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I recently joined up and asked about my crapped out HP pavilion 9400f desktop, and got some great responses. I cleaned it up and found the main hardware issue was the graphics card, and had a pro help me replace it. However I'm hoping to upgrade the graphics card and processor now, until I can save up money on the side to build a more "modern" gaming rig. I have an ATI radeon 3650 (mistakenly put in last thread as amd radeon 6350), and an amd phenom x4 9750 processor. I'm not asking for the most expensive top of the line stuff, just that its decently priced and better than whats in there now. My main paranoia at the moment is a lot of things ive read on power consumption, the ATI radeon 3650 only lists it takes 30 watts, while anything else i find takes at least 80, i dont know what would overload my power supply and what wont, so any help in foguring that out would be great. Thanks in advance. :)

 
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Dive into it. its easy once you figure it out and you can get a drastically better machine if you build it yourself. for 100 you can build a pc that will play nearly everything on max, will look awesome, and will be much more future proof. people here love to build virtual PC anyway and will help you with any questions you have. Ive built a few today just for the fun if it :p
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Hopefully around or under $100 each, is that feasible? I can go up or down depending, it just cuts more out of my saved money for the newer gaming rig i want to buy for myself, while this one will remain at the familys house for everyone to game on.

Also, Onus, if I were to choose either of those (I like the GTX but didnt know if consumed too much power), what processor would you recommend? It was mentioned to me before the current phenom x4 9750 is about the highest recommended one the board can take, but some people have gotten away with others.
 
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Not worth upgrading your CPU at the moment. Video card is a good investment because you can carry it forward to your next build.

GTX750ti is about the fastest GPU available at the lowest power consumption, but a little over your budget.

Power supplies are cheap though, CX500m might cost you $40 and is decent quality. A little more and you can get something like an XFX550 that will be quite good. This is another item that can be carried over to a new build.
 
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Hmm, well I'd love to actually do a full build myself and leave this computer as is, but I'm kind of a noob at all this, it's something I've wanted learn for a long time but don't know where to start, or how to do it. Should I go for a pre-built upgradeable replacement for about $1000 and start learning by doing minor upgrades later, or jump right in and do a full build part by part?
 
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Dive into it. its easy once you figure it out and you can get a drastically better machine if you build it yourself. for 100 you can build a pc that will play nearly everything on max, will look awesome, and will be much more future proof. people here love to build virtual PC anyway and will help you with any questions you have. Ive built a few today just for the fun if it :p
 
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Lol thanks for the vote of confidence, I'm just about convinced to build my next one. Assuming someone helps me with my build part-wise, and I now have boxes full of an unassembled monster gaming rig, where would i learn how to assemble and hook up everything without it all blowing up in my face?
 
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