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Rusty5551

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I am looking to upgrade in the future and need some advice. Most of the games I play now with a 360 controller run okay, but would like to make the playing and video smoother and more responsive. I would like to include the hard drive, processor, memory, power supply and a graphics card. I do like the case and all the inputs it has and would like to keep it. Do you have any suggestions for me on what I have in mind here?
Gateway DX4380-UR308 Technical Details
• AMD® A-Series A8-5500 Processor 3.2GHzwith TurboCore 2.0 Technology up to 3.7GHz
• Motherboard Acer AAHD3-VC FM2 Socket
• 300 Watt power Supply
• Windows 8 Pro 64 bit edition
• 1TB SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM
• 8GB DDR3 SDRAM Memory Dual Channel 1600/1333 MHz
• AMD Radeon™ HD 7560D Graphics
• Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi CERTIFIED™
• Bluetooth® 4.0+HS
• 16X DVD±R/RW SuperMulti Drive
• High-Definition Audio support with 5.1 Channel output
• 6- USB 2.0 Ports (2 front, 4 rear)
• 2- USB 3.0 Ports (2 rear)
• 2- PS/2 Ports (keyboard and mouse)
• Gateway Multimedia Keyboard and Optical Mouse








Monitor is a Polaroid 32” TV with VGA and HDMI inputs
Visio Sound Bar with a 125 Watt Sony sub wolfer
Insane 2 Requirements:
o OS: Windows XP (SP2), Vista (SP1), 7
o Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2
o Video Card: GeForce 7900GTX/ATI RADEON X1900 XT or higher
o DirectX®: 9.0c
Dirt 3 Requirements:
o Processor:AMD Phenom™ II or Intel® Core™ i7
o Video Card: AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
o DirectX®: DirectX® 11
Dirt Showdown Requirements:
o Processor: AMD Bulldozer or Intel Core i7
o Graphics: AMD HD5870 or Nvidia GeForce 470GTX
o DirectX®: 11

Clutch Requirements:
o Processor: Pentium IV 2.5 / AMD Athlon 2800+
o Graphics: 9.0s DirectX-compatible video card with 128 MB of memory, supports shader model 2
o DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
Flat Out 3 Requirements:
o Processor: Intel® Quadcore
o Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 / AMD Radeon HD 6970
o DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Track Mania 2 Canyon Requirements:
o Processor:1.5Ghz
o Graphics:256 Mo, Pixel Shader 2.0 / Intel HD 2000 / Nvidia ION / AMD HD 6310
o DirectX®:9.0c
 
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You have an OEM motherboard unfortunately, if this was a self-built system, it could of had some upgrade paths.

I am not 100% possible if this will work because of your OEM motherboard but:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Diamond Radeon HD 6570 2GB Video Card ($34.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX12V Power Supply ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $61.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 09:47 EDT-0400)

call up gateway maybe and ask if their motherboard supports dual graphics, if it does then you have this upgrade path.

if your...

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You have an OEM motherboard unfortunately, if this was a self-built system, it could of had some upgrade paths.

I am not 100% possible if this will work because of your OEM motherboard but:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Video Card: Diamond Radeon HD 6570 2GB Video Card ($34.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX12V Power Supply ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $61.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 09:47 EDT-0400)

call up gateway maybe and ask if their motherboard supports dual graphics, if it does then you have this upgrade path.

if your motherboard doesnt support it:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-P33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Diamond Radeon HD 6570 2GB Video Card ($34.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX12V Power Supply ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $106.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 09:50 EDT-0400)

But that second upgrade is not worth it because you would have to buy a new OS license.
 
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Rusty5551

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