I am planing to upgrade my toaster after the PCI port got fried by me playing too many 2013 games on a 07' PC, mind you it did perform really well with a home PC with a entry level GPU on it, well anyway, i'd like to upgrade it, new cabinet (the one i have is a small form one and it heats up like crazy), new processor(preferably AMD, but whatever gives that "bang for the buck" i'll take it) , RAM (16 GB preferably, you know all the next gen game have 6 GB+ specs), PowerSupply (if i remember properly i have CM Elite 350W PSU/SMPS), motherboard (i have biostar motherboard, don't remember which one, but its biostar), the cooling type and what thermal paste to use (a friend of mine said that high-end one are the best. i think air cooled is better but it makes so much noise, so am open to suggestions), and atlast the big one, the GPU (i seriously need help on this one i'll say the same thing as before "whatever gives that "bang for the buck" i'll take it", earlier i had a nVidia GeForce Galaxy 9500 GT 1GB DDR2) and a monitor(should i buy a 20" TV or a LED monitor, i currently have a 18' LG LCD monitor).
My previous specs:
AMD Athlon X2 64 4400+(overclocked[probably ])
2GB DDR2 RAM
some biostar mother board i can't remember
CM Elite 300W PSU/SMPS
a zebronics mini cabinet
stock fans
and a nVidia GeForce Galaxy 9500 GT 2GB DDR2 (which played all the new 13' games, even bioshock : infinite, TR 13', etc[without lag and with a constant frame rate of 20/25]and also graphically challenging games like crysis 2, BF3, etc,)
thanks in advance.
oh and if the total goes over 1k i don't mind as long as it's under 1.5k