Time for a serious upgrade...

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It really is time to upgrade but I am well out of the loop with PC building, so looking for some advice..

Current antiquated rig -

Phenom x6 1090t
8gb corsair DDR3 1600
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H AM3 (Micro ATX)
100GB Corsair SSD and a couple of mechanical HDD's for storage
GTX650 (I don't do gaming)
BE Quiet 550w PSU
Zalman case
Freeview HD Dual Tuner (using a low profile TBS 6820 PCI-E card) which will be going in the new rig.

Only used as a HVR, TV, media centre, VirtualDJ 8, web browsing, a bit of video production (Adobe AE, PP) and a fair bit of video encoding (both HD & SD)

Only real requirements are a PCI-E x1 slot (for the HD TV Tuner card) no need for high end graphics, (onboard DX11 should be sufficient)
onboard sound is sufficient for my needs.
Windows 7 will be used.
8GB ram will be enough, I barely go over 6GB even in AE.
Could probably do with a bigger case as the zalman is tight even with a micro-atx board so might as well get one.
I wont be overclocking, so aftermarket cooler will not be required.

So, for about £600 any suggestions of the best bang per buck?

CPU, MB, RAM, PSU, CASE

I will add some extra HDD's myself and any other peripherals (new mouse, keyboard etc) and they are not in the £600 budget.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions :)
 
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Cheers pal :)
That i5 bundle looks great value, but seriously interested in the i7 set-up.
Think I may go that route, might as well bang 16GB in as it's cheaper now than when I last bought ram.
Saw a nice evolution full tower case on the site for £75 and will go with a bequiet PSU for about £75, (550w modular) had one in this rig for years and it's been on 24/7 since 2013 and still going strong :)

Now just need to save a few quid and will grab it in a couple of weeks :)
 
Cheers lads, had a good look on the site and think I may go with this lot:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £567.41
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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Anyone see any issues there? I do like Gigabyte boards, always had them (back to socket A) apart from an old AM2 MSI.
Decided against getting a new case, my Zalman Z3 will suffice and I have a spare case to house my old build in anyway which I found in a cupboard :)

EDIT to add:
I just noticed the i7 has increased in price by £13 since the other day :(
 
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