Need recommendation for my pc

[azamjong]

my pc spec :

OS: Windows 7 Home Edition 32-bit
Asus P5G41C-M LX
RAM 2 GB DDR2
AXLE GeForce 9300GS 512MB
PSU 500W 220/ VAC 50HZ
HARD DISK 320GB + 1TB

what the best upgrade for my pc for gaming ?

 

[subcutaneous]

Well lets see, you did not list what kind of processor you have. Even if your CPU is really old it can still benefit from a better graphics card in games. Unless you have a pentium 3 in there, the graphics card is holding your gaming experience back right now.

 

[azamjong]

my processor pentium (R) Dual Core CPU E5400@2.70GHz..sorry i forgot to list it

 

[of the way]

What kind of budget do you have? Something like this would be a fairly cheap way to get a nice upgrade.

 

[dre2626]

allso depends on how hard you wanna play games so from my point you could be looking at upgrading the entire rig.

 

[Onus]

With a 220V PSU, I'm guessing you are not in the USA, so I won't post specific Newegg links. Unless you want to rebuild your entire system, in your place I would not buy any GPU stronger than a HD6770. A HD7750 would be good too. If money is tight, as little as a HD6670 (GDDR5 version) would be acceptable. All in all, you will still need to lower some settings to play the most recent games, but you should still be able to play them with decent settings.

 

[azamjong]

my budget around $100 - $150. and if I change just my graphic card and upgrade RAM memory. Is it possible to increase my pc performance?

 

[of the way]

Getting either 4 or 8 GB of DDR3 and a 6770 or 7750 would be a good way to go. A 6570 or 6670 would still be a huge step up, but you'd be stepping from the basement to ground floor. You wouldn't be very high up the ladder, but they'd let you at least run games.

 

[azamjong]

and one more thing, do i need to change my PSU if i installing higher graphic card and adding more RAM memory ?

 

[of the way]

500W is fine, as long as it's a decent PSU. If it's a garbage brand or something bundled in a cheap case, then you might want a new one. Something like this is a quality product that Tom's uses for builds including Radeon 6850s. Seasonic, Antec, and XFX are very good PSU brands.

 

[azamjong]

thanks to all

 

[Onus]

You can use up to two sticks of either type, but I don't think you can mix DDR2 and DDR3 on your board at the same time. Getting 4GB of DDR3 would be a decent upgrade too; you'll only be able to see 3.2GB-3.5GB with a 32bit OS, so there's no need to get 8GB unless you're going to upgrade your OS too.

 

[of the way]

Oops. Skipped over the 32-bit Windows. There are things you could do if you felt like getting into more advanced stuff, but yeah, you'd be limited to 4 GB for the OS.

 

[azamjong]

that's mean i need to do a clean install (which i need to backup all of my data and reinstall all of my applications) right ? is there another options to change my 32-bit to 64-bit os ?

 

[Onus]

No, if you change the OS you will need to re-install all your programs.

 

[azamjong]

owh okay. thanks again