I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard and processor for around $250.

[spanky92090]

I currently have a AMD Radeon HD 5830 video card. I was looking into getting a amd processor/motherboard. I currently have a old intel dual core processor that is showing its age. Any suggestions?

 

[Adrian Ocampo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $259.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-15 18:09 EST-0500)

 

[Tzn]

i5 3470 around 180$ and a asus motherboard socket 1155 is under 100$ even 60$. better than amd any day.

 

[weclark4th]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $259.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-15 18:09 EST-0500)

For sure, AMD offers some great mobos/cpu's for budget prices