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    250 pounds to spend on upgrades

    Hey im looking to upgrade my pc and wondered what i'd get the most out of upgrading

    heres my specs

    Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 850 Processor, 3300 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8,00 GB
    System Model M68MT-S2
    Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series 6770 hd

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    Filling out this information will help determine what might be best.

    In the meantime, moving this to the build/upgrade subforum!

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    Either this... or get a 4330, save up some money, and get a better video card later.

    PCPartPicker part list
    CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($116.98 @ SuperBiiz)
    Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.98 @ Newegg)
    Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
    Total: $249.95
    Gaming: Dual Intel Pentium III Coppermine @ 1400mhz + Blue Orb | Asus CUV266-D | GeForce 2 Ti + ZF700-Cu | 1024mb Crucial PC-133 | Whistler Build 2267
    Media: Dual Intel Drake Xeon @ 600mhz | Intel Marlinspike MS440GX | Matrox G440 | 1024mb Crucial PC-133 @ 166mhz | Windows 2000 Pro

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    @chazus misread pounds and made it in USD

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

    CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£89.99 @ Aria PC)
    Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.18 @ CCL Computers)
    Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£123.14 @ Amazon UK)
    Total: £247.31
    (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
    (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 18:42 GMT+0000)

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    Oh what the hell, I -had- it in pounds! Must have carried over from a previous build or something.

    An MSI 660 can also be had for the same price.
    Gaming: Dual Intel Pentium III Coppermine @ 1400mhz + Blue Orb | Asus CUV266-D | GeForce 2 Ti + ZF700-Cu | 1024mb Crucial PC-133 | Whistler Build 2267
    Media: Dual Intel Drake Xeon @ 600mhz | Intel Marlinspike MS440GX | Matrox G440 | 1024mb Crucial PC-133 @ 166mhz | Windows 2000 Pro

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