£400 Budget PC

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I've a budget of £400 max for either a Intel or AMD build which I'll use it for surfing the internet, Photoshop for resizing, converting and sometimes rendering, Dreamviewer to edit HTML files, Microsoft Office, Sony Vegas and watch TV programme

I'll need a SSD for Windows OS and applications, I've already have OS, Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor

The motherboard must have either 5.1 or 7.1 channel as I've 5.1 speakers to use it with, must have DVI port so I can connect it with my monitor and if the CPU allows overclocking, I would want a motherboard that has overclocking features so I can get the most performance from the CPU

Also I need a power supply which is decent and reliable as sometimes in the winter I get powercuts and I don't want the power supply and the computer components to be damaged

Thanks!
 
 
 
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1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £94.99
1 x Asus F2A55-M LK AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45.00
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £405.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).



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1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £94.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45.00
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £394.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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zakblood said:
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £94.99
1 x Asus F2A55-M LK AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45.00
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £405.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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A A85 board is better than A55 chipset boards as you get better SATA speeds (that board lacks SATAIII ports from what I can see, limiting the SSD some what!!;)) and USB ports. and Trinity needs faster RAM than 1600Mhz ideally.
 
didn't know that either, apart from ram bit i picked the arock one before which supported 2400 ram, but everyone said it was no good so didn't pick it this time as this one was already in my backet from other spec and price was same etc
 
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