ideas on upgrades?

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scottybo

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hi guys in just looking to see if you guys could point me in the best direction to upgrade my comp, bearing in mind im not a full blown pc gamer or anything

rig as it stands is as follows

AMD Athlon2 x4 640
8gb ddr3 1333mhz ram
2tb samsung sata2 hdd
geforce gts450 1gb
samsung sata dvd-rw drive
card reader
touch screen fan controller

all in an antec 900 series case

cheers
scott
 
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there is one piece of info missing. The wattage and brand of your PSU.
Also missing the brand and model of the motherboard

So, possibly PSU, a GTX550ti or higher GPU if you need a new one. Otherwise looks like a nice system.
 
the mobo is an asus m4a78lt-m (which i have been told takes low end hex cores :D, this is unconfirmed though)

the power supply is an icute one i think, the stickers on the side facing the case lol, i know its 780 watts though
 
scottybo said:
what difference would changing the psu make, sorry if i sound like im trolling, i honestly dont know
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Higher end GPUs require more power, and even though yours is 780w, its from an unknown brand, and from a quick google search, it does not look like a good PSU. You may risk your entire system if you try to run a high end GPU on a lesser quality PSU.
 
ok cool well cheers for the advice, would anyone suggest getting a standalone sound card, would i really tell the difference from onboard when i play games (im not after a surround sound or anything like that)


what i am after tho is a decent monitor if anyone has one for sale?
 
Got a lot of things going on here. First, I just got a new sound card, and it is a huge difference. What speakers/headphones are you using?

And you'd have to have 100 posts to post in the for sale section. For a decent monitor, I would go for a 1080p resolution, but to get that, you'd need a better video card to run at that resolution.

Biggest thing to know is what you want to spend on everything.
 
oh dear thers so many variables i didnt expect to get asked lol by the sounds of it i need a new psu and graphics card before i start to look into anything else
 
if you game and want a 1080p monitor, you will need a new graphics card. A new graphics card needs a new PSU.

The rest of your system is golden.
 
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