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Hello, I have recently inherited my mother's home PC. The specs are pretty basic, here they are:

 

AMD Athlon II X3 2.7Ghz

Generic 370W PSU

Integrated AMD Graphics

4GB DDR2 RAM

Seagate 500GB Hard Drive

Gigabyte Motherboard with audio issues

Stock CPU Cooler

Generic Micro ATX Case

2.5 Inch Memory Card Reader

Windows XP

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So, I am planning to upgrade it to a standard where I can play some big games on medium settings, the first upgrade will be to buy a new motherboard with DDR3 Memory and able to install Windows 8 on it. Here are the upgraded future specs:

 

AMD FX-6300 Black Edition 3.5/4.1Ghz

Seasonic 520W 80 Plus Bronze Certified PSU

MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card

Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB

MSI 990XA-GD55 Motherboard

Stock CPU Heat Sink

2.5 Inch Memory Card Reader

Generic 5.1 Channel PCI Sound Card

Antec One Midi Tower Case

Windows 8 64-bit

 

If you have any suggestions of things to change then please do get in touch with me. I will post pictures as the build goes on :)

[CPU] AMD Athlon II X3 425 OC'd @ 3.3Ghz [MOBO] MSI 990XA-GD55 AM3+ [RAM] Corsair XMS3 8gb 1999Mhz [GPU]Asus Radeon HD 7770 2gb [CASE]Zalman Z11 Plus[storage]WD 1tb Intel 530 Series 120gb SSD[PSU]Corsair CX500W Modular PSU[Keyboard] Microsoft Sidewinder X4[Headphones]Steel Series Siberias Republic of Gamers

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migh aswell just sell it and buy all new :)
 

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Yeah, I was going to buy a new one anyway but upgrading my current pc is just more fun and also I can keep things like the dvd drive and the hard drive

[CPU] AMD Athlon II X3 425 OC'd @ 3.3Ghz [MOBO] MSI 990XA-GD55 AM3+ [RAM] Corsair XMS3 8gb 1999Mhz [GPU]Asus Radeon HD 7770 2gb [CASE]Zalman Z11 Plus[storage]WD 1tb Intel 530 Series 120gb SSD[PSU]Corsair CX500W Modular PSU[Keyboard] Microsoft Sidewinder X4[Headphones]Steel Series Siberias Republic of Gamers

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You really don't need a sound card on an MSI motherboard

6600K  |  16GB HYPERX  |  GTX1070 FE  |  Z170X-UD3  |  AIR540

Respect the past, Embrace the future.

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I wasn't going to but because of the motherboard that it has in it at the moment has audio problems, I bought a cheap sound card so that it would actually play sounds and I just thought that I'd throw it into the finished build

[CPU] AMD Athlon II X3 425 OC'd @ 3.3Ghz [MOBO] MSI 990XA-GD55 AM3+ [RAM] Corsair XMS3 8gb 1999Mhz [GPU]Asus Radeon HD 7770 2gb [CASE]Zalman Z11 Plus[storage]WD 1tb Intel 530 Series 120gb SSD[PSU]Corsair CX500W Modular PSU[Keyboard] Microsoft Sidewinder X4[Headphones]Steel Series Siberias Republic of Gamers

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i recommend you ditch the vengeance and get some cheaper ram all it is, is brandage just get a cheaper brand and get a 7790  

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Thanks for the feedback, I'll think about that, I was definitely considering the 7790 a while back but the price threw me a bit

[CPU] AMD Athlon II X3 425 OC'd @ 3.3Ghz [MOBO] MSI 990XA-GD55 AM3+ [RAM] Corsair XMS3 8gb 1999Mhz [GPU]Asus Radeon HD 7770 2gb [CASE]Zalman Z11 Plus[storage]WD 1tb Intel 530 Series 120gb SSD[PSU]Corsair CX500W Modular PSU[Keyboard] Microsoft Sidewinder X4[Headphones]Steel Series Siberias Republic of Gamers

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May be you could throw in a Corsair H40. It looks good, performs great and it's relatively quiet.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 - 3900x @ 4.4GHz with a Custom Loop | MBO: ASUS Crosshair VI Extreme | RAM: 4x4GB Apacer 2666MHz overclocked to 3933MHz with OCZ Reaper HPC Heatsinks | GPU: PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT | SSDs: Intel 660P 512GB SSD and Intel 660P 1TB SSD | HDD: 2x WD Black 6TB and Seagate Backup Plus 8TB External Drive | PSU: Corsair RM1000i | Case: Cooler Master C700P Black Edition | Build Log: here

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Is that a closed loop water cooler? It sounds like it

[CPU] AMD Athlon II X3 425 OC'd @ 3.3Ghz [MOBO] MSI 990XA-GD55 AM3+ [RAM] Corsair XMS3 8gb 1999Mhz [GPU]Asus Radeon HD 7770 2gb [CASE]Zalman Z11 Plus[storage]WD 1tb Intel 530 Series 120gb SSD[PSU]Corsair CX500W Modular PSU[Keyboard] Microsoft Sidewinder X4[Headphones]Steel Series Siberias Republic of Gamers

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