My Computer Performance

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  1. nrf2005

    nrf2005 Member

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    Ok, I have an a6203w HP Pavilion Desktop
    This is a link to the specs

    http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...ct_id=7779562&sourceid=1500000000000001827170

    I am interested in upgrading it to play games on, right now, I play World of Warcraft and that is it. I have had people tell me to upgrade RAM and a video card, but I have never done either of these, so I am new to it all.

    What would you suggest, I plan on getting 2-4 Gigs of Ram, but I have no idea on what video card I should get, how I would set it up, and what, if anything, has to be done to my Power Supply.
     
  2. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    ok. first thing to be updates HAS to be PSU. no cheap ones either. if you get a cheap one, your computer can catch fire and explode (and this is un UNDERSTATEMENT if you go for Q-TEC)

    what is your budget m8?
     
  3. nrf2005

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    Well, I am doing this in stages, so I say 400-800. I plan to buy each part at certain points before 09' hits. I should buy one part per month or two maybe.
     
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    The corsair PSU should be your first upgrade. The CPU will do for now. You'll want to get more RAM, which is relatively cheap, then a new graphics card, which will be a bit more expensive.
     

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