Upgrading Old Alienware Desktop

msg009

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Jul 11, 2012
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So I have an old Alienware Aurora Desktop. It origionally had Windows XP, but I installed Windows 7 32 bit on it. However, I take classes that require me to do 3-D modeling. Unfortunately, I have a minimum wage job and really bad credit. So I was thinking about just slowly upgrading the one I have piece by piece. Here are the specs:

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit.
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ 3.20 GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB
Motherboard: M3A32 - MVP DELUXE <GREEN> (85M0AIE88377)
Graphics: SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 100370L Radeon R7 265 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card
Power: Newton Power Ltd. Model: N750E-00 Ref. No.: NPS-750AB-1 B Input: 100-240V ~ 10A, 50-60Hz Output: +12VA

So I need a computer that can handle a heavy workload. So if anybody knows any upgrades I can buy, or a place to look for one cheap, please let me know.
 
Solution
If your board has the right BIOS you can go up to a Phenom II X6, the extra cores should help but you're quite limited with such a fairly old system.