Upgrading A Inspirion 570 Need Advice

Sniper434

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ok i am upgrading my Inspirion 570 to something better when gaming, and i know it would better to just buy another computer but i cant do that right now, and i dont need the best of the best but this is what i am thinking so far

my comp is a Inspirion 570
my current build in the pc is

cpu: athlon II x2 245
gpu: asus 4350
psu: 300w
4g ram
1600x900 monitor

upgrading to this

cpu: athlon II x3 455
gpu: Radeon HD 7770
psu: Corsair 430w
keeping ram the same might upgrade later
and keeping the monitor the same

so my question is, will this work to play games better and more smooth , i dont want super high settings just good nice smooth settings and will any bottlenecking happen, in other words is this a good uprade from what i had before
 

Sniper434

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how much more is a 7850 and better, than the 7770 , and were can i find a athlon ii x4 945 ive been trying to find it but cant
 

crookedmouth

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This is only my opinion.

The jump from Athlon II x2 to x3 is not worth it.

Some ideas:
1.
Stick with your current CPU and get a decent graphics card that you can transfer to your new computer when your ready. It will be bottlenecked by your current cpu but hey, you will be able to play games like Far Cry 3, Bioshock Infinite on High smoothly. Battlefield 4 and Arma 3, Crysis 3 will not do so well, I don't think because of cpu.
Perhaps a GTX 660 $189
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-PCI-Express-Displayport-Graphics-GV-N660OC-2GD/dp/B00942TK8I
Corsair 500w PSU $49.99 ($29.99 after rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
Total: $239

2.
Obsolete CPU prices are nuts so used would be only option.
Phenom II x4 640 $89.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B003M7BLOW/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
Gigabyte GTX 650 ti $129
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B009L946F6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Corsair 500w from above $49.99
You might need to get a better heatsink/fan and it should be noted that Dell's motherboard takes cpu coolers for Intel 775 socket?!
Cheap cooler that should do the job
http://www.amazon.com/Masscool-8WT15-17-LGA775-Copper-Cooler/dp/B008LA6W9Y
Total: $279

3.
Or get a barebones kit, something like this. It has everything including a ATI 7770 for $419 after rebate($479 w/o rebate)
AMD FX-6100 OEM CPU/ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus MB/Patriot 8GB DDR3 Memory/MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card/WD 1TB HDD/Thermaltake CPU Cooler/Cougar Steel Gamer Case with 550W PSU
Total: $419
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8687101&CatId=31