Looking to upgrade my pc.

[zanchigo]

The main thing I'm looking to upgrade is my CPU since it is quite frankly, crap. I'm willing to upgrade the motherboard as well, if necessary.

I have the HP Pavilion Media Center a1624n Desktop PC, all of the hardware that comes with it as still, with a couple exceptions.
I have upgraded to an Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT for my graphics card, some Rocketfish sound card from best buy that was most likely a waste of my money, and I have 3 gigs of ram now. Oh, and the PSU has 450 wat

Athlon 64 X2 (W) 3800+ 2.0 GHz is my processor, and an ASUS A8M2N-LA, or HP/Compaq motherboard name: NodusM3-GL8E if that's better.Anything I need to clear up or whatever input you guys have will be appreciated. Thanks.
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[Emperus]

How much is your budget and what purpose do you seek from your PC..??

 

[zanchigo]

How much is your budget and what purpose do you seek from your PC..??

I'm looking to use it for gaming mostly. Not hardcore, but a bit more than casual. Let's say about $300

 

[wolfram23]

Just a quick look, something like this maybe:

Phenom II X4 820 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103824

4gb GSkill DDR3 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231253

Gigabyte mATX mobo http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128458

Total: $225

Then you could maybe buy a new HDD depending on what you have (like a 7200RPM 1TB drive) or maybe a small GPU upgrade.

 

[wolfram23]

If you can go over budget a tad you might want this 5770 for $116 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131330

I guess it depends on your monitor's resolution. The 9800GT might be fine for you.

 

[C00lIT]

Your motherboard and cpu are too old for upgrades

The 9800GT is not a bad card, you can save your money.


CPU
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103886&cm_re=athlon_II-_-19-103-886-_-Product
or
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103921&cm_re=phenom_II-_-19-103-921-_-Product

Going AM3 with DDR3
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131657&cm_re=am3-_-13-131-657-_-Product

2x2gigs ram
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104223&cm_re=ddr3_1600-_-20-104-223-_-Product


This videocard isn't bad, can be found for cheeper. It's quite a bit faster then your 9800

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150447&cm_re=radeon_5770-_-14-150-447-_-Product

note that I am not 100% up to date with best prices and brand... but what I posted isn't bad at all

 

[Emperus]

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145343

 

[Emperus]

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145343

 

[zanchigo]

Best answer selected by zanchigo.

 

[zanchigo]

Took me a bit to get back here. Thanks for the help though guys.