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Question

How to Upgrade my PC ???

Feb 6, 2014 5:30AM PST

Hello Gentle men/women.
Recently I decided to upgrade my custom build desktop.

These are my specs :
Motherb: MSI 770-C45 (601-7599-020)
Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 435 Graphic card: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB DDR5 11168-02-20R
RAM: Kingston HyperX 2GB 1600MHz
Disk: WD10EZEX Western Digital Blue 1TB (7200rpm) SATA 6Gb/s 64MB 3.5 inch Hard Drive.

What would be the next/logical step to improve?

Regards Spike

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Upgrade for what use?
Feb 6, 2014 5:32AM PST

If this is running a 64 bit OS, just max out the RAM (crucial.com) and given the rest it's not too bad so push the easy part up and leave the rest.
Bob

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Wow ... fast reply...
Feb 6, 2014 5:46AM PST

No its 32 bit Win 7.
Mainly gaming, bit of programing ...
I am willing to change the OS to 64 bit if it matters ( my knowledge of 64 bit OS is lacking slightly ... i know it is handling large amount of informations faster ... Confused ).

BTW improving the RAM, I am gonna go on a long shot here and say buying one or two copies of my current RAM will do ?

Thank you for the fast reply.

Regards Spike

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Without the OS change, it's constricted.
Feb 6, 2014 5:51AM PST

And buying more RAM (you have 2GB) will result in a miniscule payback. Don't do it.

That is, with a 32 bit OS your setup is almost optimal for a lot of applications.
Bob

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Gaming
Feb 6, 2014 8:09AM PST

If you want to game (serious stuff) you must go to a 64 bit OS.

After you get that installed with the proper bios/drivers/etc and tested.

You then look for a 2x4GB ram kit.....looks like 1333 is the max speed.

After that you look at a new video card which very likely will mean a psu upgrade.

Starting to get the picture?.........serious bucks.

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Yop
Feb 6, 2014 11:51AM PST

Thank you very much guyz for the fast responses.

Best Regards Spike.