Should i buy SDD for gaming?

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My budged is not unlimited, for me it's either a slight better GPU and/or processor, or buy an SDD, my PC is for gaming and nothing more. So should i get one or invest in frames?
 
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This is a much better PSU and will provide that graphics card with the power it needs, get it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096

And as the other people have said, an SSD will only shorten the loading times of the games you have installed on it. Your actual in-game experience will remain unchanged. I would use the money you save from not getting the SSD to get a 3 TB 7200RPM hard drive. Then you will have tons of room for games.

Or if you really do want an SSD then go with this combo:
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533&ignorebbr=1
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No an SSD will not give you any better performace in games. It will only make the loading times shorter.

For gaming you would be better off investing in a good GPU. That is providing your CPU is good enough to not cause a bottleneck.
 
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Around 500-600$, it's not for a total new build i only need some new parts
MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637
This power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182068
Fx6300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286
And looking around for maybe a R9 270x

Also my HDD has around 4 years of use so i'll probably need to get another one.
 
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An SSD would make your PC faster in general. But if you are using it mostly for gaming then that is perfect hardware for your budget. I have a 6200 and a 7950 in my current build, and it runs everything on Ultra a 1080p.
 
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I'm a big gamer, i'll be playing the new Assassins Creed, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite, COD Ghosts, and such.
 
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If omitting the SSD would allow you to upgrade to a 8320, a 990FX board, and 280X, then I could see the CPU/GPU upgrades having a higher priority than a SSD.

However, if it doesn't, pairing the 6300 with a 270x and a SSD would make a quicky and snappy system.
 
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I'll only save around 150$ from the SDD, i think my upgrade with that money would be a bit more humble.
 
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In that case, I would stick with the 6300 and the 270x as they are a great pair and I have heard great things about the two. I will always recommend getting a SSD with any computer as it makes the overall user experience a lot quicker and snappier.
 
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This is a much better PSU and will provide that graphics card with the power it needs, get it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096

And as the other people have said, an SSD will only shorten the loading times of the games you have installed on it. Your actual in-game experience will remain unchanged. I would use the money you save from not getting the SSD to get a 3 TB 7200RPM hard drive. Then you will have tons of room for games.

Or if you really do want an SSD then go with this combo:
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533&ignorebbr=1
 
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The EVO is only $10 cheaper than the 840 Pro and Tom's benchmark tests have proven the 840 Pro to be vastly higher in performance than the EVO...and just about everything else. Plus he would get the longer lasting MLC with the 840 Pro.
 
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So you think an SSD would be better than using the money on a better processor/gpu ?
 
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No, with $120, you could upgrade to these for better in-game and app performance and future proofing:

Intel CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
or
AMD CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284

GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121775
 
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Do not be much swayed by vendor synthetic SSD benchmarks.
They are done with apps that push the SSD to it's maximum using queue lengths of 30 or so.
Most desktop users will do one or two things at a time, so they will see queue lengths of one or two.
What really counts is the response times, particularly for small random I/O. That is what the os does mostly.
For that, the response times of current SSD's are remarkably similar. And quick. They will be 50X faster than a hard drive.
In sequential operations, they will be 2x faster than a hard drive, perhaps 3x if you have a sata3 interface.
Larger SSD's are preferable. They have more nand chips that can be accessed in parallel. Sort of an internal raid-0 if you will.
Also, a SSD will slow down as it approaches full. That is because it will have a harder time finding free nand blocks to do an update without a read/write operation.

That said, if your priority is gaming, then you want at least a cpu/gpu that will give you playable frame rates.
Once your graphics card is in the GTX650ti or 7850 class you will be very playable at 1080P

My rule of thumb is to budget twice your cpu cost for a graphics card.

A FX-6130 is a good budget cpu. At about $120, you should pair it with a $250 GTX760.

If that exceeds your budget, look at a X4-750K @$80 and a GTX650ti boost or possibly a $180 R9-270.

It is not wrong to buy ahead on a component, but I would do so on a cpu first because a graphics card is easier to upgrade later.
In that case, look for an intel quad which is much stronger than the amd offerings.
That would be a i5-3350P at about $180.

As to a ssd, you decide. It is easier to install one up front that it is to reinstall your games later when you decide you really DO want a ssd.

 
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