New CPU or Graphics card to make my game sexier?

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ISuckAtComputers

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Jul 18, 2013
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So for my birthday I decided I would get myself a sexy computer upgrade for gaming, My question is, Why Do I lag? I have the AX3470-EB358 Asus acer computer, It ran games perfectly when I got it but lately I seem to lag A LOT, My Ghz It was 2.4 when I got it now its 2.2, which I think is okay, and I have a radeon HD6530D, Also I ran skyrim perfectly At high quality now barely at low quality, what is making it lose its magic touch? IS it the CPU or is my graphics card worn out? If not What in baby jesus is going on?!

Specs:
Operating system: windows 8 64 Bit (6.2, build 9200)
Manufacturer: Acer
Model: Asus x3470
BIOS: 8/10/2012
CPU: AMD-QUAD-A6-3620 APU 2.2ghz
Graphics card of sexiness: AMD Radeon 6530D (Comes with the processor)
RAM: 8gb and 6gb available
Video card memory: 4gb


I hope this is enough for you guys to help me out, Also I can upgrade anything but please try to keep it under $150 since I cant spend money (Saving up for PS4)