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micro11234

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My specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P43-ES9G
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @3.20GHz
RAM: DDR2 4GB @800MHz
GPU: Gigabyte GT730 2GB GDDR5 edition(64bit)
HDD: Primary: 120GB 7200RPM IDE (running only windows 10, but no games at all.)
Secondary(game disk): 160GB 7200RPM SATA

What should i upgrade?
I want to run GTA5, but my Hard drive is 100% under load while gaming.
And my memory is about 85% when playing
It should be 50-60fps, its just stuttering because of either my RAM, or my Primary HDD.
I wanted to upgrade my GPU, but today i discovered, that my HDD and my RAM is on pretty high usage. So thats why im posting this thread. Should i upgrade my RAM, HDD, or GPU? (i know i would need to upgrade all, but im asking what to first, because im on a pretty low bugdet.)
 
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Ak74Egy
well to be honest, if you upgrade any component alone it won't be worth it look at it this way
CPU upgrade: you would have to upgrade the motherboard as well, and also the ram since new motherboards don't support DDR2 memory
Motherboard: pointless
GPU: you'd be putting a beast in your system but then chaining and locking it since it will be bottle necked by the CPU which can't do much
RAM: you will be making a car fit more people but not go any faster, priority for speed not how many tasks can be done here
HDD: 7200RPM is very fine no need to upgrade unless you need extra space

so in conclusion, I understand it's frustrating, but it would be better to wait until you have enough money and get a whole new system instead of upgrading
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well to be honest, if you upgrade any component alone it won't be worth it look at it this way
CPU upgrade: you would have to upgrade the motherboard as well, and also the ram since new motherboards don't support DDR2 memory
Motherboard: pointless
GPU: you'd be putting a beast in your system but then chaining and locking it since it will be bottle necked by the CPU which can't do much
RAM: you will be making a car fit more people but not go any faster, priority for speed not how many tasks can be done here
HDD: 7200RPM is very fine no need to upgrade unless you need extra space

so in conclusion, I understand it's frustrating, but it would be better to wait until you have enough money and get a whole new system instead of upgrading
 
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micro11234

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My budget is around 100$ right now.
I will probably upgrade my RAM, because im only using 2 slots right now, and my motherboard can handle 16gigs.
Thanks for the replies!
 
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