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What should I upgrade first ?

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Current specs-

I3 540 @ 3.07Ghz [2 cores,hyperthreading]

4GB ram 1300 Mhz

NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS

Intel DH55J motherboard !

500W power supply !

 

I know these are pretty OLD :P

 

I use PC mostly for Video editing [moderate]

 

So what should I upgrade first (i mean which part) ?

 

Budget aroud 250$ or less [will upgrade again after 2-3 months]

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What's your power supply?

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I think the real question is how much you plan to spend total over all the upgrades.

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I need more information on your power supply. There's so much to upgrade. The first thing I would upgrade is your graphics card to maybe a 270X.

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if you don`t play games than upgrade cpu first.and add some ram later http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KxfVD3 .or you could buy a used i7 860 for your motherboard

 

if you play games more then get a gpu. r9 270/280 and a new psu. the i3 is still capable for gaming

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If you have a $250 budget, getting a R9 280 and dealing with the Bottle-necking till you can get a decent board and a better CPU.

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GPU first. Then the powersupply. If you get PSU first, you'll be limited to gpu. 

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