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Upgrading Studio Desktop, help?

Hello,
After a few years, my Studio Desktop has become pretty outdated. Now I'm looking to upgrading it,
but it looks like I may need a new motherboard and PSU before i can get a new PSU and CPU.

CURRENT SPECS:


CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz

RAM: 6 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz

Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0M017G (CPU 1)
Vendor: Intel
Model: 82801JR (ICH10R)
Chipset Model: P45/P43/G45/G43
PCI: PCI Express 2.0 x16

Graphic Card: ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series (Dell)


WANTED:

Approximate Purchase Date: In the next few months

Budget Range: 100-900$

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, video editing, recording

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: CPU, PSU, Motherboard, GPU

Do you need to buy OS: NO

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.frys.com/

Location: Pittsburg, California, USA

Parts Preferences: Been loooking at the I5 for a CPU, and a Radeon HD 7750 1GB for GPU

Overclocking: Maybe. If it can, sure.

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe. If it can, sure.

Your Monitor Resolution: Using old TV, can't really figure it out


Why Are You Upgrading: System is going out of date. No more driver/bios upgrades, originally ran on vista (now windows 8), and has no directx 11 features
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