Hi guys! So, I'm planning to upgrade my 5 year old alienware aurora ALX to improve my gaming experience, but it has been the same 5 years since I paid any attention to advances in technology and I wasn't exactly an expert in the first place, as such I could use some help making sure my proposed upgrades will work well together / hear suggestions on how I could better improve it or upgrade it more cheaply;
Current Spec;
Operating System - MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 90nm Technology (3014.1MHz)
RAM - 4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 376MHz (4 x 1 GB)
Motherboard - alienware alienware (Socket M2 )
Graphics - 768MB GeForce 8800 GTX (nVidia)
Monitor - DELL 2407WFP (1920x1200@59Hz)
Hard Drives - 488GB Seagate ST350063 0AS SCSI Disk Device (ATA)
Audio - High Definition Audio Device
Planned upgrades;
Processor - Intel i5 2500 - 4x 3.3GHz - £152 off amazon (4 core, single thread)
Graphics - Geforce GTX 560 1GB - £150 off amazon (2.4x more powerful according to NVIDIA)
Thoughts? Suggestions? Improvements?
Current Spec;
Operating System - MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 90nm Technology (3014.1MHz)
RAM - 4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 376MHz (4 x 1 GB)
Motherboard - alienware alienware (Socket M2 )
Graphics - 768MB GeForce 8800 GTX (nVidia)
Monitor - DELL 2407WFP (1920x1200@59Hz)
Hard Drives - 488GB Seagate ST350063 0AS SCSI Disk Device (ATA)
Audio - High Definition Audio Device
Planned upgrades;
Processor - Intel i5 2500 - 4x 3.3GHz - £152 off amazon (4 core, single thread)
Graphics - Geforce GTX 560 1GB - £150 off amazon (2.4x more powerful according to NVIDIA)
Thoughts? Suggestions? Improvements?