Upgrade on Dell Inspiron 530s

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Ok so I recently got a dell inspiron 530s the slim kind. I was wondering what upgrades I can put in it. It has 2gb ddr2 memory I think intel pentium d 1.60ghz. I want to upgrade the graphics card if I can. Please give some suggestions
 

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I plan to play games. Possibly GTA IV and I am willing to upgrade the ram. I assume it is going to be a smaller graphics card no budget just not overkill.
 
Well, with the case you have, your options are limited. You can basically go up to a low-profile Radeon HD7750 on that computer and it would run well.

Also, if you want to go with more, you can upgrade the case, power supply and get a full size video card. The motherboard in the Dell seems to be of standard size, so you can get a new case and mount the motherboard in it.

An upgrade in RAM would also be a good idea.
 

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Well I think I can just upgrade the ram and the power supply. Can I have the link to the video card? How much ram should I go to. And would I need to upgrade the PSU? Can it play GTA IV. Sorry so many questions.
 

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I upgraded the ram to 4 GB seemed to solve the problem. Since I was going to buy a gaming pc but decided to get this this price would be similar if i got the graphics card plus 50$ to install it. It works fine now thanks for your help!