Computer Upgrade, 550$ Budget.

[BetrayedOf52]

My current setup: I kind of hate my case at this point... I feel like I made a poor choice when picking it not sure if it can even fit the newer GPUS.. also not sure how solid my PSU is.


AZZA Armour Gaming Case - Red http://www.amazon.ca/AZZA-Mid-Tower-.../dp/B0090XX0AU
Intel® Core™ i5-4670K
Corsair H55 Liquid Cooling
8 gigs Corsair ram
Crossfire Radeon 7770 x2
Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 -- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x USB 3.0, 6x SATA-III 6Gb/s
850 Watt - AZZA Dynamo 850W ( VERY UNSURE how this is )
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
Intel 530 Series 240g SSD ( not installed yet ) http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820167175
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

[Lathais]

Are you having any difficulties running anything or just wanting to upgrade to upgrade?

[BetrayedOf52]

I have to spend 500$. I can't put it in my savings etc. Iv been giving the opportunity to use 500$ as a gift and it's either upgrade my PC which yes works fine for me, or buy a PS4 haha.

[Deleted]

Get a new PSU, and a new gpu.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($428.78 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($108.97 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $537.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-10 17:48 EDT-0400

Could go for a cheaper PSU, I am thinking the 550 bronze version. Other possibility would be to drop down the gpu to a 290 or 290x.

[BetrayedOf52]

Get a new PSU, and a new gpu.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($419.98 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($92.98 @ NCIX)
Total: $512.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-10 17:47 EDT-0400

Could go for a cheaper PSU, I am thinking the 550 bronze version. Or take a 290x, I saw the windforce for 380.

So you do think my PSU is cheap ? I was worried getting a GPU and not replacing the 850W might blow it.

[Deleted]

I have never heard of Azza as a PSU manufacturer/seller. It might be good, but I just fall back on seasonic/XFX. Because I know those are good PSU's.

I also adjusted my list to only use amazon, assuming the giftcard is for amazon only

[Remilia]

I'd chuck the PSU.

12V lanes are as follow.
+12V1@18A
+12V2@18A
+12V3@20A
+12V4@22A
Even if you can add them up together, it doesn't amount to 850Ws. It costs $75 for a 700W PSU with no 80+ rating and 2 year warranty to boot.
Nothing wrong with multi-rail when it's set up well, but it's not fitting for a 700W PSU.

[Lathais]

Get a new PSU, and a new gpu.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($428.78 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($108.97 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $537.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-10 17:48 EDT-0400

Could go for a cheaper PSU, I am thinking the 550 bronze version. Other possibility would be to drop down the gpu to a 290 or 290x.

If he is not having any problems running anything, I would not spring for the new GPU. He did say he does not like his case though. I would go for a new case, load it with fans and PSU. The rest of the money could be spent on peripherals.

What kind of monitors/keyboard/mouse/headset are you currently using OP?

[Remilia]

If you want, you can go with the XFX XTR model. It's a derivative of the SeaSonic X model as far as I know and it has a life time warranty if you register it within 30 days of purchasing otherwise 5 years.

[BetrayedOf52]

I would want a PSU that I could slap a r9 290x in it for example later if I wanted. is 550W really enough?

[Remilia]

Yes. It won't be enough if you decided to stick another one in though.

[Lathais]

As long as you are not planning on running dual GPUs, yeah, 550 is more than enough.

[Nellah]

My full setup, with an R9 290, overclocked i5-4670K, three internal drives, two 24" Dell IPS monitors, and a 3-speaker setup with subwoofer draws ~500W at the wall. Total, counting "Bronze" power supply inefficiencies (measured with a Kill-A-Watt). The computer itself draws about 370 watts. You'll be perfectly fine with anything 500+ watt for single-GPU setups.