Can't even watch my Blu rays on this even though I have the drive.Īm I better off taking my HDD's, optical, keyboard and mouse and putting them in a new tower with a strong power supply and new motherboard and processor? Is that more cost effective? I know that will allow me more upgrades to new technology in the future. I don't need the best graphics but know I need better than what I have now. Need your help.Ĭan all of this be done on a decent (less than $500) budget? I am not a gamer. I'm not real comfortable with processor upgrades but have others to assist and hope to have some of you to watch my back. If I have the P965 can I go quad core QX6800? I know the power supply is low quality and must be replaced.ĭon't know how to tell if I have a P965 motherboard or not. I have two good optical drives and 2- 250gb HDD's I run adobe CS4 master suite, do shipping, printing, video editing and run quickbooks from this pc.

I have two laptops that are better performers but need this desktop to do browsing, photo editing and business software. I need to get more performance out of my only desktop. I am a novice at best and have done some hardware work and assisted new builds but now have questions and a budget for this project.

Running starcraft on a dell xps 410