Want to play games on my HTPC, what to get first ?

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Hi,

Plan to start playing games on my HTPC instead of my 360. Current HTPC Spec is:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
4 GB RAM
Radeon HD 4550 512MB
Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H AMD 690G

Plan is to either:

1.) Sell gfx card and get a 5770 at about £110

2.) Sell CPU and get either Athlon II X4 ( £80) or Phenom X4 810 - ( £110 )


May have to stagger it as rather not spend £250 in one go, assuming the graphics card would be more important to play modern games ( Just Cause 2 coming out in a few weeks ? ) Oh and will play it on a 37'' 720p TV.
 
720p is 1280x720 so not a massive strain on an OK GPU.
I'd say get the GPU and you'll probably find you'll not feel the need to upgrade the CPU so quickly.
 
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