New Motherboard and CPU

[Mathew Steel 151]

In the few months I'm planning on upgrading the motherboard and CPU of my system. I want a new one and I'm willing to spend about ?200 on the CPU and motherboard together. I'm looking for an intel CPU, possibly i5 4th gen. However, I want the board to be an updated one (PCIE 3.0, USB 3.0 etc) it needs to be ATX and support my black and blue colour scheme.

 

I've looked at the i5 4460 for the upgrade. Would this be a good choice??

Thank you! :)

 

P.S. exams finish this week so I'll be far more active :P

Edited January 13, 2016 by Mathew Steel

[bradley0095 10]

I'm currently using the i5 4460 and I had no issues with it. more than enough for me atm. my mother board is

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but it won't match your colour scheme

 

the i5 4460 was ?139.38 when I bought it but seems to gone up on same website to ?144 so I saved a ?5 I guess lol

 

this will fit your colour scheme but it may push past your total budget scheme by like ?10-20

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-h97-pro4-intel-h97-s1150-ddr3-pcie-30-(x16)-vga-dvid-hdmi-atx

[Mathew Steel 151]

this will fit your colour scheme but it may push past your total budget scheme by like ?10-20

I've heard ASRock aren't a great brand when it comes to motherboards. Any idea?

 

As for the processor it seems like the right choice then :)

[bradley0095 10]

I can only go by reviews and seems good as I never used one so unless any 1 here has used one can't help you much on that

 

could check this out http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-z97-pc-mate-intel-z97-s1150-ddr3-pcie-30-(x16)-2-way-crossfirex-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

[Mathew Steel 151]

That one is far more appealing to me! Thank you :)