Thinking about an upgrade

TFPMichael

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I am currently thinking about upgrading my build. I have only $500 to spend on a computer upgrade.

At the moment, I only have a
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad core clocked at 3.8 GHz.
GPU: Don't remember the exact brand/what its clocked out. I think its a Gigabyte, and its a 750 TI.
Installed Memory: 8.00 GB of ram I believe G.Skill ram and its overclocked I believe.
I have two platter hardrives, both 500GB.
and finally a 430 watt powersupply.

My case has two of the four USB ports broken on the front, so that would be apart of the upgrade.

The new computer I am thinking about getting is this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($0.00) (owned)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($0.00) (owned)
Total: $485.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 12:59 EDT-0400

is there anything i should change out, or be worried about not being compatible?


Games currently played:
Digital Combat Simulator
Arma III
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Planet Side 2
Ark Survior
I would like to play Battle Field 3,4 but I bluescreen when a game finishes. I can play at reasonable FPS, don't know if its hardware problem.
 
Solution
I'd up the PSU now, not later (sort of wasting money), the CX series of PSUs use cheap caps and aren't really to be trusted. With a tight budget don't want to buy cheapie components that can end up bricking the whole rig
Are you planning on overclocking?
If you are I suggest you upgrade the power supply to at least 500Watts to be safe, Haswell isn't exactly a power daemon and the GTX750Ti is well respected for its low power consumption but I'd be happier if you added a stronger PSU into the mix.
If you don't intend on overclocking drop the 4690K and go for the i5 4460 or better still the i5 4590 and pair it with a 'H' or even 'B' series motherboard, it'll save quite a bit of cash and you'll only lose out on a few MHz on the CPU clockspeeds (and you can happily keep the little Corsair PSU).
 

TFPMichael

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Well, at the moment overclocking isn't in my head. I would like to actually get a better aftermarket cooler before I thought about overclocking. If I were to overclock it would be six to twelve months down the road.
 
At stock speeds the system you have in mind will run off the little CX430, so no problems there, just bear in mind that it'll be a good idea to upgrade the PSU later down the line when you do jump into overclocking.
Sounds like you're doing what I'm up to: Get an OC friendly rig, run it stock then OC later on when it needs a little boost, something that worked well with my old i5 750 setup. ;)