Best low budget CPU and Mobo?

[roberto9009]

Hey guys, I'm looking to upgrade my CPU and Motherboard, I currently have an intel i3 3220 and an Asrock H77M, but I would like to make my PC faster. I am on a budget of £250 give or take. So what do you guys recommend I upgrade to, to maximize performance?

I was thinking maybe:

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  Intel Core i5-4430
  Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER

Thanks guys

 

[jayvis]

I5 4460

 

[GRUxTSAR]

Budget and ROG boards should not EVER be used together

 

[tigershrimp]

Budget and ROG boards should not EVER be used together

+1, get i5-4460 + some basic H97 board like H97 Pro 4 from ASRock or even cheaper H97 ASRock Anniversary

 

[Thaisnang]

You can simply get a i5 3570 and save the expense of the motherboard and get something like more RAM or GPU if into gaming.

 

[chris987]

i cant see the need of replacing the mobo. the ivy bridge i5 or the xeon(i7 without igp) are still great options!


Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Lz48d/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£159.57 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £159.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 11:27 GMT+0000

or

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2njxrH/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£197.27 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £197.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 11:29 GMT+0000

 

[sizzling]

For less than £230 you can get a 4690k and Gigabyte z97 board from Scan's today only deals. Its a deal on this weekend

http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/

 

[rockie_]

For that money get GTX 970 like Zotac . Option 2 : get i7 3770
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80637i73770

otherwise


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£97.35 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £264.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 11:44 GMT+0000

or

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.80 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £250.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 11:51 GMT+0000