Help upgrading old desktop

[Tlawl]

Hello,

 

I I am a university student. I'm looking to upgrade my parents old HP A6552F desktop to use it for gaming. I don't have a lot of money but I have been saving for a while to upgrade it. My plan is to keep the q6600 and the motherboard. I want to trade out the old 4x1gb ram for a new set of 4x2gb ram as this is the most supported ram that the motherboard will take. I want to also run a gtx 960 4gb video card. 

I think this all will work and I'm thinking that a mild overclock on the q6600 to 3.0ghz will actually make a pretty solid machine. 

I would love some advice as I am not sure if these parts are compatible.

Thanks,

A new pc Enthusiast 

[Philcat101]

Hello,

 

I I am a university student. I'm looking to upgrade my parents old HP A6552F desktop to use it for gaming. I don't have a lot of money but I have been saving for a while to upgrade it. My plan is to keep the q6600 and the motherboard. I want to trade out the old 4x1gb ram for a new set of 4x2gb ram as this is the most supported ram that the motherboard will take. I want to also run a gtx 960 4gb video card. 

I think this all will work and I'm thinking that a mild overclock on the q6600 to 3.0ghz will actually make a pretty solid machine. 

I would love some advice as I am not sure if these parts are compatible.

Thanks,

A new pc Enthusiast 

Sounds good to me!

 

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