Overhaul, or buy a new PC?

Jerry Riley III

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Aug 13, 2014
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I have an HP M8330f desktop with 3gb ddr2 ram and the only other upgrades being an Nvidia GeForce GT220 and windows 7.

Summary
Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom X4 9500 57 °C
Agena 65nm Technology
RAM
3.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 334MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 (Socket AM2 ) 56 °C
Graphics
LCDTV16 (1360x768@60Hz)
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (PNY) 53 °C
Storage
298GB Hitachi HDT725032VLA SCSI Disk Device (SATA) 45 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI DVD A DH16A3L SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
NVIDIA High Definition Audio

My exact issue is simply, World of Warcraft. knowing its not a top end graphic intense game, what is the cheapest upgrade i could do to increase playability? The major issue occurs in Raid instances (for those not familiar, just a lot going at once with 10-25 people at a time). It will freeze and lag anywhere from 1 sec on 1 min at a time freezing me completely and seemingly losing connection before it catches back up.

My internet is not the issue (speeds provided.) any help would be greatly appreciated!




(I believe my power supply is 300w which i know is terrible)
 

Jerry Riley III

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Aug 13, 2014
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4,510


Exactly what i was thinking, which would have me around 300-400$ and in the range of a new pre built gaming pc lol. thanks for your input!