HP Pavilion A6710t Desktop. Able to upgrade, or is it a lost cause?

[f_scope]

Hello, my friend Andrew wants to play a game, called Combat Arms, fluently at 1024 x 768 resolution or 1366 x 768.

Right now he owns the HP Pavilion A6710t Desktop with a Pentium E2220 2.4 GHz Dual-Core processor and an integrated 7100GT nVidia graphics adapter. The power supply is 250W.

Can he buy an upgrade, such as a nVidia 9800 GT graphics card, or should he just buy a new computer all together?

Thanks.

Here is the link to the desktop:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01657224

 

[rgd1101]

New probably best, what his budget?

But if he want to get the 9800GT, need a new psu.

 

[f_scope]

What watt PSU would you recommend? Would one of 400-500 do it?

 

[Deemo13]

Well, the quality of the PSU comes in here. If all he really wants to play is Combat Arms, that computer should work fine.

Does he have a budget? You can get a 9800GT for pretty cheap nowadays.

 

[f_scope]

His budget is around $100-150 dollars. Right now, he can't play Combat Arms too well with his computer.

 

[Deemo13]

I would just get a Radeon HD7750. Would be the perfect card for that computer. Though, the power supply is kinda pushing it.

 

[f_scope]

What model of Radeon HD7750 do you suggest? XFX and Sapphire look good, but I'm not too educated on the companies that produce AMD cards.

Would a 400W or a 520W PSU cut it?

I found an Antec 520W on Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

400W: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371029&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4176827&SID=attz1p641fgm

XFX 7750: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150612

Sapphire 7750: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

 

[Deemo13]

The 400W should be more than enough for the 7750. Go for the Sapphire.

 

[f_scope]

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