Recommended upgrades for my PC?

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teflonfrog

teflonfrog

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Hi,

I am fairly new to PC building, so I guess I messed up when I tried have the cheapest PC than the better one. The games I want to play/already play is PlanetSide 2, Terraria, CS:GO, TF2, etc. I will be playing at 1366x768 (native res for my monitor).

I am wondering what to upgrade for these hardware in my PC. I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Mid Tower case. I want to upgrade these below in no particular order:

My PSU (currently 305W made by Dell)
My CPU (Core 2 Duo E8400)
My GPU (GeForce GT 210). (HDMI support please)
My mobo is Dell C27VV, but I don't want to change it yet.

My ideal budget is 150$, but I can stretch a little bit. Thank you for your help.
 
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That is an Optiplex 780. It should be a Mini Tower. Q9650,Q9550 CPU will work,LGA 775 Xeon under 95W also. Most popular GPU is GTX750Ti since it's the fstest that will run off of that PSU. Depending on the layout of the holes in the heatsink cover either D9729, or T9303 coolers shoulf fit. It's a BTX so some modding of the video card might be needed. Get one with an EUFI BIOS for that computer. Cutting the 2 slot bracket in half is normal for this and sometimes trimming the cover so air can turn and go out the rear vent. Aftermarket PSUs fit (with 22A on 5V. rail). An ANTEC Cyclone expansion slot blower can help GPU cooling on these. If you can find a single fan single slot GTX750 it should go right in.
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william p

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That is an Optiplex 780. It should be a Mini Tower. Q9650,Q9550 CPU will work,LGA 775 Xeon under 95W also. Most popular GPU is GTX750Ti since it's the fstest that will run off of that PSU. Depending on the layout of the holes in the heatsink cover either D9729, or T9303 coolers shoulf fit. It's a BTX so some modding of the video card might be needed. Get one with an EUFI BIOS for that computer. Cutting the 2 slot bracket in half is normal for this and sometimes trimming the cover so air can turn and go out the rear vent. Aftermarket PSUs fit (with 22A on 5V. rail). An ANTEC Cyclone expansion slot blower can help GPU cooling on these. If you can find a single fan single slot GTX750 it should go right in.
 
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Lol, brainfarted. Was on a 11 hr red-eye flight at the time.
 
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