PC Upgrade for Gaming (Med - Max Settings)

[francisping23]

i have:
MSI H61M-P31/W8
Intel G2030 @ 3.0Ghz
2 x 2gb DDR3 - 1333 GHz
WD 72Gb - 5400 RPM
600 watts PSU

i want to play some hd games on 720 or 1080 p (medium to max settings), so my question is what part of my pc will i upgrade first and what graphic card should i buy without having any bottlenecks on my processor. 😀 i dont have any issues on budget but im from the philippines so some hardware are not available yet in my country. :3 thanks in advance!

 

[nikoli707]

without knowing what model case you have and more importantly what model power supply you have, we cannot help you much.

but finding a used sandy bridge i5 shouldn't be hard. that will replace your g2030 and offer a massive cpu performance increase.

 

[francisping23]

sorry about the casing. this is what it looks like. http://falconcomputers.dmwworld.com/trendsonic/generic-flamingo-mid-tower-black-blue-led-fan---no-psu.html

and for the psu: LC-8600BTX (600 watts) GENERIC

 

[nikoli707]

the power supply is junk. it might not really be 600w. before you do anything you should replace the power supply.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

to be honest you might be better off just building a whole new computer. in the end the only thing you would be keeping is the motherboard, ram, and case. it depends on if you can find an intel i5-2xxx processor used or not for a decent price.