ok the motherboard is an asus M3A78
I found the old invoice so heres what I have to work with
Asus M3A78 (can run up to Phenom 2 940)
AMD Athlon x2 7750 Black Edition
2 x 2GB DDR2 800Mhz
Seagate 500GB Sata
On Board Audio
MSI Nvidia GTS 250 1GB PCI Express
Corsair TX 750w Power Supply
Windows 7 64
Im not very good at this & will be taking it to a shop , So I will have to rely on thier advice
I would be willing to spend around 500 Canadian , hopefully I wont need a complete new system
Assuming my mobo can accept it...
Would I Notice the difference between Quad & 6 core ? What is more important? to have more cores or to have
them running at faster speed?
Video,...I have always preferred nvidia & have had a smoother time with thier drivers,...
I probably cant affrd top of the line , but maybe one or two below ,..Im not up on whats current
What would anyone reccomend in my price range that will run HOS & current games with most of the eye candy...
Also I have wondered , will it take a little load off the cpu if I get a dedicated sound card? or will I not see a difference?
my current resolution is usually just 1024x768 only ,...Im on an old glass monitor ...
I have been trying to look at forums & learn but its all confusing to me...
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...T&id=20100920232126996&page=1&SLanguage=en-us
Any suugestions on video cards & processors appreciated , I want to be able to go into the shop
& understand if they are selling me what I really need