$300 USD upgrade budget for a HP 6550z desktop

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apolloneo

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Here is what I have,

HP Pavilion p6550z PC
• AMD Athlon(TM) X4 635 quad-core processor [2.9GHz, 2MB L2, up to 4000MHz bus]
• 4GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [2 DIMMs]
• 500GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
• 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 315 [DVI, HDMI, VGA adapter]
• LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
• Integrated Ethernet port, No wireless LAN
• 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, audio
• Integrated sound

It's mainly for my wife's home office usage. No extensive gaming PC. I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU. SDRAM could be optional to upgrade. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance.
 
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basroil
Scrap everything but the HDD and ODD, it's cheaper in the long run!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.00 @ B&H)
Total: $367.83
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basroil

basroil

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Scrap everything but the HDD and ODD, it's cheaper in the long run!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($53.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.00 @ B&H)
Total: $367.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 00:47 EDT-0400

Will give you a significant boost for only $275 in parts
 
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apolloneo

Commendable
Aug 12, 2016
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Yeah, I know. It's back to 2010 when I bought it. I still have the old tower case. Can I re-use that with your recommended motherboard? Thanks!
 
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basroil

basroil

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Oct 19, 2013
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Maybe, but you'll lose out on USB3.0 in the front and it might be a bit tight of a build. The issue is going to be whether or not the PSU fits. You could theoretically just replace CPU,mobo, and memory (and OS), but sometimes those old OEM PSUs don't play nicely with retail components (especially haswell/skylake)
 
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