What should i do to make this PC run games well?

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OgAjJohnson

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I just recently bought a pc to get ready for WoW's new expansion coming in a few days. When i started i realized that WoW isnt very friendly to lower grade PCs as it used to to be. I get about 50 fps on the lowest settings but when the fighting starts or in a populated city it drops to about 4-10 FPS. Im not very computer savvy but I know a little. I was thinking of replacing the ram with 2 x 8gb of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 and replacing the GPU with GeForce 610 2GB. I was wondering if these changes would maybe be enough to play the game on at least medium with a solid 50-60 fps. Will I need a new processor? if so some suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Im new to posting specs on forums so if you need anymore info just let me know

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 B24
RAM: 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 3047h (XU1 PROCESSOR)
Graphics: 1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 210 (EVGA)
Storage: 1TB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 ATA Device (SATA)
 
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all modern GPU's are PCIE x16 and are compatible with PCIE rev 3, 2 (& potentially 1.1 for much older motherboards). I'm UK based so assuming $ to £ you'd be looking at GTX950 territory? If so, you should see a huge improvement in performance. Even a GTX750 Ti would be ok (and the reference models don't require any additional power).
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Sinistercr0c

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Additional memory will have zero impact on the performance of your chosen game. From the PC gamer website (Feb 2016):

18 Feb 2016 - As posted on Battle.net, the minimum requirement: OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 with latest service pack. CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 or AMD Phenom II X3 720. GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 440 or AMD Radeon HD 5670 or Intel HD Graphics 5000. RAM: 2 GB.

This is for WoW Legion (which is I assume the game you're referring to)
 
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OgAjJohnson

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Will the upgrade to my GPU be enough then? will i need to replace the processor as well?
 
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My budget is $200, I'm looking for something that fits into a pcie x16. Also my PSU is about 400w

 
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all modern GPU's are PCIE x16 and are compatible with PCIE rev 3, 2 (& potentially 1.1 for much older motherboards). I'm UK based so assuming $ to £ you'd be looking at GTX950 territory? If so, you should see a huge improvement in performance. Even a GTX750 Ti would be ok (and the reference models don't require any additional power).
 
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Going to be honest, you really need a new rig. Had a friend that had an Phenom II x4, that was basically an Athlon II, with phenom name. He had 8gb ram, and a gtx 560ti, and couldn't play well at all. He upgraded to an i5 4590, and saw a massive performance boost. A GPU wouldn't hurt, but your CPU is simply too old/slow, to be very useful. Not to mention Blizzard's horrible about AMD optimization.
 
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