Upgrade PC Parts or Purchase A Nicer, More Expensive PC?

LMHStudios

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Hello,
I've recently bought a PC which I'm moderately happy with, but not at all what performance level I was expecting. Unless you can recommend some parts to upgrade this computer to an absolute monster of a gaming PC, then I'm gonna need to know if I should invest in another computer.
(Current PC: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229285)

This PC I found looks and seems amazing, and it is a considerable upgrade fomr my previous purchase. I realize the price is quite extensive if you compare it to my first PC, which is why I want to know if it is worth the price.
(New PC: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229285)

Let me know what you would recommend: Repair (Cost range is little under $500) or sell the "old" one and obtain the new PC. When my budget currently, I know that it will take me awhile to get to either of these prices I need. I just wanna know if I need to be investing for $200-300 or $1.4K computer.

Games: CS:GO, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, League of Legends, Minecraft, DayZ, Far Cry 4, and some others. (Note: These are games I would like to run at pretty darn good settings.)

Thanks for the help,
Lucas
 

mas7873

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It depends really, if I were you I'd sell the PC you already have and work on a new build from pcpartpicker. That way you will get the best possible deals on parts. What would your budget be for a new PC? And do you prefer intel/AMD/either?
 

-Lone-

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Yeah, never buy a whole pc with the parts picked out for you, lol, there's always some crappy part, at least one. But if you want this $1.4k build, do you need a monitor or OS? I'll start building.
 

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Don't feel as if you "must" spend 1.4k as well OP, you can build quite a nice rig for 1k. Entirely up to you, but I'll let Lone handle this one as I really should get to bed, since trying to code at 8am with little sleep isn't very productive.
 

-Lone-

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I should've been in bed 3 hrs ago, it's 3am :)
 

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I have currently have a monitor, but a build would be most appreciated!
 

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So with this build you've shown me, is the i5 processor good enough to maintain everything, or would an i7 be better, or just overkill?
 

-Lone-

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i5 is more for gaming, only consider i7 if you're going to do some video editing and stuff, so if you do little to non, then it's not worth the $100 extra. Even though I got i7 too when I only game :)

Edit: Also, do you need an OS or do you already have it? I'll have to factor it in and downgrade something if you do need it to stay below $1.4k.
 

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The link to the new PC takes me to the old one. See if you can get it to work to get a better idea of your upgrade.

Your old PC isn't going to give you great gaming performance at all. As far as upgrading it, I don't know what motherboard it has, so I can't recommend a CPU, or what kind of RAM you can upgrade to. Off the top of my head, some possible CPU upgrades would be the FX-6300 (your board definitely supports it), an FX8350 (your board might support it). You'd need a cooler to keep it cool as the stock AMD unit is a good paperweight. That's about as far as you can go with AMD. Anything more and you'll want to go Intel. For RAM It's running 1333 MHz now, so I am not sure if you could go 1600/1866. 8 GB is enough for most all games. You can go 16 GB if you wanted, which for the best performance while keeping it under $1400 is your best bet. You could get a new video card. That would do the most to help your gaming performance. Something like an R9 290x (provided your power supply can run it- need at least 600 watts). or an R9 290. You could also go to the faster GTX 970 for about the same money.

My suggestion for a new build (or a prebuilt PC from Newegg)

Processor: Intel i7-4770k or 4790 if you don't want to overclock.
Motherboard: There are lots: I like MSI's Z97 Gaming 7, ASRock's Z97 Extreme4/6, Gigabyte's Z97x Gaming 5, or ASUS's Maximus VI Hero.
Cooler: (stock Intel is fine if you aren't overclocking) I also like Zalman's coolers, something like the cnps-8900 series.
RAM: Any good 2100/2400 MHz 8 or 16 GB kit
Power supply: Corsair's semi-modular CX600 or EVGA's Super Nova 750 G2 for under $120.
Video card: Definitely go with the GTX970- it meets or beats the fastest single-GPU card from AMD 290x. If you want to go crazy, get the 980, or do a pair of R9 290's in CrossFireX
Case: use your imagination. There are tons. Use a good brand, Corsair, NZXT, Rosewill, Cooler Master, Antec.
You'll need a DVD drive (salvage it from your old PC)
HDD: salvage it from your old PC and add an SSD like Samsung's 840 Pro 128/256GB for your OS.

That's my suggestions. Those parts will get you easy 60 FPS in those games at 1080p.
 

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https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/New_Year_Deal_X99/ - There is the link!
 

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I would need an OS, and I don't need to stay below 1.4K, I really can go anything under 2K
 

-Lone-

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lol, okay, I'll modify some things then.
 

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Wow! That's a huge upgrade from your old PC! I will say this: If you're only going to be gaming, that is overkill. A 6-core CPU will do about the same in games as the four core i7, or even the i5. You'll see little difference between the two. Unless you're going to be video editing, handbrake, music production, etc., you won't use a fraction of the 6 core's capabilities. Games aren't really optimized for the hexacore processors. Lone is correct in that for your case, an i5 will do just fine. Also, the card I recommended is a lot better. If I were you, I'd save your money, go with the parts I suggested, and invest in a nice monitor setup. For an OS, I recommend Windows 7 Pro. A lot of people recommend Windows 8, but if you aren't familiar with Windows, then there will be a learning curve.