Upgrade Advice? (About 400$ Budget)

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#1  Edited By Blurzabee
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I bought my first gaming computer last year, and am looking to upgrade the Graphics Card from a GT 610 to the GTX 1050 Ti (FTW), which runs about $159.99 on Amazon.

My problem is I'm not really all that computer savvy, so I'd really love to get some advice on what else I might need to upgrade along the way. I've tried researching it but it just ends up giving me lots of mixed reviews and opinions. I've had a few that tell me I won't need to upgrade at all, and a few that tell me I'll need to upgrade practically every part. So I thought it best to finally just give out my specs and ask someone whose probably more trustworthy than random google results.

Here are my current specs;

GeForce GT 610
MSI 760GMA-P34(FX)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core
8GB RAM
1 TB Hard Drive
450 Watt Power Supply

Hoping this information is enough. I don't have a very big budget... $400 is probably as high as I could go, but I'd really like if I could keep it below that mark if at all possible. Thank you all in advance for the help!

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#2 PfizersaurusRex
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With that budget it would make sense to get an i3 CPU, DDR3 motherboard and a new GPU.

CPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117734

MB: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132696

GPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007709%20601201888%20600007787%20600286741%20600358543

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#3  Edited By jun_aka_pekto
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I'd go with an i3 6100, a DDR3 motherboard (ASUS B150M-K D3 LGA 1151), and an RX 480 in place of the GTX 1050 Ti, assuming your PSU is halfway decent. Reuse the remaining PC parts. Otherwise, go above $400 to add a decent PSU.

If I were to buy the above at my regular stop (newegg.com), it would cost $380.

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@blurzabee said:

I bought my first gaming computer last year, and am looking to upgrade the Graphics Card from a GT 610 to the GTX 1050 Ti (FTW), which runs about $159.99 on Amazon.

My problem is I'm not really all that computer savvy, so I'd really love to get some advice on what else I might need to upgrade along the way. I've tried researching it but it just ends up giving me lots of mixed reviews and opinions. I've had a few that tell me I won't need to upgrade at all, and a few that tell me I'll need to upgrade practically every part. So I thought it best to finally just give out my specs and ask someone whose probably more trustworthy than random google results.

Here are my current specs;

GeForce GT 610

MSI 760GMA-P34(FX)

AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core

8GB RAM

1 TB Hard Drive

450 Watt Power Supply

Hoping this information is enough. I don't have a very big budget... $400 is probably as high as I could go, but I'd really like if I could keep it below that mark if at all possible. Thank you all in advance for the help!

Keep the RAM, PSU and HDD

buy: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/n6Q4jc

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Wait for Ryzen 5

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#6  Edited By Joshuab90
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I'd go with an i7 CPU. Reviews and information on that CPU and other suggestions can be found here - Https://www.gamewire.org/pc-gaming/best-cpus-for-gaming/

For graphics, I'd do the Radeon RD 460 or you can take a look at the others here. https://www.gamewire.org/pc-gaming/best-budget-graphics-card/

Hope this helps!

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#7 MonsieurX
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@joshuab90 said:

I'd go with an i7 CPU. Reviews and information on that CPU and other suggestions can be found here - Https://www.gamewire.org/pc-gaming/best-cpus-for-gaming/

For graphics, I'd do the Radeon RD 460 or you can take a look at the others here. https://www.gamewire.org/pc-gaming/best-budget-graphics-card/

Hope this helps!

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