Help me make a decision please

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Upgrade spec for me please

Hi there,

My daughters motherboard has given up the ghost
Anyway I was thinking of upgrading my motherboard, cpu & memory and she can have mine
I currently run an Asus P5Q-VM - 8gb of OCZ 1066 reaper and an IntelQ6600 running at 3ghz

I have £300...ish to spend and the only restriction is the motherboard must be a Matx to fit in my Antec. Any money under this limit might go towards an ssd so spec a good ssd fpr £100...ish

Any advice appreciated

cheers

Will
 
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come up with the below:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Sub Total : £252.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.29
Total : £313.76
 
thanks RJC

that looks interesting, is the i5 better than a hex core Amd 1100T Black edition? this is what I was looking at earlier but got a bit confused with memory & motherboard combos. If the i5 is better I will buy what you have specced.

again thanks

Will
 
Take a look at this benchmark m8 and you will never think about AMD processors again

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=203

I have the i5 2500k and trust me its a brillaint processor definitely worth the money.
If your a gamer like me I might suggest getting the 8gb memory as well that I have
you may never need 8gb but always good to have it for that little bit extra.

Hope this helps
 
Also, I should say that the board and RAM suggested by stulid are both excellent and great value.

The gigabyte Z68 board can use the onboard graphics but also allows the use of discrete graphics and even SLI/CF if needed.
 
My bad, I just automatically thought it was you with the first spec :)

Apologies RJC - really nice spec.

The only optional change I would consider going for is a 8GB DDR3 RAM kit, since the OP is already using an 8GB system. Something like this would be idea, alternatively this looks like a good kit and is a bit cheaper.
 
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