Extremely low budget.

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Current PC specs:

Intel Core 2 duo E6300 1.86ghz
1GB DDR RAM

Extremely poor spec I know.

Obviously I need a new motherboard and processor and by the looks of it DDR3 RAM as well.

Don't care if it's AMD or Intel.

Not bothered about USB 3.0

Budget £100-£150
 
Two Spec's here:

Intel:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £139.14
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £29.73
Total : £178.37

Subtract delivery cause you will get it free that brings this one down to slightly over budget at £167

Or theres AMD:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 565 3.40GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 565 3.40GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £38.98
(£32.48) £38.98
(£32.48)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £112.46
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £24.39
Total : £146.35

Subtract postage again....that brings this one down to £135



Both not the best specs in the world but for that price range..... personally i would go with the Intel set up if you can afford the little extra as you will have more of an upgrade path with them should you require to upgrade to something like a 2500k or an ivybridge i3 or something

or as others have said look in the MM
 
if your drives are SATA then take a look at one of the ones i recommended but theres probably a part in there that could be improved with a bit more knowledge on certain parts
(stulid will know :) )
 
Need a new one then, £17 more.

But it isnt that hard to remove the side panel and actually check if theres a fat ribbon cable going to it.
 
150MB/s vs 300MB/s (roughly/rounded up/down)

This is of no concern for a mechanical harddrive, only a modern SSD will suffer.
 
What is the full spec of your system? Mobo, power supply

What do you want from the upgrade. Better gaming, more processing power etc.

You may be better with a Q6600, a little more ram and a GPU

Your current budget gets a dual core that's not much better than you have now except a little more ram.


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Dude a i3 2120 and a h61/67 will dump on that PhenomII even if you cant overclock the i3, its still faster/cooler and more power efficient.
 
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