What Shoud I Upgrade?

[Andro Youssef]

I currently have a 3 year old desktop I wanna upgrade my budget is $200. I need your help on deciding what part(s) should I upgrade. I'm willing to buy used or refurbished parts. Here are the current specs;

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Q6600
• Graphics card: Asus Radeon 5450
1gb
• Motherboard:Asus IPI8L-LA
• Hard drive: WD 5400 Rpm 320gb I have 2 of these in my system
• Ram:3.5 GB Kingston ram
• Operating system: Windows 7 ultimate X64
Please tell me on what i should upgrade thanks

 

[ksham]

RAM, motherboard, and CPU.

A bit more than $200 but it will put you in good standing so that when you saved up more money, you can get a better GPU. But there's always the option of an APU, which is already far better than your GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.94 @ NCIX US)
Total: $212.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)