Upgrading a CPU

[And7rey]

I bought this PC about 2 years ago and I upgraded my graphics card last saturday. I noticed that it's being bottlenecked from the CPU , so I decided to buy a new CPU but I don't know which would be the best for my PC and a bit cheap , unfortunately my socked is an old AM3 so I think I should upgrade the motherboard too , so what do you recommend?

My rig:

Processor:
AMD Athlon II -250 X2 3.0 GHz

Motherboard AMD:
Biostar; NF520D3, AM3, nForce520;

RAM:
Transcend; DDR3 4GB 1333MHz;

Graphics card:
MSI; GeForce GTX660 ; 2048MB; GDDR5;

Hard disk:
Seagate; 1TB; 16MB L2 Cache ; 7200rpm

DVD Rom:
DVD-RW SATA Dual Layer

Power Supply:
Corsair GS600 2013 Edition

 

[swifty_morgan]

here are your options

AMD Phenom™ II X4 Processor
AMD Phenom™ II X3 Processor
AMD Phenom™ II X2 Processor
AMD Athlon™ II X4 Processor
AMD Athlon™ II X3 Processor
AMD Athlon™ II X2 Processor
AMD Sempron™ Processor
Maximum CPU TDP (Thermal Design Power) : 95Watt

you can look through this............ remember 95watts

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biostar.com.tw%2Fapp%2Fen%2Fmb%2Fintroduction.php%3FS_ID%3D462&ei=3KB6UtHEM6ewsQSv7YCgDg&usg=AFQjCNF34VLwJgeEWSAytj-DWqiGQyC6WA&bvm=bv.55980276,d.cWc&cad=rja

 

[bignastyid]

Looks like the Phenom II X4 955 is the fastest the board will support(http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=462). However for how much these are going for(even used) I would suggest a new motherboard and CPU. If budget is tight you can get a decent upgrade for under $200
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/lbZb
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/lbZb/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/lbZb/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $187.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-06 15:06 EST-0500)

For the next upgrade get 8Gb(2x4Gb) of ddr3 1600(or faster) with a latency of 8 or 9.

 

[Immaculate]

Are you near any of these stores? http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/default.aspx#

Check out their CPU/MOBO combo deals. You can Match any processor with any compatible motherboard! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM THE 4 BOARDS THEY ADVERTISE WITH EACH CPU!!!

 

[And7rey]

Only MediaMarkt is really near to my but the store where I usually buy computer components is the ARLT Computer shop