Building a Gaming PC for 1080p for Under $550

[amak11]

CladInShadows said:

amak11 said:

I'm with you here! However i only upgrade to remove bottlenecks. The last one I did I went from a pentium dual core (e6500) to my current AMD FX-6300, new ATX format motherboard (since I had a mATX one before) and faster RAM. Next major upgrades in my household are required by two computers we have, that said replacing 7 year old hard drives before they die.

I generally do a "full upgrade" every 3-4 years.  That doesn't include stuff like computer case, monitor, hard drives, and other peripherals.  Just the basics like vid card, RAM, mobo, and processor. And possibly power supply. I usually go a couple steps down from "top of the line" so it ends up costing me 1000-1200 every 3-4 years. And that's Canadian dollars, for what it's worth.

I know that feeling as a fellow Canadian. I just try to find a nice middle ground. I only paid around 340 dollars for my upgrades, but then again I went with 4gb of RAM instead of something like 8gb. I didn't but in to ASUS or Gigabyte for motherboards, I went with a cheaper MSI board and the RAM I got was only like 60 bucks and its gaming RAM. Although upgrades I want to do is RAM and video card, what I need to is hard drive. I try to think, what's going to last 6-7  or even 8 years.