Hey, I've recently got a bit of moolah to spend as reward money from exam results. Now, I don't have a set limit of which I can spend, but I would say £200 IDEALLY, but maybe a bit of wiggle room going up to £300
Now, I already have a 5870 Radeon Graphics card, a 1TB harddrive, 500W power supply, disk drive etc.
What I am looking to upgrade is my Processor. As a result I'm most likely going to be needing a new motherboard, and my brother suggested throwing in 8gb of RAM to go with it, seeing as it was only £35.
Now, my brother is an IT Technician and built his own PC and pretty much built mine. He has suggested I get these:
[URL="http://www.ebuyer.com/195372-kingston-8gb-ddr3-1600mhz-hyperx-xmp-memory-khx1600c9d3k2-8gx"]RAM[/URL] - £35
[URL="http://www.ebuyer.com/287682-amd-fx-6-6100-black-edition-6-core-3-3ghz-socket-am3-8mb-l3-fd6100wmgusbx"]Processor[/URL] - £103~
He hasn't suggested a Motherboard, which I guess is the main thing I am asking about, but he also suggested getting a [URL="http://www.ebuyer.com/264011-corsair-hydro-series-h60-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler-cwch60"]cooler[/URL].
Now, obviously I don't want to spend money that I could otherwise spend on something else but I would love to cut corners and I'm thinking about whether I need the cooling system. (Any left over money I have I would love to buy a new case with, and I have my eyes set on [URL="http://www.ebuyer.com/327904-nzxt-phantom-410-black-mid-tower-case-no-psu-ca-ph410-b1"]one[/URL] (I have no idea how practical this would be, but it seems to have good reviews and I like the design)
Any help?
Thanks in advance!
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