Suggested upgrades?

bazzabear

bazzabear

bazzabear

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A family members PC, which he's thinking of upgrading. Can anyone advise what is the bottleneck, what's the limit of how much he can improve it bearing in mind the other components, and whether it's really worthwhile?

Basically, can he get a reasonable improvement for a reasonable outlay?

Asus P5P43TD Pro
Q8400
2x2GB Ram - except he says he's upgraded this to 8. Presumably all slots used then.
GeForce GTS 250 1GB
700 watt PSU, in case it affects GFX suggestions.

Thanks for suggestions.
 
In addition to stulid's questions, what unit is the PSU? Brand, make, model etc? How old is it also?

Cheers
 
bazzabear said:
For gaming mostly I think.

Unfortunately the details of case and PSU are in an email on my work computer, so can't answer them!
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The PC is not with you now? if it is then the PSU should have a label on it and if you post a picture of the case that can probably be identified.
 
Nope, PC not with me. He's asked me for advice, rather than giving me the PC to upgrade for him.

750Ti is around the £100 mark? Would it make a significant difference? I've totally lost track of GFX card nomenclature these days.
 
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