cpu + mobo upgrade £100 max help

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i want to give my nephew my old althlon pc thats sitting in my cupboard doing sweet fa

cant remember the exact spec off teh top of my head byt its something like :-

athlon 3700+
mobo ( not sure , but old )
2gb ram
500gb hd
galaxy 7300gt
psu ( good one at the time )
monitor iiyama 454 19" monitor
runs on windows xp


i dont want to give a complete dud ( its not even much cop with youtube lol ), so want to get a better cpu and mobo to boosts its speed ... max £100 budget ... whats my options ?
 
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best your gonna get:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
Total : £99.98 (includes shipping: FREE).

you'll almost certainly need some ram too, as this only takes DDR3

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or, you could give him your phenom II X2 and motherboard, then spend a little more on the stuff and keep it for yourself, because assuming you havent unlocked the phenom II X2 then the pentium will be much better
 
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-028-OB

your gonna need ram as I bet thats a socket 939 mainboard, just get the above bundle

thats a nice bundle ... will have to wait till the 10th tho ... all my brother-in-law will need to do is get something ti replace the 7300gt ...i think the psu will handle something mid-range as it handled an 8800gt will enough in teh past .... any thoughts on what type of graphics card i can bundle in with it in todays market ?
 
yeah but it uses less power and has a refined core, also its cheap and will play tf2 on the above based system at max settings :) mine did anyway based the same system
 
I have a bundle similar to the one listed above. Athlon x2 250 with a asus mobo and 4gb ram.. I am more than please with it. Although i am looking to swap out the CPU for the Phenom 955 as its quad core
 
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