upgrading my 5 year old desktop (aspire 1201)

Catalin Marin

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i have an aspire 1201

mb: acer rs740dvf, socket am2 (940)
cpu: athlon 64 x2 4050e
gpu: radeon hd3450
ram: 2gb ddr2
ps: 250w (?)

i want to do light gaming, counterstrike mainly. the cpu i think that is still ok, I will have to replace the gpu and the ram, and maybe the power supply. any suggestions ? I want to spend less than 200 dollars, thanks :)
 

AMDRadeonHD

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MSi GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB GDDR5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127730&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Corsair Builder Series CX430M

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139049&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

I don't know what's the exact type of your random access memory, what

brand? You can add a second 2GB DDR2 random acces memory here:

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/memory/#s=201066,200400,200533,200667,200800&n=1&sort=a8&z=2048
 

Catalin Marin

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well, I dont think upgrading this system is a bad idea, after all I will reuse this new components for my next systems

 

Catalin Marin

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never mind, I dont do heavy gaming ^^