what to upgrade?

[peasofme]

i have about $325 to spend. i live in california. my pc is 3 yrs old.

cpu: amd athlon x64 x2 5000+ 2.6ghz (games stutter if i overclock) brisbane am2 65w
gpu: saphire radeon hd 4850 512ram, takes up 2 slots (overclock causes stutter)
psu: broadway com corp 600w $30 from newegg (only has a bunch of peripheral 4 pin connectors) i used an adapter to 6-pin pcie plug for my 4850.

mobo: ASUS M2N-MX SE Plus, am2/am2+ micro atx, cpus up to 95w. Athlon II X2 255 (3.1 GHz)and Athlon II X4 640 @3GHz work with it but aren't recognized by it.

ram: 2x2gb ddr2 240pin 800 (pc2 6400) one by g.skill, one by allcomponents
artic silver thermal paste
hdd: 1.5 tb seagate scsi sata has win7 32bit, 135gb ide ata by western digital (from the previous pc) has win xp 32bit which i don't use anymore

new games stutter. wei out of 7.9 (windows experience index) - cpu 5.8, ram 6.5, gpu 7.4, hdd 5.9

thanks in advance

[_dangtx_]

you need to upgrade cpu mobo ram and gpu

and psu unless thats a quality unit and i've missed its oem..but probably not

2500k+your choice of mobo with 4-8 gigs ddr3 and a nice 6950.

newer games should be playable on 1920x1080 on good quality settings,for the most part.

and welcome aboard.

[Bond007]

CPU/MOB/RAM would be my suggestion. A deal along these lines would do fairly well LINK. Then save the rest and more for a new PSU and video card. That said I suggested this stuff only knowing your budget...what do you use the computer for? What resolution?

Above suggestion by dangtx is obviously great, but will be well over budget.

[peasofme]

new games at low res, windowed mode, on vga crt monitor

[Keywork]

Note: You may need to update your BIOS for those CPU's to be recognized properly.

Since you only have $325 bucks, I highly suggest you upgrade your CPU, MOBO, RAM, and power supply.

For example: Intel Core i3 2120 (can be had for $120), Asus or GB MOBO for $100ish, 8GB's of RAM for $50-$60, and a decent, lower wattage PS can be had for let's say $60? Your budget is low but definitely doable!

[_dangtx_]

looks to me like the lcd should come first. your eyes are more important than fps or games and such!

[Eldonko]

For that budget, I would go with this:
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more!

and this memory:
Newegg.com - ADATA Premier Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model AD3U1333C4G9-DRH

and this PSU:
Newegg.com - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Comes to $358 but there is a $20 MIR. Tough to find a better mb, cpu, mem, psu combo than that for the $$.

Welcome to HWC :)

[Galcobar]

I'd save some more.

[Bond007]

Originally Posted by Eldonko

For that budget, I would go with this:
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more!

and this memory:
Newegg.com - ADATA Premier Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model AD3U1333C4G9-DRH

and this PSU:
Newegg.com - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Comes to $358 but there is a $20 MIR. Tough to find a better mb, cpu, mem, psu combo than that for the $$.

Welcome to HWC :)

not bad at all.

Since he already has an hd 4850 (more powerful than integrated on llano) I would say reuse the hd 4850 and go for this stuff...keeps you pretty much on budget (tax and shipping included = $327.54) and would be good upgrades all around.

antec eco neo 520w

adata 8gb ddr3 39.99

i3 2100 and ASUS P8H67-M LX combo

you should really get a new monitor next.

[peasofme]

i'm going to go i3 2100. and was thinking to crossfire two 4850's. what psu would i need?