Hello All,
I am a short term lurker and reader. I have also read some "Build your own pc books" Today I decided to join because I feel as a Computer Science student I should I really know more about the hardware of a computer plus I really want to upgrade my HP and maybe build one from scratch after I get practice upgrading it(in fact after thinking about it, that is my new years resolution). This PC is mainly used for School as I said I am a CS Student and minimal gaming(WoW, SW ToR) but I would like to get into playing higher powerful games like Skyrim(So I can mod them Other then that introduction I guess what I am asking is what are some easy upgrades that I could go about doing?
The Specs are
Model #: HP Palvilion HPE h8 -1000z
RAM: 6GB(I here its good to start here for beginners)
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840T 2.9 GHz
GPU: 1GB DDR3 AMD Radeon HD 6450 [DVI, HDMI. VGA adapter](would like to eventually get this upgraded)
HDD: 1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
I am guessing I would need a more powerful PSU for a new GPU(I have no idea what the current is, how would i find it?)
Well I guess that is it for now I look forward to your input
I am a short term lurker and reader. I have also read some "Build your own pc books" Today I decided to join because I feel as a Computer Science student I should I really know more about the hardware of a computer plus I really want to upgrade my HP and maybe build one from scratch after I get practice upgrading it(in fact after thinking about it, that is my new years resolution). This PC is mainly used for School as I said I am a CS Student and minimal gaming(WoW, SW ToR) but I would like to get into playing higher powerful games like Skyrim(So I can mod them Other then that introduction I guess what I am asking is what are some easy upgrades that I could go about doing?
The Specs are
Model #: HP Palvilion HPE h8 -1000z
RAM: 6GB(I here its good to start here for beginners)
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840T 2.9 GHz
GPU: 1GB DDR3 AMD Radeon HD 6450 [DVI, HDMI. VGA adapter](would like to eventually get this upgraded)
HDD: 1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
I am guessing I would need a more powerful PSU for a new GPU(I have no idea what the current is, how would i find it?)
Well I guess that is it for now I look forward to your input