Is this ok - PC for my father for internet and music only

Tomtom3989 · 29 Nov 2012 at 23:33

Hello,
Getting PC for Dad and would just like to know if these components will play nice for purely surfing net and managing dads iTunes collection.

MB - Gigabyte H61MA-D2V
Mem - Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB
CPU - Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz
OS - Windows 8 64bit

I have everything else (my only concern is will they fit and should i go for i3 sandybridge or will the intel celeron be enough)
Thankyou for any help

_lecro_ · 29 Nov 2012 at 23:49

Just built my daughter an AMD system, only really going to be used for flash games and watching cbeebies website
first time ive moved away from Intel for a couple of yeas but its epic quick for the money and im now sold on AMD for low - mid range systems at least.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £49.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £25.99
Total : £120.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

MORE SPEED · 30 Nov 2012 at 00:19

Tomtom3989 said:
Hello,
Getting PC for Dad and would just like to know if these components will play nice for purely surfing net and managing dads iTunes collection.

MB - Gigabyte H61MA-D2V
Mem - Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB
CPU - Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz
OS - Windows 8 64bit

I have everything else (my only concern is will they fit and should i go for i3 sandybridge or will the intel celeron be enough)
Thankyou for any help

It'll be perfectly fine for doing what you've said, try and get a 64gb ssd for the os, it'll make the most difference.

Tomtom3989 · 30 Nov 2012 at 01:58

Cheers, Thankyou its all ordered (i already got an intel x-25m 80gb he can use for the os and a samsung f3 for storage)

areksnumbr1sxylady · 30 Nov 2012 at 03:37

_lecro_ said:
Just built my daughter an AMD system, only really going to be used for flash games and watching cbeebies website
first time ive moved away from Intel for a couple of yeas but its epic quick for the money and im now sold on AMD for low - mid range systems at least.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A6-5400K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Dual Core Processor (AD540KOKHJBOX) £49.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £25.99
Total : £120.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

should`ve got 2133 ram tbh, defo not 1333.

_lecro_ · 30 Nov 2012 at 06:44

Lazder said:
should`ve got 2133 ram tbh, defo not 1333.

It wasnt a performance choice rather than price,
that ram is overkill given the systems use,i doubt it will ever use half the available ram and it certainly doesn't need to be any faster but at that price who cares

Cromulent · 30 Nov 2012 at 08:53

Lazder said:
should`ve got 2133 ram tbh, defo not 1333.

The difference in performance between the two RAM speeds, especially in a budget system, is negligible. Frankly I agree with his decision. No point in spending lots of money on RAM in a system with this config.

Dave0w · 30 Nov 2012 at 09:23

Cromulent said:
The difference in performance between the two RAM speeds, especially in a budget system, is negligible. Frankly I agree with his decision. No point in spending lots of money on RAM in a system with this config.

the AMD i-GPU use's the raster ram speed's for video, it's is showen to give a lot more FSP when using the i-GPU, but for net and music there is no need and price point was better

areksnumbr1sxylady · 30 Nov 2012 at 14:42

_lecro_ said:
It wasnt a performance choice rather than price,
that ram is overkill given the systems use,i doubt it will ever use half the available ram and it certainly doesn't need to be any faster but at that price who cares

Cromulent said:
The difference in performance between the two RAM speeds, especially in a budget system, is negligible. Frankly I agree with his decision. No point in spending lots of money on RAM in a system with this config.

AMD`s on board IGPU makes a very good use of faster ram speeds, thats why if you look at specced trinity builds everyone suggest getting 2133... But since your system never used for gaming I guess you can get away with 1333...