Phosphonothioic

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Afternoon!

I'm currently running a Q6600, EVGA GTX 275, 8GB Kingston HyperX, Creative Fatal1ty 5.1, and a WD Caviar Black 1TB.

I'm looking to come out of the Stone Age and purchase a new i-series and the associated MB. I'll be looking to build on a micro-atx board to fit in a Fractal Arc Mini.

What I'm thinking...

Upgrade CPU/Board/GPU and RAM. It doesn't have to break the bank...I do casual gaming, so I don't need the latest-and-greatest of GPUs.

Opinions on a good after-market CPU cooler would be appreciated as well.

Let's set a budget of $500...but, seeing as I've been out of the loop for a few years, this will be flexible.

Thanks!
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $453.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-20 15:52 EST-0500)

I would go with something like this unless you want to overclock.
 

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