• $200 PC Upgrade
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Well, I've been given $200 to upgrade my PC hardware, but I don't really know what's compatible with what, or what I should upgrade, so that's why I'm coming here for help. My monitor's native resolution is 1440x900 pixels, and I live in the U.S. Here's a picture of my PC specs with Speccy: [img]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4170/pcspecs.jpg[/img] If you need any more information, just ask.
Save up for around $600-$900 depending on the games you play for a new PC.
-actually, snip- [Quote=FalcoLombardi]Save up for around $600-$900 depending on the games you play for a new PC.[/Quote] This.
I say this way to much Save up.
I presume this is a pre-built, so upgrades won't go that well. Since you have an AM2 socket motherboard you will need a new one to get a decent processor. If you have a pre-built it's unlikely the case will be ATX form factor so you'll need a new case to fit a new motherboard. You'll also probably need a new PSU, so you may as well salvage your optical drive and hard drive and start over
Get a 4770/4850 and a decent PSU
AM3 processors will work in AM2, or is it only AM2+? Get a nnew GPU and a new PSU. Maybe a new processor.. RAM upgrade is next.
AM3 works with AM2+
Yeah, I know that.. I couldn't remember if it worked in AM2 too, that was the quistion..
AM3 won't work with just AM2
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