help needed, is my PC worth upgrading? and if so which component should i upgrade?

[JGL]

SKU gallant4100
PRODUCT Gallant AMD 4100
CPU: AMD FX 6100 Black Edition £37.60
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Included
Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte 880GM-USB3 Included
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB) Included
Hard Drives: 500GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s Included
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Included
Graphics card: NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Included

Hi all, my current PCs specs are the above. Just wanted your guys advice on where to upgrade, as I have recently come into a bit of money . Can anyone help me out?

Btw, currently it runs stw2 pretty much on high, crysis same, skyrim with all the mods currently had to lower graphics abit so it's not a bad machine to say the least, but I was interested in upgrading while I still have the cash.

Also I worry about my pc overheating, when I used to play skyrim for long periods of time my pc would shutdown any suggestions? over than the obvious

Also should I invest in a better power source than my current 500W Xigmatek?

Appretiate any help you guys can give

thanks, pat

[Ybbon]

Well I'm pretty sure PSU should be upgraded to more wattage, but it would be helpful to have a rough idea of the price range of what you are prepared to spend.
Take a look at Bolkonsky's article here on upgrading and fill in any parts that may be useful as well as price

[JGL]

apologies, been here long enough to know to use the search forum function

thanks for the help

[JGL]

1. Why are you upgrading?
gaming and watching media. I bought my PC off a site which allowed me to customise it myself, I'm passably computer literate and but way off plenty of the people on this site, I wanted to know if I should have bought an increased power output supply, or a better cooling system for example when I've played long sessions of skyrim my pc shut down from overheating. This is obviously something I would prefer to avoid.
2. What is your budget?
£150 per part, but wouldn’t want to invest in something which would only give an incremental increase in performance or be obsolete quickly.
3. Where do you live?
England
4. Can you build this computer yourself, or do you need to buy prebuilt?
I’m willing to upgrade myself.
5. What are you current system specs?

SKU gallant4100
PRODUCT Gallant AMD 4100
CPU: AMD FX 6100 Black Edition
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Included
Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte 880GM-USB3 Included
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB) Included
Hard Drives: 500GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s Included
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Included
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Included
6. What screen resolution will you be using?
1280 x 1024
7. What websites/stores can you purchase parts from?
Unsure as it’s my first time upgrading, currys and pcworld are nearby.
8. Do you need to purchase peripherals?
No
9. When do you plan to buy this computer/parts?
As soon as.

[Bolkonsky]

If anything, upgrade the graphics card. However you won't find anything worth the money compared to your current card, for your price range.

Sent from my SGH-T679