Need a new Proc/Mobo - ~£150

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What I'm after is a new mobo/proc for my first build, can anyone suggest a good combo for around £150? I'm going to be running with 4Gb Ram, but may upgrade that at a later date.

It will be used mainly for gaming.

I've recently got the following to upgrade my old Dell Dimensions E520

GPU - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3
PSU - OCZ 500W StealthXstream

These are now in my Old PC and working fine. I've also ordered a ZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower case.

Any other suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
 
The memory I have at the moment is Dell memory, and 3Gb (1gb/1gb/512mb/512mb) and I'm planning on upping that to 4gb(got a copy of XP Pro 64 bit). all 4 sticks are relatively old so I will be getting new ones.
 
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As above, the best combination you could get.
 
Thanks for the advice all.

Just out of interest, what are the Overclocking possibilities with these?

Also I may end up being able to spend about anotehr £50. How would this set up go for around that money?

Biostar TPower I45 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
 
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If you get a CPU cooler you could see a big overclock on the E5200 (meant to be very good for it), some getting to 3.6ghz and beyond, depending on how lucky you are.

For £200 you could look at the new AMD X3 CPU's, shown to be really good in gaming performances. The AM3 720 X3 BE is looking good for the money, pair it with a decent AM2+ mobo.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-238-AM
 
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ro55o said:
If you get a CPU cooler you could see a big overclock on the E5200 (meant to be very good for it), some getting to 3.6ghz and beyond, depending on how lucky you are.
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Awesome, will be my first step into the realm of overclocking so don't imagine I will be pushing any boundries but good to know the limits.
 
They are good overclockers. If you can increase the budget to £200, then look at the new X3 CPU's on offer from AMD, especially the one I mentioned in the above post. They are meant to overclock well, even with the stock cooler. The benchmarks show them beating the lower core 2 duo's in gaming.
 
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