Need help w/graphic card purchase

I'm using a Asus Essentio PC. When I bought this at BB I told the salesperson that one of the MAIN things I needed the computer to do was play Sims2. When I doubted the ability of the integrated graphics to handle this he told me it would be NO problem.  Well, it's a problem. I'm not super computer literate and looked to the salesperson to be knowledgeable and that was a fail. So now I need to buy a graphics card & power supply (?).  I don't trust that I'll get the help I need, since I didn't when I was making the original purchase.  So, what I have to work with is:  Asus Essentio  Model CM5571 Processor: Pentium Dual Core CPU [email protected], OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Memory: 6144 MB RAM, Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset, Intel 4 series Express Chipset Family. I hope I provided the correct info.  What I can afford is about $200.  Is there anything I can do?
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Power Supply : http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Thermaltake+-+600W+TR2+ATX+Power+Supply/9827268.p?id=1218179699692&skuId...
Graphics Card : http://www.bestbuy.com/site/PNY+-+NVIDIA+GeForce+GTS450+1GB+GDDR5+PCI+Express+2.0+Graphics+Card/1358...
Now, I don't know how long the sale prices on there are for, so if you can do it, I'd get them soon.
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