Upgrading pre-existing platform

[BrockIT]

HP Pavilion a6040n PC specifications - HP Home & Home Office Products

This is what I currently have.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War® II

This is what I want to run on max settings.

What can I keep/upgrade to minimize cost, but still have a machine that can run this game in optimum settings?

Just want to keep things compatible with pre-existing hardware.

Preferably no more than $400, but if needed, I will go as high as $700... (Ouch, but I will make it happen gradually over-time)

To my understanding, the two things that need to be upgraded, is the processor to a 3.6ghz dual core, and the video card to meet 512mb.

Any any of you know of that would meet the required specs to max it out, but still be compatible with pre-existing stuff, and minimize cost?

 

[BrockIT]

Will this upgrad kit work with the rest of the stuff?

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[BrockIT]

Is all of this compatible?
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EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814130625
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy
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$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$134.99


CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817139028
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$10.00 Instant
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$79.99
$69.99


Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116992
Return Policy: Software Standard Return Policy
$139.99
1

McAfee Antivirus Plus 2012 - 1 User
Item #: N82E16832284452
Return Policy: Software Standard Return Policy
-$5.00 Instant
-$34.99 Saving
$39.99
$0.00


COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Item #: N82E16835103065
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$3.00 Instant
$29.99
$26.99



Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 1.5TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822148725
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
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AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4100WMGUSBX
Item #: N82E16819103996
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
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GIGABYTE GA-880GM-USB3L AM3+ AMD 880G USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813128535
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
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G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
Item #: N82E16820231277
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
-$20.00 Instant
-$23.96 Combo
$339.96
$296.0

 

[Macmaster4k2]

all is compatible but i would skip out on the anti virus and pick up a new case for the pc, i couldnt find any specifics on the form factor the hp case supports for the motherboard. Also if you are not planning on overclocking your cpu, i dont think you will need the aftermarket heatsink cooler because the cpu comes with a stock one and the stock AMD heatsink coolers are good

 

[Der-PC-Mann]

"stock AMD heatsink coolers are good" - I have seen random comments online negating this, but my previous stock was able to keep a fair amount of control over a Phenom II x4, so that's something.