Not sure of upgrades

[baz1]

Hi ive got a Primo Horizon" Intel Core 2 DuoQuad DDR2 Ready Barebones (socket 775)

Intel core2 [email protected]
2gb ram (ddr2 6400 800mhz)
Club 3d Nvidia geforce 8600gt passive 512mb ddr2 dvi/pci-e retail
OcUK Value 450w psu
Gigabyte ga-g41m-es2l
Windows XP

Working with a budget of £100 and was thinking of only upgrading graphics card and ram. I'm not sure what will and wont fit or if its even worth only upgrading ram/graphics card.

The PC is mainly used for the web and watching videos, and light online gaming (Rift atm) which is a bit annoying playing it on minimal graphics.

Any help suggestions please? thanks.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Have a think about going secondhand. It should get you another 2GB RAM, graphics card such as 5770 and an aftermarket cooler to overclock your CPU. Should easily hit 3.2ghz, 3.6ghz if your lucky.

 

[R088ieS86]

As above really.
Your PSU probably couldn't handle a high powered graphics card as well so you want to replace that as well.

New your looking @:
YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 Single Slot 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Stalker & AVP Games £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 ATX '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Kingston 2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C6 800MHz Single Channel Memory Module £19.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £19.99
Total : £168.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Just as an rough guide.

 

[baz1]

Thanks for the suggestions, i guess im better off waiting till i got more money and upgrade the MB aswell.
Also ive already got a thermaltake cpu cooler. Guess ill look into overclocking it.