[H] Need help upgrading my comp

YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

February 19 2010 04:02 GMT

Who knew my first blog on tl.net would be related to SC2 O_Oa. Anyways, I've been seeing these, help me upgrade my computer blogs everywhere (cuz of sc2), so I have decided to make one as well. I actually have no idea when it comes to computers, at first, I was actually thinking of just increasing my ram to 4 GB from 2 GB but I want to ask you experts if I should make more changes to my comp.

My computer model is HP Pavillion All-in-One PC and these are my specs:

OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU TYPE:AMD ATHLON(TM) X2 DUAL CORE PROCESSOR 3250E
CPU SPEED (GHZ):1.52
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):1.748
GRAPHICS CARD MODEL:ATI RADEON HD 3200 GRAPHICS
GRAPHICS CARD DRIVER:ATIUMDAG.DLL
DESKTOP
RESOLUTION:1366X768
HARD DISK SIZE (GB):285.695
HARD DISK FREE SPACE (GB):263.288

Any input will be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

FragKrag

United States11565 Posts

February 19 2010 04:03 GMT

$ limit?

Graphics card is the first thing that strikes me. I'd upgrade that first.

YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

February 19 2010 04:05 GMT

Oh ya, hmm I can go 500$ max. Sorry if I sound ignorant, but what's wrong with my graphics card? (I have no idea when it comes to comps t.t)

Navi

5286 Posts

February 19 2010 04:06 GMT

+1 for the graphics card, the rest seem fine enough :D

i haven't seen SC2 in action yet, but I doubt it will have too much more req than HON or something similar.

I recommend Radeon 4850 at least, I think its floating around 120 dollars? 4850 can run WC3 and COD4 fairly well on fairly high quality, so it should do good with SC2

YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

February 19 2010 04:07 GMT

Oh, forgot to ask, which graphics card do you guys recommend?

FragKrag

United States11565 Posts

February 19 2010 04:08 GMT

What is your power supply? How many watts?

YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

February 19 2010 04:10 GMT

Where do I find that? on the power supply it says 120 W. Thanks for the help btw.

FragKrag

United States11565 Posts

February 19 2010 04:12 GMT

First thing you are going to need to upgrade is your power supply. I would recommend a quality 500W PSU. A decent video card would be a 4850 1GB or a 5770.

I'm not sure how you can upgrade an all-in-one computer though.

YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

February 19 2010 04:14 GMT

I'm sure I can just take it apart lol. So, 500W PSU, a graphics card above 4850, got it! It wouldnt hurt for me to upgrade my ram right?

Edit: Oh wait, seems like power supply wasnt what I thought it was o.O

FragKrag

United States11565 Posts

February 19 2010 04:17 GMT

#10

Yeah 2gb more of RAM will help the computer.

Deleted User 47542

1484 Posts

February 19 2010 05:12 GMT

#11

Build a new. Upgrading an All-in-one sounds like a bitch.
http://forum.desktopreview.com/showthread.php?t=235512

prOxi.swAMi

Australia3091 Posts

February 19 2010 05:28 GMT

#12

On February 19 2010 13:14 YoonHo wrote:
I'm sure I can just take it apart lol. So, 500W PSU, a graphics card above 4850, got it! It wouldnt hurt for me to upgrade my ram right?

Edit: Oh wait, seems like power supply wasnt what I thought it was o.O

Mate, I'm sure you can take it apart. The thing is, your machine (if it is what I think it is) has a very unusual form factor. A new graphics card, PSU etc may simply not fit in such a box. Sure, they'd be compatible but it's a physical limitation, not a technological limitation.

I would do a bit more research and/or open up your machine before you take this any further at all.

(I imagine RAM and CPU should be perfectly fine to upgrade though)

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