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Originally Posted by Rob
In practice if you are upping the motherboard / CPU combo, your RAM will also need to be changed. Rarely do these match up as the technologies change, if you reuse it might work, but often with reduced performance.
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Not in this case.
He's got DDR3 1600Mhz which is still the maximum speed Intel's latest-generation mainstream processors officially support.
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As for mobo/CPU combos, get a cheap mobo unless you actually need all the additional interfaces (like 12 SATA ports and 20 USB ports...). Motherboards are much the same these days and unless you're overclocking the performance difference between a £30 and a £300 motherboard is going to be less than 5% at most and usually closer to +/- 1-2%.
Since mainboards are just dumb bridges these days, get something cheap and basic like this:
http://www.ebuyer.com/553591-asrock-...rboard-h81m-gl
for £36 which leaves you over £160 to spend on a decent mid-range CPU, such as:
http://www.ebuyer.com/467637-intel-c...-bx80646i54670 (
or even a 4690K for £199 total)