what is a good upgrade for my desktop computer

[yamatawarrior]

i was just wondering what would be a good but low budget upgrade too make my computer into a decent gaming computer. heres the specs:

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3 540 @ 3.07GHz 43 °C
Clarkdale 32nm Technology
RAM
6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0C2KJT (CPU 1)
Graphics
DELL ST2010 (1600x900@60Hz)
ATI Radeon HD 5450 (Dell) 53 °C
Hard Drives
932GB Seagate ST31000528AS ATA Device (SATA) 33 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

[C12Friedman]

bumping up your graphics would be a start but likely you'll need to upgrade your PSU also

 

[Jaxem]

^+1, it'd be helpful if you could let us know what your idea of a "low budget" upgrade is, because you will need to upgrade your PSU before you put a decent card in, and you do need to upgrade that card to do any kind of gaming. We can suggest some good PSU/GPU combos when you let us know your price range.

 

[yamatawarrior]

^+1, it'd be helpful if you could let us know what your idea of a "low budget" upgrade is, because you will need to upgrade your PSU before you put a decent card in, and you do need to upgrade that card to do any kind of gaming. We can suggest some good PSU/GPU combos when you let us know your price range.

i mean probably around 200-350$

 

[C12Friedman]

I would recommend going with a quality PSU, perhaps the Corsair CX500M with a AMD Radeon HD 7770 or better (I'd choose an HD 7870 personally) or an NVidia GTX 650ti or better
Your graphics needs are not that high with a 1600x900@60Hz monitor

 

[Jaxem]

You could do a lot with that amount, if you put a high end card in, you should really upgrade your CPU to an i5 or so though.
I'd probably do this:
i5-760 (~$100)
Corsair CX600 (~$60)
Radeon HD 7950 (~$200) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026
which is about your upper limit on your budget, but it'd be a great gaming PC at that point, even when you decide to step up to 1920x1080.

 

[yamatawarrior]

You could do a lot with that amount, if you put a high end card in, you should really upgrade your CPU to an i5 or so though.
I'd probably do this:
i5-760 (~$100)
Corsair CX600 (~$60)
Radeon HD 7950 (~$200) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026
which is about your upper limit on your budget, but it'd be a great gaming PC at that point, even when you decide to step up to 1920x1080.

i would also like too fit in a monitor too support a 1920x1080 resolution. how much would that be?

 

[Jaxem]

You can get a 1920x1080 from $80 (for around 19 inches) on up to $300 (for a 27 incher). I'm in the middle with a 24" Asus that can be had for about $150. i think anything 22 inches or so is good size, you can get those for down at $120 or so depending.

Brands are hit or miss, i avoid super budget ones like AOC or viewsonic, but i won't recommend the twice as expensive dells either, Samsung and Asus are my favorites. I'd suggest going to a Best Buy or something like that and just looking at all the monitors, you'll get a feel for size vs price and which makers have the picture tuning you like the best. BB often has decent prices on monitors too.

 

[yamatawarrior]

You can get a 1920x1080 from $80 (for around 19 inches) on up to $300 (for a 27 incher). I'm in the middle with a 24" Asus that can be had for about $150. i think anything 22 inches or so is good size, you can get those for down at $120 or so depending.

Brands are hit or miss, i avoid super budget ones like AOC or viewsonic, but i won't recommend the twice as expensive dells either, Samsung and Asus are my favorites. I'd suggest going to a Best Buy or something like that and just looking at all the monitors, you'll get a feel for size vs price and which makers have the picture tuning you like the best. BB often has decent prices on monitors too.

alright thanks alot