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So, with Mists of Pandaria coming out, I really need to upgrade a couple things. I don't have the best computer, but the only games I really play are WoW and Minecraft. But I've been able to run games like Mass Effect 2 very well with my specs.
Processor: AMD Athlon™ II 240 Dual-Core Processor
Operating System: Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Memory
Hard Drive: 500GB SATA Hard Drive
Graphics card: Nvidia Geforce 210
Power Supply: ATX 12V 300W
So, based on my specs, what is the best power supply and graphics card I can upgrade to? Thanks.
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2012-08-20, 05:37 AM #1Keyboard Turner
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Need new power supply and graphics card
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2012-08-20, 05:46 AM #2Old God
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You will need a complete upgrade of everything. But if you insist on only PSU/GPU upgrade...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139027
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102967Last edited by haxartus; 2012-08-20 at 05:49 AM.
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2012-08-20, 05:52 AM #3Keyboard Turner
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Hm, so I need to upgrade my motherboard as well? And RAM? Dang. I don't really know much about computer hardware. I'm trying to do this as cheaply as possible. I figure it's just kind of a waste of money to spend 3k building a new PC when I mostly browse the internet and play WoW.
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2012-08-20, 05:54 AM #4Banned
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You can spend well under 3k to achieve that building a new computer.
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2012-08-20, 05:55 AM #5Old God
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WoW is more demanding than console ports like Mass Effect. Originally Posted by Euphy
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2012-08-20, 06:02 AM #6Keyboard Turner
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Yeah, I've heard that WoW has a weird graphics system. I just don't really play any other games, so I don't need like the best of the best. I guess it would be fun to play WoW as best as it can be played, though. So how much money are we talking? 500-800 dollars? I've barely even put a dent in my harddrive. I've had this PC 2 years and I still have almost 350 gigs free. I don't really have any issues with my computer being slow, per se, but I guess it would be great to run it faster.
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2012-08-20, 06:09 AM #7Old God
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Roughly $600 if you keep the HDD, the case and the operating system, and get a 7770.
WoW is not graphically intensive but it requires a very powerful CPU (in this case i5-3570K).Last edited by haxartus; 2012-08-20 at 06:09 AM.
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