Upgrade help

iZINER

iZINER

iZINER

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Okay so after buying my new case from **** yesterday I realised that my current motherboard is a micro-atx and my case is built for a standard atx or m-atx. I know this isin't much of a problem but I also have 3 HDD's and only 2 sata connections on the mobo.

So I'm looking for your guys help on buying a new motherboard and CPU, I'll list my current specs and also my budget and hopefully you can help out.


Current Rig-

MOBO- MSI K9N6GM- V
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.70GHz, Standard Cooler
RAM - 2 x 2GB Generic Cheap RAM
Case - Lancool PC-K58 Black
HDD- 1 x 1TB, 1 x 2TB, 1 x 500GB
PSU - 680W G7 Power Extreme - 530W Be Quiet! Pure Power BQT L7 ATX2.3

Swapping the psu out for the Be Quiet one :)

Budget - £150
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £128.30
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £27.56
Total : £165.36

The board - http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H67MA-E35.html

The CPU - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentium-g850-g840-g620.html
 
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I take my hat off to you sir, I think a small part of me died when i clicked that link.:(

If someone put an i5 2500k on that board i think i would cry D:
 
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