Small Upgrade

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Small Upgrade (Need help fast please)

I found out my budget is lower than I thought and I was thinking to upgrade my current PC, instead of buying a new one.

Any suggestions?

Specs:

CPU: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology EP45-DS3P
GFX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
RAM: 4GB
 
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I would like to see all available offers (Lower the price the better I guess), I use the PC for Gaming & I would like to increase my FPS in games, and be able to run them in higher detail.

Would also like to run BF3 on medium if I ever consider getting the game.

Note: I'm not experienced in building a whole new computer (i.e removing motherboard & changing everything)
 
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I think the best move would be to overclock the E5300 (should hit at least 3.6Ghz) and a decent graphics card. Need to know your budget and screen resolution before we can spec you a card. What psu do you have?
 
have you tried overclocking your processor ?

cheapest option would be a second hand q6600 and a new graphics card.

what psu do you have make/model/wattage.

a new 1155 socket, cheapest would set you back :

Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99 (£79.99)

Gigabyte H61M-USB3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) Motherboard £49.99 (£41.66)

Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £19.90 (£16.58)

Sub Total : £138.23
Shipping : £9.50
VAT : £29.55
Total : £177.28

graphics card wise new ati 6850 or nvidia 460gtx would set you back about £120.
 
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cheapest option would be a second hand q6600 and a new graphics card.
Click to expand...

My 3.4ghz q6600 wasnt much use as gaming upgrade from my 3.8gh E5200.

Sure its better when you come to compile a video edit, or for the 5% of games that use more than 2.5 cores.
 
This is the case I have at the moment: Antec 900 Nine Hundred Case with 200mm Top Fan

Features:

Includes Top mounted 200mm TriCool Case Fan
2 front loaded HDD cages for up to 6 hard disk drives
The HDD cages act as air ducts to allow air in more efficiently. Optional middle 120mm fan bracket to cool the hottest graphic cards or CPU
Two 120mm TriCool blue LED front fans to cool hard disk drives
Window side panel comes with an optional 120mm fan mount for maximum VGA cooling
Top mounted I/O ports for easy access
Top tray for your MP3 player, digital camera, etc.
PSU mounts at the bottom of the Antec case (PSU not included)
Dimensions: 19.4h x 8.1h x 18.4h (L x W x H)
49.3cm x 20.6cm x 46.8cm (L x W x H)
Advanced cooling system:
- 1 top 200mm TriCool fan with 3-speed switch control
- 1 rear 120mm TriCool fan with 3-speed switch control
- 2 front 120mm special black TriCool blue LED fans with 3-speed switch control to cool HDDs
- 1 side (optional) 120mm fan to cool graphic cards
- 1 middle (optional) 120mm fan to cool CPU or graphic cards
9 Drive Bays
- External 3 x 5.25"; Internal 6 x 3.5" for HDD, or
- External 6 x 5.25"; Internal 3x 3.5" for HDD, or
- External 9 x 5.25"
Motherboard: Fits micro and standard ATX
7 Expansion Slots
Top I/O
- Power & reset button with blue LED
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire®, i.Link®)
- Audio In and Out
 
they are great overclocking boards.
as you said your psu is just a black box i would upgrade that befor ocing and adding a new gpu:

OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£107.99
(£89.99)

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply
£39.98
(£33.32)

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
25.99
(£21.66)

Sub Total : £144.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)
Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00%
VAT : £30.89
Total : £185.36

out of that chip you should get about 3.6ghz (if not more) that should give you a good gaming boost. you could also pick up a cheap q6600 and use that.
if you can strech an extra £30 get the 6870 but the 6850 should be fine for medium quality
 
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With this:

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler

Would I be able to get Medium 60+ fps on BF3?

And if I am right now getting around 40-50 fps in a game called Garry's Mod, would I be getting a lot more after this?

Edit

Just found out my card has nearly the same stats as this just much less memory? :S

740 MHz Core
1836 MHz Shaders
1100 MHz Memory
512 MBytes Memory Size
 
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