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keviny1:
Like the title states I'm going back to school and would like to do a upgrade to last me a while. I'm thinking of either upgrading my 5770 to a his iceq 7850, or my phenom II x4 black 3.4 to something newer. What would ÿøü guys suggest would be my most worthwhile upgrade.

vuzedome:
Upgrade graphics, and you're good to go.

keviny1:
Do you think 7850 would be a worth while or go with something different?

kitamesume:
processor seems fine, well at least its faster than my i3-2100.
ram to 4gb or more is also nice to have, specially if you multi-task so much.
a new harddrive, heck yeah you don't get wrong on that upgrade, specially getting an SSD, gives another life to a sluggish PC.
a better monitor, i remember the joy i had from moving from an 18" crap to a 21" full HD, ohhh the joy, really.

check your PSU first if its rated at least above 300watts(true ratings, not some kinky sticker slapped for design saying its 500watts or so it says, if its generic that is), that HD7850 will drain at least 100watts at average usage which leaves little room for components, at least have a spare of 200watts outside the total power consumption of the processor and GPU as one.

if its generic and has a sticker of 500watts on it, stick to a HD7770 to be safe, or buy a 40$ seasonic or antec 400watt PSU, it works i tell you.


outside of these common upgrade paths, whats your reason of upgrading anyway? feeling sluggy? or just felt upgrading?
reason for asking is because that rig can last you at least two more years if you're outside the field of heavy gaming.

keviny1:
My pay is actually new, it's a crossair tx750.
The reason for the upgrade is that mu pc is starting to feel a bit sluggish, I'm also using a eyefinity setup on one 5770 so I was thinking that this was probally the problem

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