Upgrading my PC for less than or equal to price of a PS4

[UndefinedViewer]

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my PC to run as well as a PS4 and for about the same price or less. I'm not sure if it's possible but that's why I'm here.

These are my computer's specs:

AMD A10-5800K APU
MSI FM5MA-E35 motherboard
8 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 kit
500 GB Western Digital Caviar Blue hard drive
430W Corsair CX430 Power supply

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Your PSU is insufficient, but I imagine you can swap that out without too much trouble.

Would recommend 650W.

[zombie cat]

try and get the new 950ti. should be plenty for your needs.

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Publicado originalmente por Zombie Cat:

try and get the new 950ti. should be plenty for your needs.

R9 280 would be more powerful. Coupled with that deal and the predicted price point for the GTX 950Ti, the R9 280 would be the better choice.

Either way, I don't think that PSU can stay. You need more wattage.

[zombie cat]

Publicado originalmente por Herman:

Publicado originalmente por Zombie Cat:

try and get the new 950ti. should be plenty for your needs.

R9 280 would be more powerful. Coupled with that deal and the predicted price point for the GTX 950Ti, the R9 280 would be the better choice.

Either way, I don't think that PSU can stay. You need more wattage.

the 950ti wouldnt need a new psu, the 280 would..soo for op that would be the more ideal budget choice.

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A Playstation 4 is about $400, right?

That gives him $400 to play with.

Publicado originalmente por Zombie Cat:

Publicado originalmente por Herman:

R9 280 would be more powerful. Coupled with that deal and the predicted price point for the GTX 950Ti, the R9 280 would be the better choice.

Either way, I don't think that PSU can stay. You need more wattage.

the 950ti wouldnt need a new psu, the 280 would..soo for op that would be the more ideal budget choice.

[SundownKid]

I would get a GTX 960. 400W requirement and weak enough that it won't bottleneck with that CPU. Put the rest in your new computer fund for later.

[UndefinedViewer]

I don't want to spend too much here but I am willing to upgrade my PSU if it'ss gonna give me significantly better performance. Also, would you suppose with those upgrades I will be able to play Fallout 4 on decent settings without much lag?

Besides gaming I also use my PC for normal stuff like listening to music, browsing the web, downloading various programs, etc... Would the fact that my computer isn't dedicated JUST to gaming majorly affect my computer's performance while I'm gaming? It's not like I'd be running a bunch of programs in the background while I game but I'm just not sure if all the extra programs would affect the computer's performance significantly and cause my games to lag more and run worse.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

CX-430 is fine a GTX 960

Anything higher and you might as well save up for a new PC build.

Maybe an SSD and then clean install your OS to that.

[UndefinedViewer]

Publicado originalmente por Bad-Motha:

CX-430 is fine a GTX 960

Anything higher and you might as well save up for a new PC build.

Maybe an SSD and then clean install your OS to that.

Thanks. Would my PSU be in danger of overheating at all since the GTX 960 requires 400W?

Also, I see the GTX 960 comes in 2GB and 4GB. Which would you recommend?

And do you have any recommendations for an SSD?

[NaughtyNerd]

Publicado originalmente por UndefinedViewer:

Publicado originalmente por Bad-Motha:

CX-430 is fine a GTX 960

Anything higher and you might as well save up for a new PC build.

Maybe an SSD and then clean install your OS to that.

Thanks. Would my PSU be in danger of overheating at all since the GTX 960 requires 400W?

Also, I see the GTX 960 comes in 2GB and 4GB. Which would you recommend?

And do you have any recommendations for an SSD?

Cant say anything about the 960, but for the SSD i would go for the Samsung Evo 850. The 120GB version costs about 68€ (75$). And ALWAYS dont try to save money with SPU. Better more power then you realy need. You can destroy your PC just by saving 20 bugs with overheating. All modules in your PC get effected by the temperature and less heat means better output.

[SundownKid]

Publicado originalmente por UndefinedViewer:

Publicado originalmente por Bad-Motha:

CX-430 is fine a GTX 960

Anything higher and you might as well save up for a new PC build.

Maybe an SSD and then clean install your OS to that.

Thanks. Would my PSU be in danger of overheating at all since the GTX 960 requires 400W?

Also, I see the GTX 960 comes in 2GB and 4GB. Which would you recommend?

And do you have any recommendations for an SSD?

It doesn't "require" 400W, it just recommends it as a minimum for the system. The card itself uses 120W. A 400W PSU will work fine.

4GB 960 only useful for high res textures. If you like texture modding and such (Skyrim, etc.) then it's better.

With your budget I wouldn't recommend an SSD. Rather, use the money to save up to get an i5 CPU and motherboard. That will give you more gaming performance and upgradeability.

[UndefinedViewer]

Publicado originalmente por SundownKid:

Publicado originalmente por UndefinedViewer:

Thanks. Would my PSU be in danger of overheating at all since the GTX 960 requires 400W?

Also, I see the GTX 960 comes in 2GB and 4GB. Which would you recommend?

And do you have any recommendations for an SSD?

It doesn't "require" 400W, it just recommends it as a minimum for the system. The card itself uses 120W. A 400W PSU will work fine.

4GB 960 only useful for high res textures. If you like texture modding and such (Skyrim, etc.) then it's better.

With your budget I wouldn't recommend an SSD. Rather, use the money to save up to get an i5 CPU and motherboard. That will give you more gaming performance and upgradeability.

Thank you very much for the advice. I apologize that I'm a noob to this stuff. I built this computer like 1 1/2 years ago and haven't been much in to computers since then so I lost what little knowledge I had.

So, would you say that by upgrading to a GTX 960 my computer could outperform or at least run as well as a PS4?

[NaughtyNerd]

Publicado originalmente por UndefinedViewer:

Publicado originalmente por SundownKid:

So, would you say that by upgrading to a GTX 960 my computer could outperform or at least run as well as a PS4?

Of corse it would. The 960 is just a downgraded 970/980, they use the same chip. But more important then the picturequality are the fps. With a 60 Hz monitor you get up to 60fps, the PS4 will mostly run at 30fps, some games can be played at 60fps, but often only at 900p.

[UndefinedViewer]

Publicado originalmente por mitch2211:

Publicado originalmente por UndefinedViewer:

Of corse it would. The 960 is just a downgraded 970/980, they use the same chip. But more important then the picturequality are the fps. With a 60 Hz monitor you get up to 60fps, the PS4 will mostly run at 30fps, some games can be played at 60fps, but often only at 900p.

Thanks. I'm just curious now, could you help me find out how many Hz my monitor is? It's a Gateway LP1925. I couldn't find any of the specs online but maybe I didn't look hard enough. And I didn't see it say it on the back of the monitor

[SundownKid]

IMO, that monitor's resolution is a little low You won't get the full PC experience without a 1080p monitor. Only then will you truly notice the difference with PS4. Regardless of the hertz I suggest you sell that one and buy a 1080p monitor, the cheapest are $85-100 on Amazon, or if you are strapped for cash you could look for a used one on Craigslist, etc.