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Your RAM is just about undoubtely running in single channel mode either with 1x 4GB DIMM and 1x 2GB DIMM or 3x 2G DIMMs. Removing the 2G DIMM and putting in a second 4G DIMM or putting in a fourth 2G DIMM depending on what you have would allow your RAM to run in dual channel mode which wouldn't cost too much and would probably add a bit of pep.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231421 4G DIMM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239351 2G DIMM

 

Not much you can do with the CPU for gaming performance

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113159 Probably your best for the money

That'll at least give you a 500Mhz speed increase, and more importantly double the L2 cache. Could do a first generation Phenom triple/quad core(Talimon or Agenda) but you'll loose clockrate and you'd have to find one for sale

 

Your video card would be the most important thing for upgrading, and that really depends on what you want to spend and if you want to get a new PSU.

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Still haven't really given a budget, if you're looking on the cheap I'd suggest this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

 

That's about the best you can do without replacing your PSU and even it is pushing it. The 4350's TDP is 20W, the 7750 is 55W, not a huge amount but that PC only has a 250W PSU.

I'd suggest doing that and fixing the memory so that it runs in dual channel, either pop the side panel off and look how many slots are filled(if three are filled you have 3x 2GB, if two are filled you have 1x 4GB and 1x GB) - or you can download this http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/1.61-64bits-en.zip hit the SPD tab and scroll through the memory slots.

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Yep, PSU == Power Supply Unit. That motherboard takes standard ATX PSUs, not sure if the case does but I would imagine it does. Then it really depends on the wattage of the PSU you have and how it is laid out, and how much you want to spend. With enough wattage you could do an AMD 7770, AMD 7850 or nVidia Ti 550/560 would be the next step up if you wanted to spend the money.

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If you shop right, you can build a great machine for under 1,000usd, and a MEGA machine for under 1,500. But, that generally requires shopping during sales, and buying the parts one by one, so it can take a bit.

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Well depending how its made from the looks of it its just a standard Micro ATX motherboard it uses. As long as the I/O shield is removable and the standoff's line up. Usually you can just slap in a better motherboard and put a AMD phenom II x4 or the AM3+ bulldozer 6 core cpu on it and reuse the case and hard drives and DVD drive. You may lose the firewire option (But who uses it anyways) if it has it and may have to redo the Front panel wires so they will work with the new board.

 

Your going to have to get DDR3 with the AM3 and AM3+ boards but its cheap and you can install 8GB for under $60 The motherboard will be anywhere from $60 to $100+ in which I recommend the ASUS. The CPU is $110 for the quadcore FX 4100.

 

Then get the best video card you can afford. I would stick with Nvidia 550ti at least which is a-lot better than your ATi card.

 

Then get a new PSU because the HP one is only 250 watts and it will likely catch on fire and ruin your new parts if you attempt to use the HP PSU.

 

The last issue is that you will need to either buy a new copy or windows because it will not activate on the new board. Unless you know how to get a hold of a SLIC 2.1 BIOS and certificates for the new board and know how to flash the BIOS.

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You're unlikely to be able to re-use that case as the HDD LED/Power LED/Power switch header is more than likely non-standard. If you change motherboard you will *need* to buy a new copy of windows, it's not a matter of simply "flashing" the BIOS. That machine has SLP 2.1/SLIC which stores an encrypted copy of the OEM windows key and injects it into the ACPI table, ripping that out and putting it on a new motherboard is not a trivial task, and would still yield an illegal copy of Windows.

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