Upgrading my hardware

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Don Makaveli

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Hello,I want to upgrade my EXTREMELY dated hardware for Shogun Total war 2 and Elder Scrolls Skyrim,I was wondering how much it would cost and what I need to upgrade.I have 2 GB of ram so I believe I'm good,I would like to get a Dual Core processor.
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Time of this report: 8/6/2011, 23:20:18
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The fastest processor it supports is a Core 2 E6700.

Plus a better video card. But you would probably need to upgrade your power supply. What make and model is the power supply.

Really on a older computer like that. You would be better off saving up some more and do a new build.
 
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StrangleHold said:
The fastest processor it supports is a Core 2 E6700.

Plus a better video card. But you would probably need to upgrade your power supply. What make and model is the power supply.

Really on a older computer like that. You would be better off saving up some more and do a new build.
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Really?
Do you know the highest video card my board Accepts?
I would like a Radeon HD 5200 but I can't seem to find if It supports PCI Express 2.1 x16.
If not,Then,Any cheap Boards worth Replacing for?
I have an AGS series 620W
 
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AGS is a A-Power brand power supply, pretty much a lowend unit.

It has a PCIe X16 slot, it can run pretty much any PCIe video card. But your pretty much restricted on how good of a card you can run because of the power supply.

How much are you wanting to spend on a video card? Plus if you dont upgrade the processor, that Celeron running a 2ghz. will bottleneck a good card.
 
StrangleHold said:
AGS is a A-Power brand power supply, pretty much a lowend unit.

It has a PCIe X16 slot, it can run pretty much any PCIe video card. But your pretty much restricted on how good of a card you can run because of the power supply.

How much are you wanting to spend on a video card? Plus if you dont upgrade the processor, that Celeron running a 2ghz. will bottleneck a good card.
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Def getting a new processor.2 GHZ single core is ridiculously low.
I want to get a ATI Radeon HD 6000 Series.
Basically,New power supply,CPU and Video card?
 
New everything. Trash the other computer and start fresh, it's not worth having a hodge podge machine if mixed and matched parts IMO.
 
Look i think an E6700 and a HD5770 with a CX430 would do this guy fine. Make a massive difference in every day computing and gaming, for about

E6700

CX430 PSU

HD5770

All for $250. Gives the guy gaming and a spritely computer for less than a new system.

But if you have the money to spend say $700, then you can ebay your current bits, and we can help design a better system altogether.
 
bigfellla said:
Look i think an E6700 and a HD5770 with a CX430 would do this guy fine. Make a massive difference in every day computing and gaming, for about

E6700

CX430 PSU

HD5770

All for $250. Gives the guy gaming and a spritely computer for less than a new system.

But if you have the money to spend say $700, then you can ebay your current bits, and we can help design a better system altogether.
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700$ Maximum?
250$ Minimum?
Amazing,I was thinking I would spend close to 2K$
I think I'll have to ask my dad about the budget,I'm only 13 so I really don't have that money but he knows I need a new computer and we have been talking about it.He's the one who built my current one BTW.
I'll get back to you on the budget later.
You guys are extremely helpful,Thanks to everyone.
 
Don Makaveli said:
700$ Maximum?
250$ Minimum?
Amazing,I was thinking I would spend close to 2K$
I think I'll have to ask my dad about the budget,I'm only 13 so I really don't have that money but he knows I need a new computer and we have been talking about it.He's the one who built my current one BTW.
I'll get back to you on the budget later.
You guys are extremely helpful,Thanks to everyone.
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You don't really need to spend $2k on the tower to run current game.
$1.2k should be enough.
 
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