Is it worth it to upgrade?

[lunadog]

Hello i currently am looking into upgrading my computer but imn not sure if its worth it to upgrade like if i can just get a better comp instead. I want to upgrade this comp where i can do heavy gaming like no major league gaming but to the point where i can enjoy games on how there supposed to be played not havign to wait eveery second due to lag. Here are my computer specs

HP Pavilion A6430F Desktop
desktop with 2.10 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8400 triple core processor
640 GB total capacity dual 320 GB hard drives, three GB RAM 8 GB max, 16x dual layer DVD burner with LightScribe disc printing
Open drive bay for an optional HP Pocket Media Drive, Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE graphics with 1343 MB of total available memory
Connectivity: six USB 2.0, two FireWire, 15 in 1 memory card reader, 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Pre installed with Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1​

Sry if this doesn't help i just copied and paste from what i read the specs off the internet

 

[Hamster]

I would sell that computer save up to build my own from scratch.

 

[lunadog]

thnk u http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gamer_Mage_D235
cought my eye but if u think i shud build it do u know where i can get a good gaming computer thats decent enough to run games on the highest settings like starcraft 2 Empire total War Napoleon Total war

 

[Hamster]

Is your budget $630 or are you willing to spend more?

 

[lunadog]

630$ wud be ncie im on a low budget im alrdy going to have to ask my parents for money so the cheaper the better it looks like its decent and cud run games on high quality maybe some ultra

 

[Hamster]

Try www.newegg.com

Then link the parts you want to get within your budget and let the experience people on the forums see if it can meet your demands.

 

[lunadog]

yah i cant afford to build my own comp its not worth it i think that comp is capble of doing wat i need it to doim at 200$ for 2 items and there crappy so im just going to stick with my original stock computer that i can find ima do more resaerch on it but if u can tell me wat u think of the compuyter for gaming it help alot

 

[Hamster]

If you want you can go with I did with my computer GPU & PSU upgrade.

HIS H467QR1GH Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W
Total: $155.97

I can run SC2 almost full settings. If I had a better CPU I could get a little boost.

 

[Drenlin]

This would be a more cost-efficient PSU upgrade:
http://www.svc.com/ocz600gxssli-b.html

 

[Breadman177]

If that is all you can spend i would go down to a quad core and get a better PSU, then you can upgrade you video card later when you get some extra cash. Not every game supports 6 cores so depending on what you are playing you might only be using 2 or 4 of those 6 cores anyway.

 

[lunadog]

I dont know anything about computers so i dont even know wat everything does that is why i liked that gamer mage or im looking into another gaming computer thats on sale for 640$ but honestly those systems are 3x better then mine off the bat. Like i apreciate all the help but i really dont understand anything about computers i dont even know wat a psu and what not.