EVGA bundles discounts + some guidance

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• Quizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,499

  November 2018

  That's a lot of money for that hardware, though it might be fine if the price is driven by taxes.
  
  Where do you live (meaning, which country) and where can you buy hardware?  At least in the United States, if that's about the level of performance you're looking for, it's massively cheaper to get it in a Radeon RX 570 than it is to go with Nvidia.  But difference places can have different prices for mysterious reasons, and what matters to you is the price you're paying locally.
  
  If you're looking to get faster hardware, then you really should think replacement, not upgrade.  Your current CPU is just shy of a decade old, while your video card is the bottom of the line Maxwell GPU from just under five years ago.  Get something nice for one part and you'll immediately be held back by another.
  
  Also, any modern CPU will require DDR4 memory, so you'll be looking at replacing the memory, too, not just the CPU and motherboard. That probably also means a new OS license.  You might as well install it on a new SSD, as they've gotten so cheap these days and you surely want more than 120 GB of space for a gaming rig.  At that point, if you're replacing everything but the case, you might as well replace the case, too, and keep the old computer functional.

  
• Manasu Member UncommonPosts: 212

  November 2018 edited November 2018

  Quizzical said:

  That's a lot of money for that hardware, though it might be fine if the price is driven by taxes.
  
  Where do you live (meaning, which country) and where can you buy hardware?  At least in the United States, if that's about the level of performance you're looking for, it's massively cheaper to get it in a Radeon RX 570 than it is to go with Nvidia.  But difference places can have different prices for mysterious reasons, and what matters to you is the price you're paying locally.
  
  If you're looking to get faster hardware, then you really should think replacement, not upgrade.  Your current CPU is just shy of a decade old, while your video card is the bottom of the line Maxwell GPU from just under five years ago.  Get something nice for one part and you'll immediately be held back by another.
  
  Also, any modern CPU will require DDR4 memory, so you'll be looking at replacing the memory, too, not just the CPU and motherboard. That probably also means a new OS license.  You might as well install it on a new SSD, as they've gotten so cheap these days and you surely want more than 120 GB of space for a gaming rig.  At that point, if you're replacing everything but the case, you might as well replace the case, too, and keep the old computer functional.

  Thank you for your response!

  
  

  I live in Europe (Greece specifically), so unfortunately I don't have access to US only shipping options.

  With a fast search, at my nation's stores I've found an Asus Radeon RX 570 4GB, with the lowest price at 170e.

  And a Sapphire VGA Radeon RX 570 Nintro+ 8GB at 200e
  

  
  

  I was thinking that EVGA bundle was decent.. I see your point, maybe a replacement is the best option, but with the ~600e I don't know how far can I get.

  Although I'm note sure on what I should be looking for with all the "discounts" taking place this period...
  

  
  

  Post edited by Manasu on November 2018

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• Bloodaxes Member EpicPosts: 4,662

  November 2018 edited November 2018

  I was considering buying a gpu from evga directly, but the shipping costs are crazy. Just to let you know in advance.
  
  Also, if you're giving RX 570/580 and so on a thought, overclockers.co.uk has some great black friday discounts for amd cards + you get 2-3 free games that have not released yet! (Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 2 Remastered & Division 2).

  
  
• ceratop001 Member RarePosts: 1,594

  November 2018

   Basically your working with 684 dollars. You could upgrade to atleast and i5 processor and a 1060 based on that budget. You would be cutting it close, but not sure what taxes are like in your country.