CPU and Motherboard for $250 AUD?

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Is there any way i can get a CPU + MOBO for around $250 AUD that is better than my current setup which is some sort of green motherboard not sure and a core i3 550 cpu if so could you list it below or what the minimum is that i should go for is.

Thanks in advance!
 
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I went to pcpartpicker.com and did some digging around. You wanted better performance, so I wanted to get you up to an I5 4 core cpu. These are about as good as you can get on the budget you have. I also looked for an H97 motherboard with good user feedback (4.2 stars out of 5) since this CPU cannot be overclocked and as such these boards support the Haswell CPU's without the overclocking features, so they cost less.

Your memory and other components should work fine with this board. But you could also get faster memory if you wanted. Your current motherboard only supports 1033/1333 speed RAM. The motherboard I linked here should be able to use 1600 (and possibly faster) RAM.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/7FMw7P

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ahah ok didnt think it would be, ill get it now
 
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ahah ok didnt think it would be, ill get it now
 
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I went to pcpartpicker.com and did some digging around. You wanted better performance, so I wanted to get you up to an I5 4 core cpu. These are about as good as you can get on the budget you have. I also looked for an H97 motherboard with good user feedback (4.2 stars out of 5) since this CPU cannot be overclocked and as such these boards support the Haswell CPU's without the overclocking features, so they cost less.

Your memory and other components should work fine with this board. But you could also get faster memory if you wanted. Your current motherboard only supports 1033/1333 speed RAM. The motherboard I linked here should be able to use 1600 (and possibly faster) RAM.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/7FMw7P

Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
$169.99 $169.99 SuperBiiz
Motherboard
ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
$69.99 $2.99 $72.98 Newegg

Base Total: $239.98
Shipping: $2.99
Total: $242.97 . . . :gun::bounce:

Prices can and often do change daily. Check the link above for current prices.

Hope that this helps you... Enjoy!!
 
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Thanks this is great but this is in $US not $AUD so im thinking theres not much i can do with $250 AUD but thanks. If you can seem to find a set for $250 AUD it would be appreciated but I doubt its possible. Cheers!

 
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This would be a decent upgrade, though you will need to get new DDR4 RAM to go with it. With the H110 board you are limited to 2 memory slots. For about $15 more you can get a B150 board that has 4 slots.

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/bMFVJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/bMFVJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($163.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($85.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $248.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-16 22:44 AEST+1000
 
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Even you can go to your country's version of partpicker, and do what I did here.

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/W38bwP

Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
$262.00 $262.00 CPL Online

MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
$129.00 $129.00 CPL Online

Total: $391.00

They show far fewer motherboards there, and the CPU alone exceeds you budget.
 
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