Need help with desktop upgrades

[THoward711]

Here is a link of the pc i just bought

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=5049534#N353


Ive had it for a few months and i currently play wow on it. Id like to upgrade my grpahics card and see if theres anything else that i can do to enhance the performance of my computer. Im asking for some help on products and advice on what i can do make this a better gaming style computer. All help is well appreciated, thanks.

 

[mihir]

How much are you looking to spend on it.
It has a 250W Crappy(Safe Assumption) PSU.
First you will need to upgrade your PSU then the GPU.

 

[THoward711]

Willing to spend a decent amount, im not trying to go over about 250-400 dollars total.

 

[mihir]

PSU FIRST!! - $55 Post Rebate

GPU - $230 Post Rebate

Total $285

 

[THoward711]

thanks bud, think ill be good to go after that?

 

[mihir]

What resolution would you be gaming at?

 

[THoward711]

Im on a 20' moniter so around 1600 im guessing, sound rght? I can let u know exactly how much when i get home.

 

[ixiboneheadixi]

why would you have ever bought a HP? lol but yeah just the psu and the gpu should be good for playing wow a lot better

 

[THoward711]

well i didnt just get the pc for gaming so im trying to get some help on what to do to make it better for gaming. thanks for the input though, is it that bad of a pc?

 

[ixiboneheadixi]

well i didnt just get the pc for gaming so im trying to get some help on what to do to make it better for gaming. thanks for the input though, is it that bad of a pc?

its not like horrible i just cant stand HP personally

 

[jonnyp11]

yeah, there isn't too much of a problem with hp until they fail or mess up and need support, that's where you get screwed, and they like to break alot too.

 

[THoward711]

what does my resolution have to do with? Its 1600x900

 

[jonnyp11]

the resolution is the size of the screen basically, the monitor itself can blow it up or shrink it to fit, but the lower it is the smaller the original image, meaning if it's at a lower resolution there is less to process making lower res gaming have much higher fps. like when i play crysis on my crap comp, at res 800x600, i can maintain around 30fps, but if i go up to say 1280x1024, then i get like 10fps or less.