Need help with gaming upgrade.

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Will2597

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I am looking to upgrade to be able to play games like Skyrim and Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning.

I have a HP p6624y Specs on the box says:

AMD Athlon II 635 Quad-Core Processor
8GB DDR3 Memory
1TB Hard Drive
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Windows 7

Here is a link for more specs from hp if needed and shows a pic of the tower: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...ctID=c02625685

I am a noob when it comes to hardware upgrades, I apologize in advance.. I'm sure I will need a graphics card but not sure which one and do I need a new fan to support the extra heat from the card or possibly a new case with more than one fan. How about my motherboard, processor, and ram?

If anyone can help I would appreciate it.
 
Did you buy this to be a gaming machine? If you did it was a waste of money.... the only components in this rig that are decent are the CPU, HDD, and optical drive. You WILL need a graphics card and bigger psu. Since you need a new PSU, you may need a new case. Some computers that you buy at the store only support their brands power supplies. So you may need a new case. I would also recommend getting better RAM, if you're looking for a gaming machine I would get 8GB+ of 1600MHz RAM (only about $35 for this). Your current motherboard doesn't support this type of RAM so... if you wanna upgrade the RAM time to get a new mobo. Let me know if you're actually looking for a gaming machine, and how much you'd be willing to spend in upgrades. Also not to sound like a douche, but you need to post this topic http://www.hardwareforums.com/forums/new-build-upgrade-advice.13/ <---- there.
 
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