The best upgrade i can do to this build ?

NuVoxZero

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My current system is

CPU : AMD A10 5800k APU
MOTHERBOARD : BIOSTAR HIFI A85W
MEMORY : G.SKILL RIPJAWS SERIES 8GB ( 4GBX2 )
HARD DRIVE : SEAGATE BARRACUDA 2TB
POWER SUPPLY : CORSAIR CX430

Budget Limit for upgrades is $200 - $250
 
What are your current needs and budget?

For gaming, you'd need to drop in an efficient GPU, but then you'd need to upgrade the power supply as well.

The biggest improvement thought that will add to the general funcionality of the PC will be adding a SSD (120 GB+) and move the OS and the main applications you use to the SSD.
 


mostly rendering & livestreaming and some gaming on the side.

 


Well if you're rendering I would advise to go with an AMD card. As for an SSD, whatever size fits your budget. If you can give us a budget to work with we will be able to help you much more.
 


$150 - $250
 
With a budget like that, you'll be hard pressed to get a real mind-blowing upgrade. If you're satisfied currently with your gaming/rendering performance graphics wise then going with a 128/256 GB SSD is the way to go. The Samsung 840 Pro, Kingston Hyper-X, among others are great SSDs. This way you could copy over your OS to the SSD, thus boosting your boot time ten fold. If you move your apps you use the most to it as well you'll notice worlds of difference in loading times.

If you are wanting to go with more of a Dedicated graphic card approach (since you are just running the integrated chip on the A10 CPU), on that budget I would strongly recommend an AMD7850/7870 (AMD beaats Nvidia hands down for Rendering purposes, but at that price range Nvidia has the advantage in gaming).

If you would like I could post some links to the items I am talking about or feel free to message me on here or Skype (on my profile).
 


Would it be nescessary to buy such a gpu ?
 


And yes can you please link me to some of these item ?

Also is this sdd good ? http://www.Newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-171-567