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Hey Guys ! just looking for some information at the moment ! please can anyone advise me on upgrading my pc so it is better to play games ! not rich so only looking to make minor upgrades to improve :)

My budget is: looking to see what advice you guys give and then i can save up
I live in: Manchester England UK
this is my current set up it isnt amazing it just suited at the time - windows 10 - intel(r) core (tm) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20 GHz - Geforce GTX 650 - 500gb harddrive- 8gb of RAM - fan: asetek 510LCliquid cooling system w/120mm radioator(asetek CPU water cooling***Overclockable XXX***) - Motherboard: Gigbyte B85M-HD3 Intel B85 Chipset, Micro ATX Mainboard w/ 2ram slots, 7.1 audio, hdmi, gblan, usb3.0, sata-III, 1x gen2 PCle x16, 2XGen 2 PCle x1 & 1 x PCI - power supply : 450 watt standard power
Gaming resolution : ill just be using my current monitor - 1920 X 1080 59Hz
What are you planning to do with the pc?: gaming and general use

please can someone suggest some upgrades within a reasonable price range that would be really appreciated !
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i would start off by upgrading the PSU and the GPU and then an extra 8gb ram. but it all depends on how much you have available, one thing is, dont upgrade the GPU before the PSU because im, afraid it wont be able to handle it
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[QUOTE="itsZdan, post: 37651, member: 9033"]i would start off by upgrading the PSU and the GPU and then an extra 8gb ram. but it all depends on how much you have available, one thing is, dont upgrade the GPU before the PSU because im, afraid it wont be able to handle it[/QUOTE]
Do you have any recommendations on psu?
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i would go with something at least 600W but thats as far as i can help you, its not really my field of expertise...
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[QUOTE="itsZdan, post: 37691, member: 9033"]i would go with something at least 600W but thats as far as i can help you, its not really my field of expertise...[/QUOTE]
thanks for your help ! puts me at a starting point :D
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Just how much money are you willing to spend because your greatest bottleneck right now is your gpu and unless its a super crappy psu it should be able to handle a current gen gpu as they are really efficient there wont be much headroom but it should be able to handle it until you can get something better, but if you are looking for small cheap improvements i would start with and extra 8gb ram and maybe an ssd
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[QUOTE="h3ll0j3ll0, post: 37708, member: 11587"]Just how much money are you willing to spend because your greatest bottleneck right now is your gpu and unless its a super crappy psu it should be able to handle a current gen gpu as they are really efficient there wont be much headroom but it should be able to handle it until you can get something better, but if you are looking for small cheap improvements i would start with and extra 8gb ram and maybe an ssd[/QUOTE]
psu is 450W, and an SSD is not an upgrade to the system, its a commodity, plenty of other stuff to be done before that
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Yeah i know its a 450w but is it a shitty pre-built oem or is it from a more reputable brand, because if its shitty oem I wouldnt be comfortable to put much load on it but if it is a reputable brand i would. As for the ssd, i find that an ssd is as much as a comodity as a good gpu. The overall repsonsiveness of the OS is drastically improved compared to an old harddrive. But it all depends on what kind of budget he has.
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Here's the thing with the PSU...You are currently are just above the minimum wattage for your graphics card as recommended by Nvidia. If you are going to upgrade your Graphics Card at any point you will likely end up having to replace the PSU with it.

As for the current setup the biggest bang for your buck would be adding memory. One thought on that is you only have 2 slots so if you have 2 x 4GB sticks you will have to buy 2 x 8GB to max your board.

Adding a SSD even a cheap small one and setting your OS page partition on it will help as well during memory intensive times. Otherwise I suggest a SSD for the entire OS but that requires a re-install of windows in your case.

Hope this helps.
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Here is my suggestion:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KwdTYr
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Thats ddr4 memmory, he has ddr3
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[QUOTE="h3ll0j3ll0, post: 38177, member: 11587"]Thats ddr4 memmory, he has ddr3[/QUOTE]
You are correct, I must have not set the filter when I was searching.
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