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Alright so I got a hp slimline s5310f
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This is a old computer we have sitting around and I want to make it run better for my family as a present cuz the have been complaining about it being slow. I have a budget of up to 120 for it. I was thinking something along the lines of athalon 2 x4 processor maybe another stick of ram so it has 8 gb and then some cheap gpu and some slim form factor psu to power it all

Alright 13 you pc god let's see what you think or anyone else with an idea
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if you want to lower the sluggish go with a mid-tier CPU for that socket, the Athlon x4 640. Grab another stick of RAM while not needed could help. You don't need a powerful GPU, you could pick up a cheap LP Radeon 5450 that would be more than enough to power the screen.
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Mitochondria wrote if you want to lower the sluggish go with a mid-tier CPU for that socket, the Athlon x4 640. Grab another stick of RAM while not needed could help. You don't need a powerful GPU, you could pick up a cheap LP Radeon 5450 that would be more than enough to power the screen.
sorry I forgot to mention my brother wants to do some light gaming like flight simulator and minecraft nothing too heavy though the thing I'm most concerned about is the psu as it's a 220 watt and a slim form factor is that something that can be upgraded?
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Swap the X2 250 for an X4 640 at some point.
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13 wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] / [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ($47.99 @ Amazon)
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Swap the X2 250 for an X4 640 at some point.
it's got a 220 watt psu I don't think it would be able to do a higher tdp processor along with a ssd would it?
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It'll be fine lol. The wattage won't be an issue, but I'd worry about the quality of the PSU. It'll be fine for now, but an upgrade in the future would be nice.
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13 wrote It'll be fine lol. The wattage won't be an issue, but I'd worry about the quality of the PSU. It'll be fine for now, but an upgrade in the future would be nice.
yeah but I don't know what to fit in it lol what fits in something like this
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Yeah,you're probably going to need a new case to upgrade the PSU.
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