Pc Upgrade Suggestions

[Mucky Duckling]

Looking for any suggestions for an upgrade

Mobo:
Asus m5a78l-m/usb3
Cpu:
Amd fx 4300 3.8ghz black edition
Coolermaster hyper 212 evo cooler
Ram:
8Gb DDR3 1333
gpu :
AMD RADEON R9 290x 4gb
hdd:
500gb hdd
Psu:
Cit 650UB
Os:
Windows 8.1pro 64bit
Any help would be appreciated

 

[Mchedlo]

Looking for any suggestions for an upgrade

Mobo:
Asus m5a78l-m/usb3
Cpu:
Amd fx 4300 3.8ghz black edition
Coolermaster hyper 212 evo cooler
Ram:
8Gb DDR3 1333
gpu :
AMD RADEON R9 290x 4gb
hdd:
500gb hdd
Psu:
Cit 650UB
Os:
Windows 8.1pro 64bit
Any help would be appreciated

hey there mate do you want full PC upgrade or just PC parts upgrade that will match your Motherboard?

 

[Mucky Duckling]

Hello Thanks for fast reply
full pc upgrade would be great but i Have just recently bought the r9 290x so probably better option would be to upgrade to match motherboard if possible. Just to give it a longer lifespan. Mainly use it for gaming. But have noticed drops in performance lately

 

[Mchedlo]

Hello Thanks for fast reply
full pc upgrade would be great but i Have just recently bought the r9 290x so probably better option would be to upgrade to match motherboard if possible. Just to give it a longer lifespan. Mainly use it for gaming. But have noticed drops in performance lately

Honestly your PC is pretty good and solid, what kind of performance drops does it suffer? and whats your Budget for new PC?

 

[sharndowg]

Your PSU is very very poor quality. I strongly advise getting a better one. Have a look at this link, You want a PSU in tier 3 or above

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

One part you don't want to skimp out on is your PSU. It can easily fry your other components. Get a good quality one.

 

[Mucky Duckling]

Budget for new pc would be around £500 but would have this gpu Available.
The issues im having are slow load times on most applications and games when trying to launch e.g. steam games, recentral and sony vegas also motherboard reaches 60-70 deg when cpu being stressed in games (use speccy for temp readings) .
I have used avg and malwarebytes both say there are no issues

 

[BigFeet13]

Depending on what games you are trying to play, your cpu will be a bottleneck. Maybe go with an fx8350 or overclock the one you have a bit. I'd replace the PSU also. Never skimp on a power supply. Other than that, you're good.

 

[Mucky Duckling]

Sorry for late reply
Thank you for all the help and advice

Is there a power supply that any of you would recommend
and the fx8350 looks like a good option.
Which one would be better tho
fx8350 (4.2ghz)
or
fx8350 black edition (4.0ghz)

I know i can overclock the fx 4300 to 4.4 up to 4.8 ghz but the temps on the motherboard go sky high

Games i have been playing are
arc survival evolved (alpha) so not optimised
7 days to die (alpha) optimised
gta v
elder scrolls : skyrim + mods
fallout new vegas + mods

Games optimised with Amd Gaming Evolved

also would it be worth replacing ram with a higher mhz?

thanks again

 

[sharndowg]

A few upgrades to consider then,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($71.41 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $362.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 18:44 EDT-0400


Install your OS and programs on SSD for hugely more responsive and snappy desktop performance. The RAM is on offer, so i chose 1866mhz over 1600, no point in going higher as the performance increase in very minimal. This PSU is high quality and will be great for your needs.

If you fancy a new motherboard as well, you will generally need a new copy of windows too. So that ramps up the price a bit.

 

[Mucky Duckling]

Thank you all for your help and advice
Will go with Fx8350 and higger power psu and a ssd for now

Thanks again really good community happy yo answer anything you need to know and has helped me alot 😀

 

[sharndowg]

no problem!