Need Help Upgrading Processor

[Prime2]

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum.

I am looking to upgrade my computer. Pretty much just looking to upgrade the processor, and everything needed to do it, like upgrading the motherboard and whatever else. I play PC games, do photoshop, and have tried video editting programs like premiere and WMM.

Here are my specs:

Processor:
AMD Athlon 1.34GHz Socket A (Socket 462) (Model 4)

Any advice?

p.s. I don't know how to tell what motherboard I have, unless there is a program out there that can for me.

p.s.s Will I need to upgrade the motherboard? If so, what is a good upgrade?

Thanks

 

[vegasgmc]

How much money do you want to spend? You should upgrade your motherboard as it probably cant run at a 333 or 400mhz bus speed that newer processors and memory use. Are you a serious or casual gamer? If you can afford it you should get a processor, motherboard, DDR 3200 RAM and a newer hard drive.

 

[Prime2]

I'm looking to spend less than $500.

Here is my specs:

System Model:
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363x

Main Circuit Board:
Board: M7VKD
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 01/10/2002

Processor:
1.33 gigahertz AMD Athlon

Controllers:
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller

Bus Adapters:
D347PRT SCSI Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller

Memory:
1024 Megabytes

Local Drives:
c: (on drive 0) 10.93 GB 2.18 GB free
d: (on drive 0) 16.39 GB 8.55 GB free
g: (on drive 1) 40.02 GB 32.68 GB free

Display:
Radeon 9600 SERIES

Multimedia:
Creative SB Live! Value (WDM)

Drives:
67.34 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
43.41 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI-CD ROM-DRIVE-50MAX [CD-ROM drive]
Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON LTR-24102B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

FUJITSU MPE3273AT [Hard drive] (27.33 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 05034603, rev ED-03-08, SMART Status: Healthy
ST340014A [Hard drive] (40.02 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 3JXB64GH, rev 8.01, SMART Status: Healthy



I am just looking to upgrade my processor atleast by 1GHz, and everything needed to upgrade the processor, as in new motherboard, etc.

 

[vegasgmc]

Id get an Athlon 64 processor but I dont think your power supply could handle it unless you wanted to replace it too. But you can get an Athlon 64 3000+, motherboard and 1 gig of PC3200 RAM for about $300 or an XP 3200, board and RAM for about $250.