Hi. I'm planning to upgrade my PC. Current Spec:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4400@2Ghz stock now @2.6-3Ghz
Cooling: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
MoBo: Asus P5K
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Memory: Geil DDR2 4x1GB 800Mhz Ultra CL4
And ofc some hard drive, optical drive, good power supply, case etc.
I'm using my PC mostly to watch movies but i would be happy to play some of the newest games in sensible framerate on medium/high settings with occasionaly recording working alongside. Games that come into my mind is Skyrim, WoW, Minecraft, SimCity. In future maybe Watch Dogs, Saints Row IV, GTAV (if it will be released eventualy on PC) My budget is 1600zł (Yes... Poland) which is about 500$ (1$ - 3.16zł) but in real world is more like 400$.
I think I only need CPU/APU, Motherboard, Memory and maybe GPU. Rest of it i will salvage from my current PC. I checked my preffered shop and came with this:
With motherboard i can't decide:
or
Memory: Kingston DDR3 2x4GB 2400MHz CL11 HyperX Beast
My question is: Is it good? What video card I could throw into it to boost it in the future? (Crossfire?) And last one. If You dear people know any build in that range (max 500$) with normal CPU and GPU. Thanks and sorry for any possible grammar or spelling mistake (chrome autocheck is apparently not working).
P.S. I know that budget is low and expectations are high but I believe in the "Tek Syndicate" community :)