Originally Posted by
scaryjim
The 8400GS is a pretty awful graphics card for gaming though (only 8 shaders!) - no matter how bad the CPU is I think you'll definitely see some improvement with a GPU upgrade. Even something like a Radeon 6450 would probably be better, and they can be grabbed for ~ £30. Any CPU upgrade would definitely run into a GPU bottleneck IMNSHO, and if you start looking at upgrading both CPU and GPU then the OP may as well just get a new low end trinity machine (A6-5400k would be both a CPU and GPU upgrade, frankly; add a cheap A55 board and 4GB of RAM and you can keep it under £100). Even an A4-3300 would be a better option, and that's under £30 now...