upgradeing alot of stuff and have questions

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#1 evilmudbug
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I'm going through upgrades to my PC. I'm trying to work out what I should get to improve all areas of my PC to play newer games. currently this is what I have

Dell Dimension E521

AMD Athlon 64 X2 +5200 2.6 ghz dual core (windsor)

Dell 0CT103 motherboard

2 gig ram

Nvidia geforce 7300LE 512 mb

Windows XP media center

Here is what I am adding

2 gig ram

HIS Radeon HD 4670 IceQ Turbo 512

my question is can i upgrade my CPU? What is the max chip that my MB will take. If i can upgrade how will that work with my other upgrades and the power supply. (I don't know my current power supply, but if there is a way to tell without opening the PC that would be great)

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#2 04dcarraher
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Well the X2 5200 is fine for playing games, and make sure you upgrade or powersupply to a 500 watt or better because most prebuilts come with a 250-350 watt psu's. Now upgrading the ram wont really help unless you have a 64 bit OS like Vista. This is what I would do upgrade the psu and graphics card to ethier a 9800gt or a 4830 but since you have a 7300le getting a nvidia card like the 9800gt you will run into less issues installing.
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#3 04dcarraher
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2932371&CatId=1079 - 500watt psu $60 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4104586&CatId=3670 - 9800GT with Call of Duty4 $135 ($115AR*)
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#4 quaddrag500
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just like the guy above said change the power supply and the GPU and youll be good for awhile the ones that he listed would work just fine.
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#5 opamando
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I would pick a different PSU then the one suggested. Other than the Toughpower series, I do not trust any PSU from Thermaltake.

Here is a better unit IMHO, Antec Earthwatts 500w, for only $5 more, and if the TT does not have free shipping then the Antec will be the cheaper one overall.

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#6 04dcarraher
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Thermaltake make good psu's
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#7 opamando
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Thermaltake make good psu's 04dcarraher
Yes they do, their Toughpower series is excellent. But like I said I would not trust a Thermaltake PSU unless it is from the Toughpower series. I am not saying they are horrible, but I am saying you can get better for the same price.