Need Insight Please!

[Muskie360]

I got a new custom made desktop computer last year for Christmas. At first, the computer worked great for what I wanted, although it never really ran 25 mans well.

Windows 7 Professional
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor 3.10 GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 210

I really want to upgrade my computer to run the expansion well and was wondering what is the best way to go about it? I don't want to spend more than about 100 dollars. Is there any way to make it work? Please let me know. Thank you.

[Deleted]

First thing to do is see if your motherboard supports unlocking dormant cores because there is a chance you could have a stable x3 or even x4 locked away in that CPU. Second thing is to spend your $100 on an AMD 7750 GPU which will runn on any PoS power supply and be more than enough with inclusion of your CPU to handle WoW on high settings @1080p.

[Muskie360]

How can I check if my motherboard supports unlocking dormant cores? And what does that mean?

---------- Post added 2012-09-28 at 10:19 AM ----------

Also, any chance you could send me a link to the card you are talking about?

---------- Post added 2012-09-28 at 10:23 AM ----------

And one more thing, would a GeForce GT 430 Video Card which is 60 dollars do the job as well?

[llDemonll]

$100 isn't going to get you much of a performance increase with that machine