Should I buy a new motherboard?

[LAJR777]

Hello people. I'm introducing myself to the world of the specs and components of a pc. Let me give you a brief of background about my question. I have an old custom computer (with this I mean that my pc isn't a specific brand computer, is some ready to customize case with various components of different brands inside) and lately I'm thinking about upgrading the hardware because I want to use the pc for amateur music recording and not too hardcore gaming. I was checking the specs and I found that the motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-VM900M. Is pretty outdated in my opinion since you can only have 4GB of RAM max and the processor options are really old too. So what do you guys think? Should I maximize the mobo or just plain buy a new one? If you think that buying a new one is the way to go, can you recommend me someones? let's keep the budget under 100 bucks. Thank a lot.

 

[i7Baby]

If you change the mobo, you'll need to change the CPU and maybe the ram too.

Post your current PC details.

Post your budget for upgrading.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Can you please post your specs?

 

[LAJR777]

Gigabyte GA-VM900M motherboard
the processor is an old Intel Celeron 420 @ 1.60 GHz
the current RAM memory is 2GB
There isn't a dedicated graphic card installed
really don't know what else I can write

 

[LAJR777]

Budget? Maybe up to 150 bucks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You would need a whole new build , that setup is very outdated.

Save up some more , stop back and we will help you with the best choices.

 

[i7Baby]

And $150 won't get you there.

 

[LAJR777]

All right. I have the monitor, case, hdd, power supply. Getting a new motherboard, processor and graphic card will be enough?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

And Ram , and probably a newer PSU.

 

[i7Baby]

I have the monitor, case, hdd, power supply. - what makes and models?

As an example -

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.47 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $335.25

and you might need a new OS as well.

 

[LAJR777]

I checked the power supply. I can only see 500W on it. What can you tell me about that?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Power supply with his old build can't be ready for Haswell.

 

[LAJR777]

Oh wow. I didn't know that I need to virtually replace the whole thing. Well thanks for the assist guys. You learn something new everyday.