Re: N00b Processor/Grpahics Card Question
The last two are the best ones in that batch, but the chipset on your motherboard doesn't support them. Instead, look for Core 2 Duo processors in the E6xxx range.
A word of warning though, though these are the most recent processors that'll work with your motherboard, they are all between two and three years old, while the one you currently have is 3 years old. You'll notice some speed improvement, especially when multitasking, but the difference will be minimal.
Don't bother buying a graphics card. There are only two reasons to do this (graphics work and gaming), and neither is valid in this case.
It's a myth that upgrading single parts of computers leads to significant performance improvements or that this is somehow cost effective. Personally, I would stick to what you have now. It's not a "good" computer by any stretch of the imagination, but upgrading single parts will not improve it by much, and the money is better saved for (say) next year, when you'll probably be better off replacing the entire core of the computer (mobo, cpu, ram, gfx, psu), which, yes, will be more expensive, but which on the bright side won't be a complete waste of money.
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