Hey Fellow Steamgifters

I have the following PC that I built in 2010 with the help of a friend for about $500. Now this holiday season I have about $200 to upgrade my PC. I play all my games pretty much on this Desktop. I use 40" Samsung LCD and XBox 360 Controllers for windows. I have installed Windows Vista and run Steam, Origin (less often) and Desura (Least used) to play my games

Please suggest upgrades in the my price range that can make this configuration better for Game Playing.
Here is my current configuration (If needed please tell me what to look for and I'll give you the info about the computer:

XION XON-CBX01-BL CyborGX Gaming Black w/ Blue LED Light Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS EAH5550/G/DI/1GD3(LP) Radeon HD 5550 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card
IMC IMC-black USB 2.0 Card Reader
Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80605I5760
SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model TS-H663C/UOAH - OEM
Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
LOGISYS Computer PS575XBK 575W ATX12V SLI Ready Power Supply
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

I would really appreciate your help. Thanks a lot in advance

EDIT As someone suggested to change to Win 7, I realized my mistake. I am actually running windows 7 and not Vista. Made a mistake while making the post

11 years ago*

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Upgrade your GPU, since HD 5550 is a little bit aged.
To a AMD R9-270X or something near that.
And maybe if you have any money over, buy a new 4-8 GB RAM Stick.

11 years ago
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Buy the best graphics cards your budget will bear. Which right now is probably a Radeon 270x.

11 years ago
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11 years ago
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GPU needs a upgrade. If you have enough money, get 8 GB of ram as well.

PCPartPicker will help you stay within budget.

Edit: I would get This card.

11 years ago
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definately agree with others, i also would recommend to update GPU, thats the only thing which needs really an upgrade to be ready for coming games.
also if you can I would recommend to update from Vista to Win7, though not very important for gaming I think.

11 years ago
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Add another 4gb of ram for $25-$35 and upgrade your gpu to the 7850 twin frozr or r9 270x

11 years ago
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Closed 11 years ago by Grauntgar.