Cheapest i5 upgrade...

I ordered the hd6350 (I was going to wait but my sister just had to have these headphones and there's only one left in stock and..... So I went ahead and ordered this too)
 
just an update... the "6350" came in, and it was actually a 5450, which I would have been fine with, but it didn't even work. So i talked to the seller and hes gonna give me a 7450, assuming it actually works and is the 7450, at least I got something out of it.
 
forgot about this

These are the final specs as of now:
MSI H61M-P31/W8 (http://us.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P31-W8.html)
celeron G1610 (2.6GHz dual core) which is a lot more powerful than I expected
4GB DDR3
Radeon HD6450-tigerdirect- $44.42
160GB 2.5in HDD
120GB OCZ sata2 agility series SSD (refurbished from newegg ($59.99) with 2 year warranty ($16) working great so far) newegg link
and a sata dvd burner... it was supposed to be samsung, but turned out to be a TSSTcorp...
Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit of course)

I also ended up having to buy a better case for it.... My cheap power supply would buzz fairly loud for a couple of minutes when I turned it on, I'm pretty sure it was just the fan though. So rather than spend way too much to get a PSU to fit in that case, I just bought this case for $30 and it came with a 300 watt PSU
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7625141&CatId=32

I also wanted another desktop to leave on another desk... I had all the parts for it (and the original PSU for that case), just no case... so that solved that...
 
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