£200-£300 budget upgrade cpu +mobo

[cturner]

Approximate Purchase Date: oct

Budget Range: £200-300)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: CPU, mobo,

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ebay... amazon where ever its cheapest

Location: City, State/Region, Country -uk

Parts Preferences: by brand or type : i5 intel 3570k or 2500k .. or other suggestions mobo maybe z68 or z77 suggestions again

Overclocking: Yes ( but will be first time clocking)

SLI or Crossfire: not at this time

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080,

Additional Comments: currently got intel core guad q6600 @2.4GHZ on an old msi mobo (p31 neo v2) with 2gb RAM and geo force 9500gt GPU was going to upgrade GPU and CPU but seen as my mobo out of date and cant cope with new tech im going to upgrade mobo and CPU and look to upgrading GPU in sales in January... so i need adivce and opions for mobo plus CPU in my budget and your reasons why and other things i might need to consider, if i missed out anything please ask...


And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: had this systerm for 4 years about time up graded it

 

[metal orient]

I'd suggest:

Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K £177.58
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007RUZKK6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77-D3H £78.86
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007KHROSC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Crucial Ballistix BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU 8GB (4GB x2) DDR3 £35.30
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006YG94Y2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Total price £291.74

Put the RAM in as your current RAM is DDR2 and that board doesn't support it. Plus it's better.

if you're willing to try ebay (I was and my system has had no trouble and was cheap):

3570k £155 (£24 off amazon)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-/251146896323?pt=UK_Computing_CPUs_Processors&hash=item3a798583c3#ht_500wt_1414

RAM prices and motherboards aren't worth it though.