£300-£400 system, needs everything but a case & cd drive.

colinuk · 28 Jan 2013 at 10:47

Looking to replace a old system ( 7 years old ) as the ATX PSU blew up and I dont really want to spend £100 on a new one.

So, for around £3-400 looking for a system that can browse internet, play some games, not on high level of course, maybe total war ect, do emails ect.

I have a great CoolerMaster case I want to keep so dont need that but would like an Asus board with new bits.

Any ideas?

TYIA.

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Bacon? · 28 Jan 2013 at 10:57

Do you need just the tower or OS etc as well?

Also what size mobo's does the case take.

colinuk · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:15

The case is a tower - The Praetorian coolermaster from around 7 years ago, will be able to take full size mobo's. I have an OS disc as well so only need the hardware for this.

Good questions Bacon? I should have put that info in the 1st post.

IncognitoX · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:34

Maybe something along the lines of this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £131.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
Total : £409.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

or

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
Total : £277.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

iGPU should handle the games with ease. Along with the Quad core CPU.

colinuk · 28 Jan 2013 at 12:32

Thank you, the £409.93 system looks like the system I had in mind

Cheers IncognitoX and Bacon?

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honosuseri · 28 Jan 2013 at 12:41

If you want to do an AMD Trinity build and intend to use the IGP for gaming you want faster RAM than 1600Mhz

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £50.00
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £35.99
Total : £290.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

Please check your optical drive is sata as IDE has been dropped from pretty much all modern mobos.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £50.00
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
Total : £405.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

Intel build but a 2GB VRAM GPU. The 1GB GPUs are false economy in my eyes

colinuk · 28 Jan 2013 at 12:45

Thanks Honosuseri,

Any asus boards you would put in to that build, never had anything but issues with Gigabyte boards in the past.

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honosuseri · 28 Jan 2013 at 12:52

colinuk said:
Thanks Honosuseri,

Any asus boards you would put in to that build, never had anything but issues with Gigabyte boards in the past.

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Gigabyte has a 3 year UK based RMA and their mobos have a dual BIOS which is a nice safety feature. I've used them plenty of times for intel and Trinity builds without any issue at all.

I edited in an improved intel spec. Granted I've used B grade to get on budget but it would be the better option especially if you will get TW:Rome 2 upon release later in the year

IncognitoX · 28 Jan 2013 at 12:55

honosuseri said:
If you want to do an AMD Trinity build and intend to use the IGP for gaming you want faster RAM than 1600Mhz

Thanks for the correction, Monday morning easy mistake

honosuseri · 28 Jan 2013 at 13:04

IncognitoX said:
Thanks for the correction, Monday morning easy mistake

Easily done, it would work and it's a great price for 1600mhz RAM but the IGP would like faster RAM if possible. I also used the ATX sized mobo which is only a couple of quid more. I really dislike the blue PCB on some of GBs mobos, it does make them look cheap in my opinion