Upgrading Current Rig

emus

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Hi, I am graduating from college next week (hopefully) and I decided I would use some of my graduation money on upgrading my rig (and save the rest). The parts I'm looking are the cpu and motherbboard and subsequently a new case and migrate the rest of my parts from the old rigMy M, the current parts I have picked out are:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144275
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115234

My budget for the parts is approximately $300-400 with the lower the better.

But before I pulled the trigger and bought them I want they were all compatible and if anyone has any better recommendations for parts?

Also I'm not currently interested in OCing (hence the turboboost cpu)

My current system is below:

PSU: Antec 550W BP550 Plus
CPU: AMD Phenom II x 4 970 (3.5ghz)
MB: MSI 760gm-E51
GPU: Asus GTX 760
RAM: Ripjaws Series 8GB 1333
OD: OEM DVD R/W
 

trane20

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yes its a good upgrade overall but may i suggest the 3570k i know its 224$ on newegg but with the unlocked multiplier u can very easily overclock it so its more future proof that way
 

326power

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100% agree with this.
You may not be interested in OCing now, but in the future it can be helpful for you.