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Aeroisticon

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Okay, so I got the HP Elite 8000 CMT, which was packed with the following

-Intel Core 2 Duo e8500~3.16ghz
-Intel GMA x450 or some other shitty integrated
-4GB DDR3 RAM
-A stock HP 320w PSU

I replaced that crappy Intel GMA or whatever with an XFX Radeon 6670 2GB DDR3 budget gaming card. It isn't super fast, but it does the job. Now, I am getting sick and tired of my crappy old Core 2 Duo and would really like a replacement, but I have a max TDP limit, so I don't completely explode my Power Supply Unit, and I also have a budget of 100 bucks. (Preferably around the 80 mark) I don't want a super fast high end technology gaming card that is going to blow up my PSU, I just want something better than the Core 2 Duo e8500. If you have any possible PSU replacements, please mention them as well. Please do not tell me to get a new computer, because I do not have enough money, and this computer has actually gamed fairly well. (plus I mainly play Minecraft most of the time anyways)
It has gotten:

- 90 fps in Warframe on max settings
-50 fps in Grand Theft Auto IV on medium settings
-115 fps in Team Fortress 2 on max settings
-30 fps in Red Orchestra 2 on medium settings
-250 fps in Minecraft max settings

All in 720p or higher, which I find acceptable. I pretty much find my computer acceptable, because it beats out a console, any day. Anyways, back on track, please leave suggestions for a PSU or a CPU, and thanks in advance:)
 
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dude honestly that core 2 will keep up with most i3's still and is more than enough to pair with that gpu. I would just save the money towards a build later down the road. also with a 100 dollar budget you can not upgrade that cpu due to the socket type being lga 775 the best you can get for that is an old core 2 quad and not sure if you will get it for under 100. save and build later your system is strong enough for now
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dude honestly that core 2 will keep up with most i3's still and is more than enough to pair with that gpu. I would just save the money towards a build later down the road. also with a 100 dollar budget you can not upgrade that cpu due to the socket type being lga 775 the best you can get for that is an old core 2 quad and not sure if you will get it for under 100. save and build later your system is strong enough for now
 
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Okay, okay I agree when you said to save up for a new computer. Perhaps you could point me to a reliable, strong mobo that is worth the money? That would be where I'll start.
 
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Well first off, it is going to be a few years before I will be able to work up the funds, but preferably my budget would be under 1200 bucks.
 
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if you change the motherboard the processor you have will not work but if you want to buy a part at a time until you have a full build that's different. I would get something that will be around a while so either an i5 compatible or kaveri amd based board. if you do not plan to overclock you can get a decent msi or gigabyte board for about $60 either socket lga 1155 or socket AM3+
 
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Yeah, I was talking about a part at a time. This PC I have now is just to tide me over until I have some decent cash put together.
 
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I thought that Xeons were for manning servers, and heavy workloads, not gaming. The R9 280X was exactly what I had in mind. I was going to say an R9 290X2, but just that graphics card alone would be more than 1000 bucks. Thanks bro, good suggestions.
 
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for 1k you can build a beast machine but I would wait until you are closer to about 1-200 dollars from having it all then ask for a list because tech changes and there will be price drops and better parts available
 
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Thanks for the help:):)
 
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Lower tier Xeons are just more robust versions of the same-gen consumer CPUs. It's a good buy, it will run hard for years and remain stable.

It's not until you get into the chips designed for four-way architecture that you start seeing them drop off in gaming performance, mostly from the fact that they're insanely expensive and focus on core count over core speed. (Example, the E7-4890v2, 15 core, 2.8GHz, 3.4GHz turbo, 37.5MB L3 cache, $6.6k per.)
 
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