I Need help with upgrades

[ijamze]

hi guys i am need to upgrade my pc beacuse i cant play any new games not but i dont want to buy a need pc.

i have a acer aspire x3200

 

Processor: AMD Phenom 9550 Triple-core Processor 2.20GHz

Ram: 3.00 GB

32-bit operating system

nvidia geforce 9200

 

i would like you upgrade my graphics card and cpu can anyone help please

 

thankyou jamie

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

The specs for your machine suggest that your motherboard is a microATX ( small form factor )

This will limit the choice of Video Card.

 

from the Acer Site:

PCI Express® 2.0 x16 graphics card support (low-profile)

 

It looks as if you will need to select a low profile ( smaller build ) Video Card.

 

If you are upgrading the Video Card ( depending on your choice ) you may well need to upgrade the PSU also in order to cope with the new power requirements.

I suspect that, at the moment, you will have something like 300Watts.

 

32 bit systems only support up to 4GB RAM of which about 3.5 GB is used by the system.

 

If this system wasn't built for gaming generally there is little you can do to bring it up to gaming spec.

[ijamze]

ok. could you show me some examples of low profile cards that i could just put in without get a new psu.

 

thanks for replying

Edited May 21, 2012 by ijamze

[KenB]

that i could just put in without get a new psu.

I only guessed at the PSU wattage - you will need to let me know what this is :)

[ijamze]

im pretty sure its 220W

[KenB]

Hi,

 

Take a look here:

http://www.squidoo.com/best-low-profile-video-graphics-cards-for-gaming-2011-pci-express

 

220 Watts will probably not be suitable for most of these.

 

No prices are given so you will need to Google the cards for price and specs.