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My current CPU suffers from really high temps. And my motherboard is quite old and doesn't support many CPUs.

So, can you recommend a new CPU and motherboard for me. I don't need two PCI-e slots.

My budget is £170/$250

I mostly play games on emulators (PSX, PS2, Gamecube, Wii) and sometimes encode video. I'm willing to wait a while, so if it makes sense to wait I can do so.
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Can you give me some sites you can shop from? I don't know the UK shops.
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www.ebuyer.com
www.overclockers.co.uk
www.google.co.uk/products
http://www.itcsales.co.uk/

Google searches many UK stores.
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There is a bundle at overclockers UK for £140 odd.
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* 1 x Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail
* 1 x Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 Rev2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard
* 1 x Kingston HyperX 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLK2/2G)
Obviously you can shop around a bit for better value but this might give you an idea what's available for the money.

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Haha, yes, well I could google stuff all day, doesn't mean they're the good shops. I figured you already knew the best one, just like I know Newegg is the best for where I live, even though google would bring up tigerdirect, NCIX, etc.

I'm not going through 4 (or however many places google brings back) sites and finding the best one when you should already know the answer.
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I recommend you lower your vcore, even lower your OC if you have to. Or get a new cooler.

And what do you mean, enough CPU slots? PCI slots?

For £170 you can get quite a bit
http://www.ebuyer.com/bundle/AJRN769Q4/145704
Would be for me I would say.
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I said I don't need two PCI-e 16x slots. I dont have two graphics cards.

Hmm, I may as well just get a Q6600 from ebay. It's like £70 max.

The shops are the same, they buy from the same suppliers.
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Get a used good VID Q6600 on ebay, then get this:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-SATA-RAID-ATX

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http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-SATA-RAID-ATX

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http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/DFI-D...-SATA-RAID-ATX
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