HELP: Upgrading my Gaming PC

What is the main use of your machine?
If you play game, it would be PSU and Video card.
If you just use it for web surfing/ listen to music/ watch movie, you could get sound card, provided you have decent set of speaker.
 
The first thing I'd do is upgrade the PSU, the upgrade the graphics card to your liking. Do you have a budget and a prefered site to purchase from?

Jeremy
 
I'm a fly guy. I use Microsoft FSX and Lock On: Modern Air Combat. So frame rate is a biggy. Just want to get the best out of this unit that I can. Money is not an option. I have enough income to put towards my toys. Basically if you had the cash...what would you do? A new graphics card I understand. PSU's, SSD's, its greek to me.

I have been hesitant to put my iTunes on this PC, want to keep it a lean, mean, gaming machine. However I do like doing video capture. So I guess that would mean more media options.

Thanks for the advice everyone!

Edit: New to the acronyms (PSU, SSD)...how does a new power supply unit help the performance of my PC? Go easy I'm a newbie...
 
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A cheap power supply like the one that is probably in your computer could end up failing and damaging your other components. On top of that, if you end up upgrading the video card or something, you will need more power than 300w (which is pretty low).

SSD stands for Solid State Drive. It is a new type of hard drive. Depending on how much you want to spend you can either just have an SSD for Windows, or you can have one with room for some programs as well. It will greatly decrease the time windows takes to load, as well as any other programs you fit on it (such as games).
 
The brand of the PSU is also very importent, not just the watts. There is a thread under the power supply section that lists the brands that are good to buy.
 
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