Cheaper to Upgrade or buy new pc

[charlie476]

I currently have

Processor AMD Phenom™ 8450 Processor, 64-bit Triple Core Processor
•Each core operates at 2.10 GHz
•2 MB shared L3 cache
•3600 MHz HT 3.0 system bus

Chipset AMD RS780 consisting of:
•Northbridge: RS780
•Southbridge: SB700

Memory •Installed: 4096 MB DDR2 667 MHz (PC-5300) dual channel SDRAM (two 2048 MB modules)
•Expandable to: 8 GB (4 DIMM slots)

Hard Drive 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA II hard drive
Support for up to two hard drives
Optical Drive 18X DVD ±R/RW super multi format drive featuring Labelflash™ technology (up to 8.5 GB)
Supports Labelflash on disc printing (requires Labelflash media)
Media Card Reader 15-in-1 high speed digital media manager with Smart Copy button supporting the following:
•Compact Flash™ (CF) I, II
•IBM Microdrive™ (MD)
•SmartMedia™ Card (SMC)
•Memory Stick™ (MS)
•Memory Stick Duo™ (MS Duo)
•Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO)
•Memory Stick PRO Duo™ (MS PRO Duo)
•Secure Digital™ (SD)
•Mini Secure Digital (MiniSD)
•Multi Media Card (MMC)
•RS Multi Media Card (RS-MMC) (need adapter)
•Multi Media Plus Card (MMC Plus)
•Multi Media Mobile Card (MMC Mobile)
•xD-Picture Card™ (xD)

Video Integrated ATI® Radeon™ HD 3200 graphics
Up to 256 MB shared video memory
Audio Integrated 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio
Network Support Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps Marvell 8071 / 8075 Ethernet LAN
Modem 56K ITU V.92 ready Fax/Modem
Power Supply 300 watt
Add-in Card Slots •One PCI Express ×16 (graphics interface)
•One PCI Express ×1
•Two PCI conventional

External Connectors •One PS/2 keyboard port
•One PS/2 mouse port
•One VGA monitor port
•One HDMI port
•Six USB ports (four rear, two front)
•One IEEE 1394a ports (rear)
•One RJ-45 Ethernet LAN port
•Eight audio jacks (six rear, two front)

Drive Bays •Two external 5.25-inch
•One external 3.5-inch (with a docking bay for optional Gateway 2.5-inch removable USB hard drive)
•Two internal 3.5-inch (hard drive)

Physical Dimensions
(H × W × D) 15.6 × 7.2 × 16.1 inches
Weight (Unpackaged) Minimum 23.4 lbs. (varies with configuration)

What all would have to be replaced to handle 5 boxing without any problems.
I would prefer to just upgrade my pc unless it would be cheaper and better to just buy the following
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Fac...&skuId=1177091

thanks

[Ualaa]

If your computer is more then 2-3 years old, it will probably cost about as much to upgrade to a newer system as to just buy the newer system. One major benefit of buying a new system entirely, is that you still have the older system for whatever use you can put it to such as a backup PC, print server or to host a webpage.

Some of your existing system will likely be salvageable should you choose to go the upgrade route. The case and power supply are likely candidates. Warcraft does not really challenge the video cards out there, so your existing card (with Shadows off, in Video Options) might suffice although I like to have a step behind whatever the newest and shiniest options are -- as these are usually pretty close to the top end and less then half the price.

Your link comes up as not valid, so I cannot check the build. Buying the parts yourself and self assembly will result in either a much stronger system for the same price or an equal system for a lot less then paying someone else to do simple assembly. There are web tutorials on everything, as well; or you can buy the beer and pizza for a friend who can do this for you... it will be a lot cheaper then having a store assemble your system.

If you do want to do with a store, any of the computer stores around -- the ones which are solely computer stores and not big chains like Best Buy or Future Shop will have much stronger systems for less money. You're still better off buying from Newegg or the like, but a store like Memory Express, A-Power Computers, Addax Computers (just naming some I've dealt with, they'll likely be outside your area) will have parts or be willing to assemble full systems for much less then a bigger store.

*Edit*
A Quad Core will 5-box, but if you are upgrading, I'd go something like this:

i7, 920.
6+ GB of DDR3 Ram.
Asus P6T Motherboard.
30+ GB SSD (Low end, purely for a gaming folder).

[charlie476]

updated link should work to bad they are sold out now lol

[p0weruser]

Is your current computer a Brand Computer or did you build it?

If its a Brand Computer (i.e. Dell, HP...) then you might have problems upgrading to newer build, since they build those computer cases strangely and only for the components in the computer.

If it's a custom computer then cheers and you should be able to just replace the motherboard/cpu/ram no problems. And keep all of your other parts.
If your not sure if 300 watts will do the job check here Antec Power Supply Calculator