9 Year Old System Requires Upgrading

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Built this computer around 2003-5, building a whole new system already to supersede it, but want this to run well with Windows 7 for office use and bluray playbackvia network drive, photo editing(Adobe Photoshop CC 2014)
Back then, this costed £1200 including keyboard/mouse/2 monitors lol

Windows XP SP3
Intel Pentium 4 3.2ghz (socket775)
CPU Cooler Spire SP519S7 Starflow
Geforce 6800GS 256MB
4GB RAM (4x 1GB(3200MB Recognised))
2x 250GB HDD
Motherboard: Asus P5LD2-VM Rev1.03G (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5LD2VM/)
-1PCI-e free, 1PCI-e flush with GPU chip
PSU Antec NEO HE430 430W
Case: Antec Silent, Model unknown, 2x 120mm front intake fans with filters, 120mm rear

The only fault that Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor informs is : "Your PC does not support hardware assisted virtualization technology." which i assume just requires a better GPU, though it Does support Aero

Will post the long DxDiag if requested

Already Investing £1100 in a new Tower, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/chris_shadez/saved/VQNgXL
So want the cheapest possible upgrade solution, preferably not changing motherboard. Will post budget soon but very tight to restore this
 
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bignastyid
"The only fault that Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor informs is : "Your PC does not support hardware assisted virtualization technology." which i assume just requires a better GPU, though it Does support Aero" thats a CPU issue not gpu. The P4 doesn't support virtualzation(http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/virtualization/virtualization-technology/hardware-assist-virtualization-technology.html).
A p4 is not going to run win7 very well no matter what you do. That board does support some of the first core 2 duos and that would help. try finding one of the core 2 duos on this list
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5LD2VM/HelpDesk_CPU/
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"The only fault that Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor informs is : "Your PC does not support hardware assisted virtualization technology." which i assume just requires a better GPU, though it Does support Aero" thats a CPU issue not gpu. The P4 doesn't support virtualzation(http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/virtualization/virtualization-technology/hardware-assist-virtualization-technology.html).
A p4 is not going to run win7 very well no matter what you do. That board does support some of the first core 2 duos and that would help. try finding one of the core 2 duos on this list
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5LD2VM/HelpDesk_CPU/
 
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thanks, i'll get a core 2 duo cpu, should i upgrade the gpu too or would it be sufficient? (currently suits its uses on xp, but would spend max £40 if needed)
 
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