250 so it won't be enough for whole new computer. what do you think i should upgrade first?

and please try to be budget relevant. i;m a student in a developing country. so saying like save some more and buy for i5 and gtx 660 is unfeasible.

 

[FrostAlmighty]

I'd suggest replacing the 2x2gb sticks with 2x4gb.
Something that might make a bigger difference, though, would be getting a GTX 760, which retails for ~250$ (depending on your country).

 

[r31ya]

i guess the ram upgrade IS mandatory, but i'm planning use the rest of the money for FX-6300 or should i keep it for GTX760?

 

[Praise_Gaben]

More ram won't really make a difference for gaming.

And your cpu+gpu are pretty equal, and your psu is not really good. I would personally buy a fx-6300 and a 550 watt psu. If you sell your old components you can maybe buy a 7790/7850 as well.

 

[r31ya]

ah for the processor upgrade, i'm planning to get FX-6300 but should i worry about kaveri-series as in i should wait for it?

 

[r31ya]

well, for now i'll take both input on fx-6300 and ram upgrade to 8. later i'll save for gtx760

thanks for the input.

 

[Praise_Gaben]

I personally wouldn't wait.. and by the way the r9 270x is also a good graphics card, probably more bang for buck.

 

[r31ya]

i benchmark your input on 7790/7850, and it's actually good. but i've always use nvdia, is not having physX affect gaming?