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Enhancing my pc setup

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October 4, 2013 12:03:15 PM

Good evening folks,
I am looking to enhance my current pc setup. I have a gigabyte 945gzm s2 FS 6 1066 DDR2 PCI-E motherboard. My current processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2Gh bus 800, s775, 2 MB. My RAM is a Kingmax KLDD48F-B8KY6 PGE ( DDR 2 - 800 -1GB). The Gfx card is obsolete. It is an ATI Radeon X1550 (128Mb).
I have read that a AMD/ATI HD 7750 HDMI OC Edition 1 GB GDDR5 would perform nicely, but i am not quite sure if it is compatible with my motherboard. Could you please help me out? I would also be grateful if you could sugest what RAM could i use to enhance this setup (should i just buy another one like that to fill in the secoond slot? ) is a processor upgrade recommended? If so please point me out in the right direction.

PS: Gfx card budget is at around 100$ Total setup budget is at around 200 -250$

Thanks for your patience,
Nico

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October 4, 2013 12:26:33 PM

Hi,
I don't think it will work. I suggest saving money for a system upgrade.
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October 4, 2013 12:32:50 PM

yeah no, you need to increase your budget. If so, you would need ddr3 and everything else upgraded.
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October 6, 2013 5:43:05 AM

alexoiu said:
Hi,
I don't think it will work. I suggest saving money for a system upgrade.


I see... what would you recommend on a small as possible budget? Could 400-500$ suffice?
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October 6, 2013 6:02:50 AM

What would you use the system for (office, watching videos, gaming, or graphics, editing, design...) ?
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October 6, 2013 8:47:12 AM

alexoiu said:
What would you use the system for (office, watching videos, gaming, or graphics, editing, design...) ?


I will use it for office, videos, gaming (should be able to support new releases at a decent gfx and fps level).
There also is a possibility that i will use it for some low level graphic work : photoshop, 3ds max.

Thank you for your continued interest in my issue.
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October 6, 2013 9:20:40 AM

I'm not an AMD fan, but for the budget:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LwmN
CPU: FX 6300
motherboard: M5A97 R2.0
RAM: CML8GX3M2A1866C9B
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7750 2GB Video Card
power supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 650W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
or similar.
And an aftermarket CPU cooler.
Total, about 480$
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