Upgrading help

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yoeleli

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I'm planning on upgrading computer, and i hope you could help me.
(upgrade needed for gaming)
I Thought upgrading only the GPU and maybe the case should be enough but i'm not sure.

Heres my computer build:
OS - Win7 32bit
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G v2
CPU - DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2400 MHz 4600+ (socket AM2)
Ram - 4GB (DDR2, i have no idea what's the clock)
GPU - ATI Radeon HD 4670 (RV730)
Case - some generic case i got when i bought this computer. (with a plastic air tunnel for the CPU)
Power supply - http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg714/scaled.php?server=714&filename=img20111210141935.jpg&res=medium

So what i'm actually asking is if theres really a reason to upgrade and keep this computer or should i buy a new computer in a year or two..

Thanks in advance, Yoel.
(sorry if there's english mistakes)
 
Unfortunately you would need to build a new system as you are running off the old am2 socket which doesn't support any quad core cpu's. You would also need a better power supply. You would need to either go am3+ or go intel 1155 socket.
 
yoeleli said:
I'm planning on upgrading computer, and i hope you could help me.
(upgrade needed for gaming)
I Thought upgrading only the GPU and maybe the case should be enough but i'm not sure.

Heres my computer build:
OS - Win7 32bit
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G v2
CPU - DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2400 MHz 4600+ (socket AM2)
Ram - 4GB (DDR2, i have no idea what's the clock)
GPU - ATI Radeon HD 4670 (RV730)
Case - some generic case i got when i bought this computer. (with a plastic air tunnel for the CPU)
Power supply - http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg714/scaled.php?server=714&filename=img20111210141935.jpg&res=medium

So what i'm actually asking is if theres really a reason to upgrade and keep this computer or should i buy a new computer in a year or two..

Thanks in advance, Yoel.
(sorry if there's english mistakes)
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If you bought a new GPU but nothing else, it would be bottlenecked by the CPU.

You're going to need to get a new CPU, a new GPU, a larger PSU and a new motherboard that is compatible with your new parts.
 
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