OK. I decided against a Xbox One and decided I'd upgrade my PC. I know this isn't the place but I figured I'd try.
I have a HP P6-2330. It's one that has graphics integrated into the processor. I have a 300W power supply. I want to upgrade my video card. It says it supports any PCI Express cards. So even though it has integrated graphics can I still just plug in a PCI card and go? Will I need to upgrade the PSU if I get a new card? I'm looking at about $400 on the budget. Suggestions?
400?
you can get a great GTX 970 for it. (best price vs. performance atm)
BUT that 300W doe, it feels a bit low I'd upgrade for something near 600W
The AMD A6-5400K in your rig right now is going to bottleneck everything, kind of...well, it depends what games you're aiming to even play. your 6GB of RAM is fine, I'd recommend 8GB minimum to people building or upgrading for 2014+ PC gaming.
If you wanted to spend 400 TOTAL? then you would go PSU + GPU + RAM, I'd aim for something like an AMD 280X,290,290X (With the 300 series release all the 200 series are dirt cheap imo, and the 300's are all just minor tweaked rebranded 2xx cards.) should set you back 150-250. use the rest on a good PSU, I advise, new, I wouldnt trust used PSUs, a failing/dying PSU sucks to replace.
Also upgrade the ram, but 6gb should be kind of fine-ish, I cant see what motherboard they installed in your HP, most likely a cheapo mobo to save HP on the sales side of things. if you can find make/model you can find out the usable RAM speeds allowed and aim for a 8GB RAM kit (2x4GB sticks) should only be 50-80.
--Source: I build PCs and built my own ^_^
Mainly, what games are you intending to play. PC gaming does get expensive but the games are usually always cheaper than consoles after-launch, plus if you arent a "a good game has to LOOK good"--type of douchebaglet then getting a mid-range gfx card (like the ones I listed above) will last you a good 2-3 years.
I agree on the XO chocie of not buying it, I have an XO and holy crap waste of $$, also got a near launch version with the kinect so 500+ just wasted, it just sits there. most exclusives are becoming non-exclu, I dont know wtf M-Shit is doing with the Xbox brand, other than Gears of War,Scalebound and Rise of Tomb Raider, I have no interest in any other exclusives, plus I'm still wondering if TR will stay Xbox Exclu by release.