If you guys had around $500 to buy the best possible combo of Motherboard+CPU+Memory What would you get? And also just Motherboard+CPU (Since i have 2x 8gb DDR3 memory almost new)? Thanks in advance¡!¡Thinking you might have forgotten to add the GPU to this equation? What type of processing do you need it for?  $500 can be spent in 3 ways, ( maximum CPU,    balance between CPU and GPU,    or maximum GPU processing power). Quality of components is assumed to be best you can get for your money as well. However if your interested in cutting corners with not top of the line quality you can specify that and lower END components can be used as suggestions such as a Biostar brand motherboard vs a ASUS or Gigabyte better quality components for VRMs etc.

How is this system going to be used?

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Maximum CPU would be if your doing calculations that dont tap into GPU processing etc. Non Gaming.

Balance would be if you want an all around use system. Casual Gaming.

Maximum GPU would be if you want best graphics and video processing and dont mind a CPU that runs in the 90-100% use that is a combination that the CPU is not a bottleneck to the GPU processing. Squeezing that $500 to get maximum gaming performance now for a specific game knowing that future games will require a better CPU upgrade; however a graphics artist wouldnt need to upgrade CPU as soon.

Yet again, our budget build is an AMD-based system, and just as well—at this price point, AMD offers incredible performance bang for the buck.