Computer upgrade help, please!

What do you intend to do with your system? Are you planning on gaming or just web-browsing & productibity etc.?

To be honest, you're probably looking at a completely new system since your current one is pretty old and doesn't have too many upgrade paths available. You'll be hard-pushed to do that with your budget though unfortunately.

Actually, I am not a gamer and I don't use my PC for gaming. I do blogging and I need a good stable computer that is fast and productive in simple tasks like photo editing and video editing.

Well, I could try to push my budget a little further if I can get a good upgrade.

And what is your view on the atom processor I mentioned above?

I guess you can still do ok with that budget althought there are a little complications.. You can get a biostar 790 GX motherboard, 4 gigs of DDR2 800 MHz C5 Corsair RAM, an Athlon II X4 630 and a seagate 7200.12 SATA II hard disk all in your current budget mostly.. You'll be loosing on a discrete graphics card but the on board is good enough for your current priorities and some light gaming also.. You can drop a little on the mobo by going the 785g route but keep the first preference for the 790gx.. Anyway they both feature pci-e x16 slots so you can hook up a card later.. You may go the intel lga 775 route also but You'll have to get a cheap discrete graphics card for that as the intel on board (if available) is crap.. Keep in mind that for any of those setups, you'd need to get a new PSU..

@Emperus

The configurations you suggested are great! But, I am a little hesitant about that Biostar motherboard. I haven't heard its name much. Is it a good one?

And what about the processor? Is that inbuilt? If so, which one? How many cores are there?

I can think about the graphics card later if my budget does not allow me to do now. It's not a top priority for me. Even HDD would not be a big deal as it is very cheap..

So, I want a good and nice motherboard with processor.
Even if hard disk costs around 100$, I can still have a good motherboard and processor. And I wouldn't mind spending some more money on a 4GB RAM.

So, suggest a good motherboard with good processor (Multiple Core). I have heard that multiple core processors help a lot in increasing the overall performance. I think the leaders in the motherboards are Intel and AMD..

So, any suggestions from that company would be appreciated.

Actually i recently helped a friend put together a similar build with that same motherboard i mentioned.. I too was a little hesitant at that moment but it was the best choice available.. 6 months down the line, there have been no hickups and he is extremely happy with his build.. You may go for gigabyte which is surely better quality but at a higher price.. The processor i mentioned is a 4 core processor and its an excellent budget performer.. Higher cores surely bring in more performance depending on the app.. Good luck with your choices.. Don't forget that You'll definitely need a new power supply..

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