Opinion on computer upgrades [RAM, CPU, Motherboard]

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Elimination

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Okay so,

In a few months I plan to get a Antec 1200 case and then for my birthday i'll be getting around £300+ and I will be hoping to buy 3 upgrades.

Current Motherboard:
CorRoe 1333-D667 Motherboard

Current CPU:
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5300

Current RAM:
2GB (iunno info)
£300 Budget not including shipping.
Needed: Intel i3 2.8+Ghz, 8GB Ram 1600-2000Mhz, Motherboard

My Upgrades(A small file I made)

[MotherBoard]
Price = £108.19 inc Vat
Type = ATX
Model = Asus P7P55D-E Socket 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
Link = http://yoyotech.co.uk/item-detail.php?products_id=3974260
[/MotherBoard]

[CPU]
Price = £92.23 inc Vat
Type = Socket 1156 Duel Core
Model = Intel Core i3-550 Socket 1156 Dual-Core CPU (BX8061613550)
Link = http://yoyotech.co.uk/item-detail.php?products_id=4370868
[/CPU]

[RAM]
Price = £91.81 inc Vat
Type = DDR3 1600Mhz
Model = G-Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 PC3 12800 1600MHz Memory (F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL)
Link = http://yoyotech.co.uk/item-detail.php?products_id=4370017
[/RAM]

Total: £293.23 inc Vat
Total: £243.53 not inc Vat

Any Opinions?

If your interested my GPU is ATI HD Radeon 4670 and my psu is a 450w Do I need to upgrade that?
 
Dont waste your money Elimination on old tech. Get a 1155 combination, found these browsing ebuyer.

Motherboard £115
Asus P8P67 Socket 1155 USB 3.0 Bluetooth 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Ebuyer code 248960

CPU £148
Intel Core i5 2400 3.1GHz Socket LGA 1155
Ebuyer code 251595

And do you really need 8GB of Ram? Not at this time I dont think...
Ram £40
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V
Ebuyer code 173122

Total £303 inc VAT

Just £10 more than your build and will perform better and is more future proof ( has USB 3 and 2nd generation core i5 ) you dont need 8GB of ram but if you must then it can be had for an extra £30 or so. Think about it you know it makes sense, don't throw money at old tech.

As for your GPU and PSU it all depends on what you want to do on your PC, what games do you play if any? And at what resolution? What programs do you use? If you come back with that info and more of a budget I have some suggestions.

DanielSan
 
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I will do some heavy video editing + photo editing along with programming and streaming high def moves and games on high-Max such as TF2, CS, CSS, COD7, CO, Need for speed etc

#edit
Also I was aiming to have a 3.2Ghz+ CPU and before you say just overclock it to like 3.6ghz or something but I have 0 experience with overclocking and don't want to try it out on new stuff.

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What about:
[Asus]
Asus P8P67 Pro Socket 1155 Sandybridge Intel P67 ATX Intel Motherboard £144
cant find a cpu(i5 3.2ghz).
and again the 8gb ram.
 
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