Motherboard and CPU upgrade help!

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Hello!
Thanks for showing your support.
I am building a gaming PC and I picked it over consoles. Here are my bugets!

CPUs: £130
Motherboards: £100

By the way for the Motherboards, here are the epecs I would like to have in it.

Support 8-32 ram
Has USB 3 support
4 ram slots (if it means spending more or getting a less powerful boards I would happly get two 4 rams)

These are the most important specs for me, but I am interested in other bonus as well.

For CPUs I have been looking at the AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor, and also been comparing it to the i5 and apparently it is at the same level as the FX8350.

Any other components you reccomend?

Also I am also looking for motherboard if you guys know any motherboards suited to my specs I would to hear!

Sorry for the boring text and jumbled paragraphs, but I did this on my phone sorry!

If you have ANY questions feel free to ask I would be happy to assist!

Thanks again guys and thanks for reading!

 
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plywrlw
Intel i5 build.
- CPU can't be overclocked but is a great performer, runs quietly and cool
- Motherboard has 4 RAM slots, USB 3.0 at the rear and internal headers for the front of the case
- Takes 32Gb RAM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£123.97 @ YoYoTech)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.69 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £179.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 22:40 BST+0100

AMD FX Build
- Needs a CPU cooler but can be overclocked. Runs hot and uses more power for similar performance
- Motherboard has USB 3.0 and...
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plywrlw

plywrlw

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Intel i5 build.
- CPU can't be overclocked but is a great performer, runs quietly and cool
- Motherboard has 4 RAM slots, USB 3.0 at the rear and internal headers for the front of the case
- Takes 32Gb RAM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£123.97 @ YoYoTech)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.69 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £179.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 22:40 BST+0100

AMD FX Build
- Needs a CPU cooler but can be overclocked. Runs hot and uses more power for similar performance
- Motherboard has USB 3.0 and internal headers for front USB
- Takes 32Gb RAM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£96.40 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.63 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £214.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 22:37 BST+0100
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kxzjRB
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kxzjRB/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590S 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($137.63 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($684.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($139.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1791.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts
 
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plywrlw

plywrlw

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Why did you pick the "s" i5? Its a low performing, low power part for htpc's and laptops etc!
 
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