Epic £400 AMD Llano build check! ***With Extra Stars***

Cheers guys!

Yep, Llano was chossen for the for its general all round ability, which includes gaming. It's actually replacing my uncles old pentium 3 (or 4?) PC so
any performance difference between i3-2100 won't be noticed :D

stulid said:
Needs at least 1600mhz ram, ram speed directly affects Llano graphics performance - http://www.anandtech.com/show/4476/amd-a83850-review/4
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Thanks, this Corsair should do the job?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

ToejaMz0r said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
1 x MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Cooler Master GX 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA1339) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £9.98
Total : £391.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).



Go for that then, mug someone for 7quid and you'll be reet

by the looks of things http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/403?vs=399 - cpu wise that cpu is only slightly better but from the reviews I can find, the gpu difference is much better for the slightly extra cost, which I saved some pennies by dropping the psu to a cooler master instead to keep within budget.

I'm very fast learning that to get any kind of rig thats worth the money, 400quid just isnt enough unless you're willing to waste money on a lesser machine for slightly moar
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Ok cool, so the extra £16 is probably worth it. I need to read that anandtech review :)
 
That Corsair RAM is the one to pick.


And cheers for clearing up the gaming situation;) I knew it was for that too.

sarge78 said:
so
any performance difference between i3-2100 won't be noticed :D
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The onboard graphics of Sandybridge is crap, theres no other word for it.
 
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thought i'd try a little money saving.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £99.98
1 x MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 ATX '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £27.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £9.98
Total : £376.90 (includes shipping : £10.50).



also, does the motherboard support this RAM:
OCZ 1800Mhz £29.99
i was very shocked to see 1.8V as the lowest, but i know how important RAM speed is for the llano onboard graphics, so if it does work i'll shove it in the build instead of the corsair

will you be ordering from your own account, because you get free shipping which will save you another £12.60
 
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if you dont want a cheapo case then you could get this and not go very far over £400:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £99.98
1 x MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Hudson D3 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Llano MIcro-ATX Motherboard £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £27.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £9.98
Total : £403.40 (includes shipping : £11.75).
 
He already has an OS coming, I was toying with that bundle - unless he can send it back and is happy with 500gig of space, which by the sounds of things will be ample
 
ToejaMz0r said:
He already has an OS coming, I was toying with that bundle - unless he can send it back and is happy with 500gig of space, which by the sounds of things will be ample
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is the OS coming quite a long time after the computer is or something, because you put an OS in your first build.
(also, the one you want is the 64 bit version)

the 500GB will be plenty unless he is one of those people with a billion songs that all have to be on their PC. ive only managed to use up 140GB of my 500GB drive, 100GB of that is probably lots and lots of games
 
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^ The existing HD is only about 64GB :p I think they want to rip a small DVD collection, 500GB is probably enough but 1TB should cover it.

Here we go, looks like a great all rounder for £400, thanks everyone!

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(+£15 for the small mATX case)
 
Ive been putting an OS in the builds just to count for the one he's already got, if the os/case arnt included in the build I think there would be a better rig there :)
 
Was just thinking...instead of AMD Llano A8-3850 and MSI A75MA-G55 which cost £172 in total, won't it be better to go i3 2100, MSI H61M-E33 (if don't care about only having 2 ram slots and have no SATA3.0/USB 3.0) and Asus HD 6670 1GB which cost £197 in total since it will have faster CPU AND faster graphic for just £25 more? The i3 2100 will walk all over the Llano A8-3850, especially in anything that doesn't use all 4 cores?
 
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Don't worry I got 64bit W7 :) (Llano nabs 512MB for the GPU though)

Marine-RX179 said:
Was just thinking...instead of AMD Llano A8-3850 and MSI A75MA-G55 which cost £172 in total, won't it be better to go i3 2100, MSI H61M-E33 (if don't care about only having 2 ram slots and have no SATA3.0/USB 3.0) and Asus HD 6670 1GB which cost £197 in total since it will have faster CPU AND faster graphic for just £25 more? The i3 2100 will walk all over the Llano A8-3850, especially in anything that doesn't use all 4 cores?
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Power consumption for the whole package is ace, adding a discrete card pushes it up too much. As for the i3 2100 being a faster in single threaded benchies? Totally irrelevant, even Llano will be way overpowered for its probable use :D (web browsing, HD films, pics and a bit of gaming)

Another speedy delivery from ocUK! :cool: Shame the case will take another few days :( (stock more SFF mATX types ffs! :p)
Oh yeah, why do most motherboards come without a wifi chip? Even socks are 'internet enabled' these days :p

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I'm really pleased, what a great little setup.
 
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