Upgrade Help

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Jackson730

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Hi, i'm looking to upgrade my computer so that it is able to run some games I play a little more smoothly. I would like to run Starcraft 2 at med to high settings. Here is a link to my stock computer set up. I believe I could use a new video card. I think my ram is set. Any ideas would help. Would like to spend no more then $300-400 max. Anything cheaper that gets the job done Im all in. (I will also like to be able to handle a future title like battlefield 3, I know thats kind of a stretch because of the lack of info on that game but thought I would throw that in) Thank you Thank you! :D

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN#N79 :good:
 
So which one of the video cards best suites my needs and would that power supply fit in my case?
Also how would I be able to turn off the intergrated graphics once i upgrade?
 
You should make sure the graphic card will sit in properly. It looks like your rams will get in the way. The PCI Express x16 slot seems very close to the ram slots and it's the only one on the motherboard.
 
daisymtc said:
psu & video card

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16817371030
http://www.newegg.com/product/productlist.aspx?submit=ene&n=40000048&isnodeid=1&description=6950&bop=and&order=price&pagesize=20
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Good PS and one of the latest cards(which can be flashed to 6970, but i'm not saying you should do that). If you have anything in the x1 slot just below, you can move it to another slot. The case looks big enough but you could measure the space, and check the cards manufacturer's website for length.

The current PS- Measure and make sure the new one fits. Check for proprietary connectors that the new one won't have.
The ram slots are fine, It looks like the lock tabs are down in the pic.
The mb should disable the obv on it's own when it sees the card. If not it can be turned off in the bios.
 
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ok so the ps should fit fine. But is there anyway to limit those cards down to 1 or 2? I have no idea what brands are good or whats bad . haha There all roughly the same price. And if that MSI R5770 Hawk Radeon HD 5770 1GB gets the job done for half the price I would like to do that. But if it suffers greatly in production value which one of the others would be best?
 
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