Advice on incremental upgrade on PC

furyoo

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Guys, I am looking to upgrade my PC and would like your opinion on the upgrade path. My present PC specs as follows:

Intel G2030
LGA1155 itx mobo
8gb ram
ATI 7750 1gb low profile card
128gb SSD

My primary concern is to create a more viable multimedia system with light video encoding and moderate gaming. My monitor can only do 1080p so I don't see my graphics card as a bottleneck now.

Hence I'm deciding between two options:
1. Upgrade to i5 3330
2. Buy a new 1150 itx mobo with a newer low end i5

What are your thoughts about this? Which gives me more options when I want to upgrade my graphics card later?
 

MoneyFace =p

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2nd hand out of warranty Sandy bridge Core i5 should be going very affordable now. Go for them.
 

furyoo

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Where can I find the 2nd hand chips? Marketplace doesn't seem to have that many
 
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