Upgradeing my School pc for gaming

brandon9436

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Hey guys so this is my current pc

So took a peek inside the pc and Found this

CPU:AMD A6-5200 APU (Locked@2Ggz) Stock cooler works fine
Motherboard: DAFT3L-Kelia MB
Memory:8Gb of DDr3 1600Mhz ram (Bare memory with stock code stickers on them that don't lead to anything)
Storage: Seargate Barracuda 1Tb 7200 Rpm
Graphics: Radeon HD 8400
Power Supply:Fsp300-60THA 300W ATX12V Power supply
Case: Gateway mid tower pc case not much to say about it(Has usb 3.0's,Sd card reader, Audio I/O on the front as well as lights)
Optical drive: No Idea what brand


So if you search up the power supply you'll find that there is no Pci 6 Pin or 6+2 pin on it (There's a 4 pin but that's no good) So I need another power supply.


In short I have this.
Mobo:http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/specs-daft3l-kelia-mb/
Psu:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Measurements for Power supply here:http://www.impactcomputers.com/fsp300-60tha.html

I looked around and found this Power supply which seems to look good and is quite cheap for me I could get this along with the GTS 450 2gb (Gddr3 I think) and I think it would work out.
Power supply I want:http://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Cx-Series-430w-Modular/dp/...
GPU:http:http://www.amazon.ca/Leadtek-Winfast-nVidia-Geforce-Express/dp/B00IPPGZOC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418237266&sr=8-1&keywords=gts+450

This pc is already built I just want to upgrade this for casual gaming. I know there are newer and better cards out there but you cant beat the price of this card for my casual games (About 40$ usd for the gpu)

I'll be mostly playing older games and casual games I've checked benchmarks and they appeal to me.
So If you see any problems please tell me.
 
Upgrade normaly means to go for something that is still being supported. If you get that GPU you just updated nothing for 50 bucks. Get the R7 250X and the CX 430... That motherboard tho... I dont even think that this thing is worth upgrading... But if you want to = R7 250x ( used are for about 40$) and 430X
 


I don't understand what you mean by nothing, the GPU is better than the integrated graphics I have is it not?, Are you saying that this gpu will not work at all in the current pc? I'm not exactly looking to play any high end games here just some casual and older game's.

 


170 Canadian dollars with taxes and shipping included. I need a Power supply, Graphics card and Anti static wrist band (which is like 5$) I would need a Canadian site such as Newegg.ca or Amazon.ca. I ended up doing what the guy above said to do and it turned out to be well over 220$ Canadian. As a side note Canadian taxes are 15% so 15 cents on a dollar.

I'm guessing this is isn't really possible to do with my budget but I would be interested to see what you can find. But all things aside I wont be doing much besides League of legends, Mine craft, MMO's and I might try out the Mafia series.

Thanks in advance for the help.