Seeking advice for upgrading an originally modest build.

[Seth_28]

Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: About 200$

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Are you buying a monitor:

Yes Acer GN246HL Bbid 24-Inch 3D Gaming Display (144Hz Refresh Rate)

Parts to Upgrade:

CASE: Rosewill Black SECC Steel USB 3.0 Mid Tower Computer Case Cases REDBONE U3

MOBO: ECS Elitegroup Socket Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboards B85H3-M9 (1.0)

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 LGA 1150 @3.20ghz

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Single DDR3-1600

PSU : EVGA 500 W1, 80+ 500w Power Supply( 100-W1-0500-KR)

GPU: EVGA GTX1070 SC model (very recent)

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon/Newegg

Location: US

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Intel

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080,

Additional Comments: Not sure if I should upgrade my PSU and add water cooling for around my price range, or if you guys see something of a higher priority, I'm all ears!

Why Are You Upgrading: Originally it was a modest build just so I could start playing games in general. Now im more financially stable and im looking to upgrade.

 

[PC-4LIFE]

500W PSU means nothing.

Please list make and model.

 

[Seth_28]

Apologies, its been updated.

 

[PC-4LIFE]

Not a very good PSU.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/zNK7YJ/evga-power-supply-100b10500kr

£20 more expensive but better quality.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1

That's an even better one if you don't mind spending more.

 

[Seth_28]

So you would agree PSU should be my main priority? I've had an issue with titan fall 2 crashing and then my desktop would freeze, and I was wondering if it could have been a power problem with the new GPU.

 

[PC-4LIFE]

So you would agree PSU should be my main priority? I've had an issue with titan fall 2 crashing and then my desktop would freeze, and I was wondering if it could have been a power problem with the new GPU.

The PSU is most likely the cause for crashes.
There could be other factors like over heating or unstable clocks however.

 

[Seth_28]

So going with my initial plan then here are a couple choice I've picked that put me right at my price range for 2/3 of the issues you mentioned.

Water cooling: DeepCool Gamer Storm CPU Liquid Cooler AIO Water Cooling (CAPTAIN 120 EX).
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 750W , Fully Modular (750w overkill for my setup?) I've been reading about "efficiency" but I don't have a full understanding of it all yet.

 

[PC-4LIFE]

So going with my initial plan then here are a couple choice I've picked that put me right at my price range for 2/3 of the issues you mentioned.

Water cooling: DeepCool Gamer Storm CPU Liquid Cooler AIO Water Cooling (CAPTAIN 120 EX).
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 750W , Fully Modular (750w overkill for my setup?) I've been reading about "efficiency" but I don't have a full understanding of it all yet.

That PSU is most definitely overkill.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1

That could handle your setup easily.

 

[Seth_28]

OK I purchased EVGA Supernova G2 550W and DeepCool Gamer Storm CPU Liquid Cooler AIO Water Cooling (CAPTAIN 120) Hopefully that should make everything smooth sailing.