Upgrading my PC and need some advice

[trose07]

I currently have this

AMD Athlon(tm) II x4 640 Processor 3.00GHz

8 GB of RAM

Radeon HD7770 overclock edition (if that means anything idk)

I want to upgrade so I can play next gen games like Far Cry 4 and other new games on my PC. I can play Shadows of Mordor on medium without a problem and want to ensure this type of performance on higher graphics and more demanding games.

I've been thinking a Radeon R9 270x but don't know what kind of processor to get.

My budget would be about 300$ for both the graphics card and the processor. I've seen the card for about 190$. I've been told a Phenom quad core would be could but I don't know.

What kind of processor should I get in your opinion?

 

[DonkeyRyder]

I have an fx6300 and (had)a r9 270x, it could run far cry 4 on ultra at about 45-50fps. I would definitely recommend the fx 6300 it is very cheap for the quality!

 

[morerice]

@ DonkeyRyder he won't be able to get the fx6300 without also upgrading the motherboard and possibly memory since it's a different socket than the 640.

@ trose07 I'd recommend you save until you can afford a full system upgrade. If you need to upgrade something right now, purchase the graphics card. As I mentioned above, a CPU upgrade usually don't come cheap as they usually come as a package with the motherboard and motherboard compatible ram.

 

[DonkeyRyder]

Oh shit, didn't even see that. Nice catch

 

[trose07]

[quotemsg=15042213,0,413708]@ DonkeyRyder he won't be able to get the fx6300 without also upgrading the motherboard and possibly memory since it's a different socket than the 640.

@ trose07 I'd recommend you save until you can afford a full system upgrade. If you need to upgrade something right now, purchase the graphics card. As I mentioned above, a CPU upgrade usually don't come cheap as they usually come as a package with the motherboard and motherboard compatible ram.[/quotemsg]

is there anything I can do about my processor without a full system upgrade, I'm 15 without a job so that would be a long time waiting to upgrade.

 

[DonkeyRyder]

I don't know man, to look put all your parts into pcpartpicker.com this site will tell you if there is anything wrong when you try to upgrade something.

 

[morerice]

You can see if there are any buyers for your CPU/motherboard/memory on Ebay to make up the difference after you pick the parts you want. Wait for a deal to come along on slickdeal. Or see if you can get a part time job if you have the time.

This is the lowest priced combination I can put together on partpicker. Total comes out to about 360 USD.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mP3rmG

 

[trose07]

[quotemsg=15042526,0,413708]You can see if there are any buyers for your CPU/motherboard/memory on Ebay to make up the difference after you pick the parts you want. Wait for a deal to come along on slickdeal. Or see if you can get a part time job if you have the time.

This is the lowest priced combination I can put together on partpicker. Total comes out to about 360 USD.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mP3rmG [/quotemsg]

That's actually not as bad as I expected for everything. How well would that run next gen games like Far Cry 4 (I know i keep bringing it up but it's the only high end game I can think of) though? As long as can run it on at LEAST medium I'm a happy camper. And my current RAM is 8gb and DDR3 or are the ones you picked specifically meant for that motherboard?

 

[morerice]

It will run on medium settings on 1920x1080 resolution. You can probably even run on high on 1280x1024 resolution.

 

[trose07]

[quotemsg=15042617,0,413708]It will run on medium settings on 1920x1080 resolution. You can probably even run on high on 1280x1024 resolution. [/quotemsg]

that's great, my monitor (which is a small tv) only goes up to 720p so that wont be a problem. Thanks for your help guys, I really appreciate. if you have any more advice please let me know.

 

[morerice]

Mind you this build just barely meets the recommended requirements for the game.

 

[trose07]

[quotemsg=15042646,0,413708]Mind you this build just barely meets the recommended requirements for the game.[/quotemsg]

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/far-cry-4/12380/?p=r

looks to me like they exceed the requirements, although i could be wrong. Besides, aren't reccomened requirements always set for the ultra highest graphics. The XBone and ps4 arent powerful enough for the reccomened settings

 

[morerice]

[quotemsg=15042699,0,1875439][quotemsg=15042646,0,413708]Mind you this build just barely meets the recommended requirements for the game.[/quotemsg]

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/far-cry-4/12380/?p=r

looks to me like they exceed the requirements, although i could be wrong. Besides, aren't reccomened requirements always set for the ultra highest graphics. The XBone and ps4 arent powerful enough for the reccomened settings[/quotemsg]

Those are the minimum requirements and this build meets it no problem. I was speaking to the recommended requirements.

 

[trose07]

[quotemsg=15042740,0,413708][quotemsg=15042699,0,1875439][quotemsg=15042646,0,413708]Mind you this build just barely meets the recommended requirements for the game.[/quotemsg]

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/far-cry-4/12380/?p=r

looks to me like they exceed the requirements, although i could be wrong. Besides, aren't reccomened requirements always set for the ultra highest graphics. The XBone and ps4 arent powerful enough for the reccomened settings[/quotemsg]

Those are the minimum requirements and this build meets it no problem. I was speaking to the recommended requirements.[/quotemsg]

My bad, I didn't see that. Sorry

 

[morerice]

No need to apologize. I hope things work out for you.