Micro Atx Rig Help

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Hello overclockers forum, I am looking to build a micro atx rig but im not to sure of the components that I want, I would like the build to be based around the case (Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow)
I have a budget of around £500 but this is complimented by the fact that I already have a Hard drive and Ram that is still up to date that I could salvage from my Current rig, My Current specs are (i5 2500k , Nvidia 560ti)
I am not sure if it is worth upgrading my i5,2500k to the newer I5's as I have not overclocked it and I am mainly bottlenecked by my GPU.
If anybody could help me build a new rig for around the £500 price tag that would be great, These are my old specs in full




Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Kingston Genesis 8GB 1600MHZ
1TB Storage- an SSD wuld be great
ASUS p6p87 le








If reusing the i5 - 2500k is the best option to keep the upgrade under £500 then that is fine, If you could find a newer board that would run it and allow me to overclock it using the Corsair H100i that would be great,

Many thanks
 
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Hello Guys and thanks for the response, My case is a Zalam Z9 my PSU is a 600w Coolermaster and my cooler is a CM hyper 212. There is a problem in either my CPU or motherboard where when I put the CPU cooler on properly the PC wont boot at all, I have to have it slightly lose which doesnt help with overclocking as I cant really do it with a good temprature, I have had multiple cases as I though something may be shorting the CPU/Motherboard but I think there is a problem with either, Im not sure which one though.
 
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