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CPU

AMD Athlon™ II X2 240 Processor

Motherboard

ASRock N68PV-GS

Memory

Transcend 4GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR2 SDRAM

Storage

Samsung HD322HJ 320GB Internal Hard Drive

Video Card

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a

Case

Mid Tower Case

Power Supply 

500 W Power Supply (unbranded)

   

 Display

 AOC Internationa F22, 21.1 inches (53.6 cm) / 1920 x 1080 pixels @ 50-75 Hz

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This is currently my computer, it's pretty old and I want to be able to use it for browsing and light gaming so  I don't think it's worth getting the newest stuff. I want to replace the CPU to AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ ;

memory to be 8GB,; maybe replace HHD to SSD or just add an SSD;

replace this card to GeForce GTX 650.
I will be getting used stuff so I didn't provide the links to stores.

I would appreciate if you told me if there is any issues or is there better options.
 

PS. Sorry if my English is not the best, it's the Balkan blood.  
 

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What are the prices of the items you are looking to upgrade to?  Your budget?

 

There are a lot of components released since the early 70's when you bought your machine :)  

 

May be more feasible to upgrade it all to an inexpensive Ryzen level.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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pick up an AM2+/AM3 quad core and 2x4gb of DDR2 to pair with the GTX 650.

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2 hours ago, jstudrawa said:

What are the prices of the items you are looking to upgrade to?  Your budget?

 

There are a lot of components released since the early 70's when you bought your machine :)  

 

May be more feasible to upgrade it all to an inexpensive Ryzen level.

I don't really have a budget, just trying to make things a bit better. If I had to say, it would be around 100-200 USD

The Geforce GTX 650 is around 30 USD,

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ is 5 USD, but I am not sure about the CPU.

The ram I think it is easy to find and it is pretty inexpensive.

 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, BattleAvocado said:

Is AMD Phenom II X4 955 a better choice? Or is it not compatible with my motherboard?

If you look down the page on the motherboard you linked you'll find the CPU Support List.

 

As far as I can see it does not explicitly state that it does. Only goes as high as the 945. This does not mean that it doesn't support the 955 but it'd be a gamble if you bought it. Your choice to take that risk.

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