£250 upgrade

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My mate has about £250 to put towards an upgrade this Christmas.

He currently has an i3, 550ti and 8GB ram.
PC is used mainly for games @ 1080p.

My initial thought was an i5 with a 7850, that would keep him under budget & would be a good upgrade. Looking around though I am unsure. He is not into overclocking so everything would be at stock. I know the 7850 is a better card when overclocking but at stock the 660 looks to pull ahead in farcry 3 & a couple of other games.

Also, is the i5 3330 a good choice on a budget?

I have sugested to look second hand but he is against it :(
 
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wtf? is that response? lol

I would strongly consider saving for a 2nd/3rd gen i5 for the extra performance.
 

Indeed. As to the original question, a CPU and graphics upgrade, especially to a quad core sandy / ivy i5 would be a very nice upgrade for gaming. If he is less worried about gaming performance and more about every day performance then he could upgrade to a new CPU + SSD instead of a graphics card (assuming he is not already using an SSD of course)

Edit: this is assuming he already has a second / third gen i3. If he has a first gen i3 then he will need a new motherboard which will affect his options.
 
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