What to upgrade first?

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darkspadez

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So right before christmas i bought this computer build for $500 and was wondering what I should upgrade first.

Specs:
MOBO - MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz - No overclock but did do core unlock so now a quad core
CPUFAN - one that came with the cpu
VGA - MSI AMD 4350
RAM - 4gb - 2x1gb 1x2gb
SSD - 60gb Crucial Real SSD at 3gb/s capable of 6gb/s
HDD - 160gb Sata 3gb/s
PSU/Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147117
 
Yeah, I would honestly try to upgrade the GPU and HDD first, as they're bottlenecking the rest of your pretty decent rig HORRIBLY (160GB on a HDD is pitiful, no offense). Those seem to be the worst parts in your rig right now, IMHO. What is your budget for the upgrades? That will impact how many parts you can upgrade and what you can upgrade to.
 
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Definitely agree with them. A nicer graphics card would be nice. And how do you fit all your stuff on that tiny HDD, I use way more then 160gb easy.
 
Well I have a 1tb external. I plan on buying it in parts I get paid about 80 a week. I was looking at a bigfoot graphics cars to help on lag on some games. Also do u think I got a good deal on my rig?
 
Size of HDD can not bottleneck a computer. That's just stupid. He's got an SSD in there which is basically as fast as it gets. If he's got all the storage space he needs, there's absolutely no reason to upgrade.

If I were you, I'd be worried about the PSU before you start upgrading parts. Even the cheapest cases are about $50, so I can't imagine how cheap that PSU must be. Reflex knows the most about PSUs, but I'd say off-hand you want to get rid of that thing. Rosewill is just newegg rebranding other parts, so I have no idea where they got the parts for it. Plus, it says nothing about energy certification. I'd really hate for you to go out and buy a good GPU then find out your PSU isn't up to snuff when the boards fry. Look into it, find out exactly what you've got and what you can do with it.
 
That was poor wording on my part, sorry. I meant that the GPU is bottlenecking his rig and intended to separately note that the HDD isn't very good. D;
 
Personally, I'd say upgrade the PSU, as that'll give you the additional power for any and all future upgrades (depending on how much power the PSU supplies).

Also, what kind of RAM are you using? Just wondering.
 
You should be able to squeeze by with that psu as long as you dont have to much other stuff running but i you had the extra cash, then you could upgrade both and probably get some free shipping when ordering together
 
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lolcopter said:
You should be able to squeeze by with that psu as long as you dont have to much other stuff running but i you had the extra cash, then you could upgrade both and probably get some free shipping when ordering together
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Don't do this. It could potentially kill your system. You don't want that, do you?
 
New psu first DEFINITELY, I am not sure if they are still for sale, buy I got my corsair cx400 for 30$, and it is running my system with a GTX 460, 9500gt, two hdds, a quad core cpu and 4 sticks of high voltage ram just fine. Then a gpu. I have a nice gtx460 768mb for sale in the trade section if interested ;).
 
NEW GPU for sure. you can get a gts 450 for like $90-$130 and it plays games perfectly

and get a new HDD cuz 160gb isnt enough space for everything
 
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