Computer upgrade help please :)

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Bukhtiar Haider

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Hello Dudes and Women!! Hope you're having a nice day.
Please take the time to help me out with something.

I need some help with upgrading my really outdated pc. I'm starting saving money for upgrade and plan on upgrading it to a good gaming pc with time. What I need right now is a plan and order for the upgrade.

Here are my pc specs:

Mother board: DG41WV
4 GB DDR 3 RAM
Nvidia 9600 GT 512MB GPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3Ghz Processor
465 Watt PSU

So I do know pretty much a lot of it is outdate including the motherboard.

Can you guys please tell me what I need to upgrade first and what after.
P.S. Not on a very high budget but I do want to upgrade it such that it is just okay for gaming.

I am not a graphic freak. But I would like to run my games on high specs.

Mostly I play Multiplayer games. Dota2 being top of the list. I am playing it on about 40 fps on Low-Med settings. But I'd like to jump to ultra and play on 60 FPS atleast :D

So please help me out guys. Also recommend what should I get when I upgrade everything :) THANKS A BUNCH!!! Help a brother out :D
 
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Tom Tancredi
Nothing you have is 'reusable' for many reasons, except MAYBE the DDR3. Save the money, buy one outright. You can either get a complete 'gaming PC' in one off the shelf package (even Walmart sells them) around $700 usually near $1000 to get at the levels you want, stick to AMD FX-8xxx, i5 or go i7 is the standard for gamer's computers.

That said the cheap route would be Walmart i5 for $349 with 8GB DDR3, 600+GB HDD, DVD, Win8 and under warranty. Buy a 600W PSU for $99, then spend the rest ($149-$499) on a GPU and you will be set for High level on BF4, 50FPS, 1080p gaming. There are some sweet deals I seen on SlickDeals.com, like a Haswell i7 Desktop, but you still would need to still add a PSU and GPU, for only $550!!!!
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logainofhades

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DOTA 2 doesn't require much, from what I understand. What brand/model PSU is that 465w? First thing I would go with is a new video card if the PSU is decent. What to get depends on your PSU and budget. I am not against getting a GPU that will be bottlenecked by your CPU in this instance as it is part of an upgrade strategy.
 
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Nothing you have is 'reusable' for many reasons, except MAYBE the DDR3. Save the money, buy one outright. You can either get a complete 'gaming PC' in one off the shelf package (even Walmart sells them) around $700 usually near $1000 to get at the levels you want, stick to AMD FX-8xxx, i5 or go i7 is the standard for gamer's computers.

That said the cheap route would be Walmart i5 for $349 with 8GB DDR3, 600+GB HDD, DVD, Win8 and under warranty. Buy a 600W PSU for $99, then spend the rest ($149-$499) on a GPU and you will be set for High level on BF4, 50FPS, 1080p gaming. There are some sweet deals I seen on SlickDeals.com, like a Haswell i7 Desktop, but you still would need to still add a PSU and GPU, for only $550!!!!
 
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I think a new GPU would be a bigger benefit than CPU right now. Your CPU is dated, but your GPU is even worse off as it was a midrange card from a few generations ago. Cannot recommend a GPU though until we know what brand/model of PSU you have and budget. As you can see here, even a lowly athlon II dual core can play DOTA 2. Your CPU is more powerful than an Athlon II dual core.

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