MSI 0a90 Motherboard Upgrade?

[D3adHead]

Hello everyone!

So, recently I have quite an old PC and today I considered upgrading it by buying new components, BUT I am not sure if my motherboard can handle the new components. A geforce gtx660 (or at least a 460) would be nice with a intel core i3, but since everything is quite old, will I need a new power supply? Or even a new motherboard for all of this? I can provide more information from CPU-Z if needed. Also, is there someone who could perhaps chat with me and help with picking the components? I'm new to upgrading/building a PC so I would really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot for any help.

 

[Lutfij]

List your current (full) system's specs inclusive of your OS. List them as:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Unfortunately your titular motherboard is too old to accept any form of an Intel Core i processor part. In fact the socket has changed after the launch of Intel's LGA775 processor/last Core 2 Quad's. SO yes you will need to go for an entire platform overhaul. If you have a budget in mind perhaps we could hook you up...?

 

[D3adHead]

CPU:
CPU Name Intel® Core™2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
Threading 1 CPU - 2 Core - 2 Threads
Frequency 1795.39 MHz (9 * 199.49 MHz)
Multiplier Current: 9 / Min: 6 / Max: 9
Architecture Conroe / L2-Step (65 nm)
Cpuid / Ext. 6.F.2 / 6.F
IA Extensions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
Caches L1D : 32 KB / L2 : 2048 KB
Caches Assoc. L1D : 8-way / L2 : 8-way
Microcode Rev. 0x000005A
Vcore 1.288 Volts
Temperature 70 °C / 158 °F
Type Retail (Stock Frequency : 1800 MHz)

Motherboard:
Model MSI 0A90
Socket Socket 775 LGA
North Bridge Intel 946PL/GZ rev C1
South Bridge Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) rev A1
BIOS Phoenix Technologies LTD MS7336 1.14 (11/24/2008)

Ram:
Total Size 4096 MB
Type DDR2-SDRAM
Frequency 0 MHz - Ratio
Timings ()
Slot #1 Module - P/N: 2G-UDIMM
Slot #2 Module - P/N: 2G-UDIMM

HDD:
Model #1 Seagate ST3250820AS
Capacity #1 250 GB

GPU:
GPU #1 Type Radeon X1300/X1550 Series (RV515)
GPU #1 Brand Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD
GPU #1 VRAM 256 MB
GPU #2 Type Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Secondary
GPU #2 Brand Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD
GPU #2 VRAM 256 MB

PSU: ???

Chassis: ???

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1 Build 7601

I am aware of the oldness of my computer and I don't mind going into an overhaul, it'll just take a bit more time for me to save money for it. A budget? Well, not really, any suggestions? I know it may sound dumb, but I want my PC to be able to run Overwatch at least.

 

[Lutfij]

Honestly, dropping even the highest Core 2 Quad processor in that system would be a moot point. You didn't include the make and model of your case as well as the PSU but if it's the same age of your platform(Core 2 Duo processor) then yeah you're going to have to build from the ground up.

Regarding your budget, I wouldn't ask you to trust us with your money completely. You should have a small understanding of how much over you can't spend otherwise we should be looking at a 1000USD build and above if you have no monetary threshold. Tell you what, read through this and follow up this thread with the necessary details.