Help me upgrade my computer

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Window 7 32 bit
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Computer:
Dell XPS 400 Desktop Computer Review - Desktops - CNET Reviews
That my computer, for the love me I couldn't seem to find the computer on dells website nor could I locate the serial number on the thing.
Processor: Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80 GHZ, 2793 Mhz, 2 core, 2 logical processor

All I've changed on it is the video card and some ram, at the moment it has about
Total Physical Memory : 3.50GB
Available Physical Memory: 2.14 GB
Installed Physical Memory(RAM): 4.50 GB
I haven't cleaned the computer in a while so I'm sure after that I'll have more open room.

As for the video card it is an ATI Radeon HD 4350.

Note: I got this computer I would say maybe 3-4 years ago and I admit I am no genius on computers. The main purpose would be gaming

Why do you have 4.5GB of RAM? x32 Windows only reads 3.5GB of RAM, so a whole 1GB of your RAM isn't even being used.

Now what exactly do you want us to give you? Do you want upgrades for this PC? A new PC build? What is your total budget?

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Originally Posted by Rishwin

Why do you have 4.5GB of RAM? x32 Windows only reads 3.5GB of RAM, so a whole 1GB of your RAM isn't even being used.

Now what exactly do you want us to give you? Do you want upgrades for this PC? A new PC build? What is your total budget?

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Budget is max 1000$ if possible. I'll be getting a 64 bit soon, just got a free copy of 34 bit so used it without thinking.

Pretty much just a new build if possible, I was just stating what I have now to show what I have now I guess.

Sorry for being unclear

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Originally Posted by qazqazqazqazqaz

Budget is max 1000$ if possible. I'll be getting a 64 bit soon, just got a free copy of 34 bit so used it without thinking.

Pretty much just a new build if possible, I was just stating what I have now to show what I have now I guess.

Sorry for being unclear

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The best build for that price:

ASRock P67 Extreme4 LGA 1155, Intel P67
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz Quad-Core, 6 MB L3 Cache
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-1333
Gigabyte Radeon HD 6950 2 GB GDDR5
G.Skill Phoenix Pro 60GB SSD
Asus DRW-24B1ST 24x DVD Burner
Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650 W

Add in a case of your choice and that should just be around the $1,000 mark.

get the dell xps 9100 its 1000$

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Originally Posted by gsterv

get the dell xps 9100 its 1000$

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We've seen the extent of your technical knowledge. I don't think you're in a position to be giving any advice to anyone.

Scrap it all together. Dell builds are next to useless for upgrading, and they put so many limits on their mobos. I just recently salvaged a couple thinks from my dell, bought a new mobo and case and then just scraped the rest. I get so much more performance out of the same processor and graphics card I had in my dell.

You really don't need to spend $1000 on a new build. In my opinion thats really overkill. If you're gaming you should make your rig budget at $500 and spend the other half on a monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Use a headset instead of spending the money on a decent set of speakers and a sub.

Unless you already have a good setup, then by all means spend it on a beast SLI setup.

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Originally Posted by Ron

Scrap it all together. Dell builds are next to useless for upgrading, and they put so many limits on their mobos. I just recently salvaged a couple thinks from my dell, bought a new mobo and case and then just scraped the rest. I get so much more performance out of the same processor and graphics card I had in my dell.

You really don't need to spend $1000 on a new build. In my opinion thats really overkill. If you're gaming you should make your rig budget at $500 and spend the other half on a monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Use a headset instead of spending the money on a decent set of speakers and a sub.

Unless you already have a good setup, then by all means spend it on a beast SLI setup.

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Eh, i guess it depends. My philosophy has always been that if you're going to start a new build, then make it worthwhile and make sure it gives some pretty huge performance gains, otherwise i don't really see the point.

It does depend on circumstances and what you want out of your PC of course.

you can build your own pc better and alot cheaper, you just need to know what you are doing.

use tigerdirect or newegg