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    Looking to upgrade

    Hi. I'm looking to upgrade my current setup and I'm looking for some suggestions. Any help would be appreciated. My current setup is AMD FX6300 2.8GHz, MSI 970 gaming MB, Gigabyte Radeon HD7870 2GB, 16GB Corsair Vegeance DDR3 2133MHz. Budget £200-250.

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    Re: Looking to upgrade

    What applications/games is it for, and what do you find frustrating about your current rig?

    There isn't much that can be done in that budget, I would expect splashing £250 on a GPU would be the biggest boost if you are gaming. RAM costing what it does, you won't get a Ryzen update in that budget.

    Edit: Oh, PSU spec will be useful as well
    Another edit: 2GB of VRAM will hurt in many games now.

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    Re: Looking to upgrade

    Happy days!! My budget has increased to about £350, £400 at a push Will be for gaming. My PSU is a 650w Corsair.

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    Re: Looking to upgrade

    A 1070 graphics card:

    https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1873?vs=1731

    That compares with an R7 370, I think that would be closer to your card's performance than the 7850 listed on there.

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    Re: Looking to upgrade

    Ordered my new parts yesterday. Thank you for the help

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    Re: Looking to upgrade

    Quote Originally Posted by Matt_2000_17 View Post
    Ordered my new parts yesterday. Thank you for the help
    Oh don't tease, what did you end up going for

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    Re: Looking to upgrade

    Quote Originally Posted by DanceswithUnix View Post
    Oh don't tease, what did you end up going for
    Hehe!! I got a Ryzen 3 1200 cpu, 8GB (2×4GB) corsair DDR4, Gigabyte AB350 Gaming MB and a Radeon RX560 4GB GDDR5.

    Got these so it allowed me to upgrade again at a later date. Will increase RAM to 16GB quite quickly and I'm not too fussed about gaming with ultra/high settings.

    Edit: Now had to buy Win 10 because I didn't know Win 7 doesn't support Ryzen.
    Last edited by Matt_2000_17; 04-01-2018 at 06:04 AM.

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    Re: Looking to upgrade

    Maybe not helpful now but you can upgrade windows 7 to windows 10 for free still.

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