Build Advice Dell XPS 400/League of Legends

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  1. vitaminkUnit2

    vitaminkUnit2 What's a Dremel?

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    Hello all

    I recently acquired an old Dell XPS 400
    Socket 775 Pentium D 820 at 2.8 Ghz
    1 Gig of DDR2 (2x 512 sticks, 4 slot total, awful decision Dell :duh:)
    Nvidia 7300 LE
    400 Watt PSU
    1 160 gig sata drive

    I have started been playing League of Legends with this setup. At 1920x1080 I have been getting 25-18 or sometimes as low as 10 FPS with all graphic options turned to Very Low. :(

    My question to you, oh faithful bit-tech readers is should I bother upgrading this PC? I figure I could have a decent PC for 100 to 150 bucks if I shop around, or I could just sell it down the road for a little extra cash, as the tower didn't cost me anything.

    So should I get a Radeon HD 5670 and 2 gigs of RAM for 100, a GTS 450 and 2 gigs for 120, or a 460 and 2 gigs for around 150-160 after MIRs?

    My wallet is in your hands gentleman. Thank you in advance
     
    vitaminkUnit2, 26 Apr 2011
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  2. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Back in the days, 1GB of RAM was a lot for many if you picked XP OS.
    You won't go far with a Geforce 7300 especially not the Lite Edition.

    The bad decision from the person who bought this, was the Pentium D. Upgrading the GPU will help, but the Pentium D will limit you big time, in my opinion.

    I don't know why you bought this system. If it was a Core 2 Duo, that would be a different story, as it's significantly faster CPU, and a descent med range GPU will provide a lot of performance. But I won't go anything about a Geforce 450 or even a Geforce 280, with 3 or 4 GB of RAM total.
     
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  3. Deders

    Deders Modder

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    If you did get a 460 or 560, you would see a significant improvement once you decide to upgrade to a faster CPU, a 450 although good for 1680x1050 with no AA, wouldn't be worth it for 1920x1080.
     
    Deders, 26 Apr 2011
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  4. vitaminkUnit2

    vitaminkUnit2 What's a Dremel?

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    Didn't pay a dime for it, so at least i have that going for me.

    I figured this might be a bust, but I was hoping for the best :(. Hey, at least I have another PC to mess with. Thanks Deders and GoodBytes for the advice though.
     
    vitaminkUnit2, 26 Apr 2011
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  5. mucgoo

    mucgoo Minimodder

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    If you put in a low end card it would be cpu bottlenecked but LOL would run fine at lower setting. Any more modern games though...
     
    mucgoo, 26 Apr 2011
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  6. Deders

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    These days it's better to have an overpowered GPU with a underpowered CPU than the other way round, if they are the only choices you have.
     
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  7. MrGumby

    MrGumby CPC 464 User

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    Try and get some more ram if you decide on another graphics card.Otherwise start from scratch. Also the 400w PSU is probably a dog.
     
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