Looking to upgrade current Gaming PC

xAnthonYx

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Im looking to upgrade my current system the things im looking to upgrade is the Motherboard and and the CPU

i have currently a
Motherboard: crosshair IV formula
CPU: AMD athlon Dual core
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660

im not looking to overclock or anything special

my budget I'd like to keep under £250 if possible

thnak you for any advice given
 
Solution
Couple of options for ya!

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/129rP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/129rP/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/129rP/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £250.65

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1299a
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1299a/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1299a/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total...

OllieOxenFree

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Couple of options for ya!

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/129rP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/129rP/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/129rP/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.66 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £250.65

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1299a
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1299a/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1299a/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £244.99
 
Solution

OllieOxenFree

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He said he was wanting to upgrade his "gaming rig"... i5 outperforms 8350 for gaming purposes.

Also you didn't give him a mobo recommendation...Give him an idea of what board to go with that 8350.
If you go the FX route the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 is a decent board
 

xAnthonYx

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Hi thank you for the quick reply I think I'm going to go for the first parts you put thank you for your help and thanks again for the quick reply