Want to Upgrade Gaming Computer! Help!

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Hi! I'm Jack and with Christmas rolling around soon enough, I've been thinking about upgrading my current gaming Computer! The only problem is that I don't know much about Hardware and components that go into to the pc. This Rig was built for me last Christmas and runs great, but I've been wanting to get it going even better and faster! I've thought into upgrading memory, or running dual video cards but I'm not quite sure exactly what to go and pick up. My current budget is about $200-$300!

Please let me know if there's any upgrades (at a low enough price) to make me run games such as WoW, DayZ, and Minecraft faster!

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Current setup:

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz
Motherboard
MSI G41M-P25 (MS-7592) (CPU 1)
Graphics
Monitor 1 - VE208 (1600x900@60Hz)
Monitor 2 - VE247 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (EVGA) 26 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 ATA Device (SATA)

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Please let me know what I can do to run at faster speeds and have improved quality! Thanks! :)
 
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turkey3_scratch
The upgrading has to be decided between the GPU (GTX 650) and the older CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo). Both of those are certainly holding you down in modern video games. If you upgrade the CPU, the motherboard also needs upgraded with it. I would personally upgrade the processor, you never want that to hold you down. With a GPU you can always lower graphics, but CPU bottlenecking is almost unavoidable.

Here is a recommendation:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Mwave)
Total: $244.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and...
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The upgrading has to be decided between the GPU (GTX 650) and the older CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo). Both of those are certainly holding you down in modern video games. If you upgrade the CPU, the motherboard also needs upgraded with it. I would personally upgrade the processor, you never want that to hold you down. With a GPU you can always lower graphics, but CPU bottlenecking is almost unavoidable.

Here is a recommendation:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Mwave)
Total: $244.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 19:37 EDT-0400

Make sure your case is an ATX or micro-ATX form factor to support this motherboard (also known as the size standard). Either will work. The motherboard will be compatible with your RAM and other components, and I doubt you would need to buy a new PSU (the I5 might even use less pwoer than the Core 2 Duo but I'm unsure).

I would then save up money for a new GPU when ready.
 
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Thanks for the help! I will definitely look into those! If I were to bump my budget up to $350 - $400, what would be the best choices GPU wise? Would I want to go with 2 cards or just run the one? (preferably NVIDIA)?

 
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