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I went round a family members house today due to they said about having issues with slow system and virgin internet.

Sounded simple until I get there and see very old Pentium 4 HP machine running XP with only 256mb ram yes no wonder it was so slow then the real internet issue was Virgin wouldn't offer any support because the PC doesn't meet there minimum spec plus family member few months ago purchased Windows 8 thinking they could install it on this system lol.

So now I have the task of putting something together for £450 max £500.

Any suggestions for just base unit and monitor (they will be using it mostly for watching videos office stuff plus they said rather then get new console they would like if it could offer some gaming, no os needed the windows 8 they got can be used) thanks in advance

BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £107.99

AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99

TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99

Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95

Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99

£450 for all that what you guys think?
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Pay the premium for the G1 sniper A88X board on FM2+. This will leave you an upgrade path and let you use kaveri when it is released.
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It is more money but that is a great idea...

It will give you a good path to upgrade and give you loads of overclocking features to get the best out of your CPU/RAM..

..while looking awesome! :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper A88X AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
Total : £99.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

 
To be fair boys if they have had a P4 system this long then I can't see them doing any serious upgrades to the system for quite some time ;)

Might be worth asking them if they are open to the idea of running the PC through a HDTV. Not needing the monitor will allow for a better spec for gaming. Sounds like they are looking for more of a HTPC anyways.

I don't see much wrong with the OPs spec. The A8K is a good all round home PC, think I'd use a 500W PSU though. The A8K can do some light gaming (you can OC the APUs IGP) but dropping in a GPU at some point will be needed to rival a console properly.
 
Just had a little chat with them they will be using it in an office so it wont be near a TV for now (they was open to maybe running a cable into bedroom which is next to office at later period) and upgrade wise they wont be looking at doing anything for easily 3 years (for them they class this as high budget)

That is a nice board sniper one but its fair bit more money plus I can't really see them using what it offers.
 
The A10K has a better IGP for gaming.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £501.79 (includes shipping : FREE).



I'd prefer CMs new Elite 130 chassis to be honest. This is mini-itx and the mobo gives you wifi and bluetooth onboard. 430W is fine if just using the IGP, should they feel they will add a dedicated GPU 500W would make more sense.

Best of luck with the build fella.
 
honosuseri said:
The A10K has a better IGP for gaming.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £501.79 (includes shipping : FREE).



I'd prefer CMs new Elite 130 chassis to be honest. This is mini-itx and the mobo gives you wifi and bluetooth onboard. 430W is fine if just using the IGP, should they feel they will add a dedicated GPU 500W would make more sense.

Best of luck with the build fella.
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Do you think Intel build is also an option?
 
edGfaCTor said:
Do you think Intel build is also an option?
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Well you know what they want more than me dude. From what you have said AMDs APUs sound about right. It's good as an allrounder and allows light gaming without the expense of a GPU.

The A8K is good, I've done a lot of builds with it. People say they wont play games but I stick a few on anyway and it soon converts them. A better GPU can be added later, I don't personally bother with the hybrid Xfire.
 
edGfaCTor said:
Sounded simple until I get there and see very old Pentium 4 HP machine running XP with only 256mb ram yes
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at least i have 1.5 gb DDR 400 MHZ, Windows 7, Pentium 4, an geforce fx 5200 running(died last week), with the stock virgin media usb wifi adapter at 32mbs ( i am paying 30mbs:D), tried to install windows 8 and said: motherboard does not meet the requirements:mad:, 1k investment now is getting dust:(:(:(:(:(, looking for a replacement at same price range, but include a monitor so £600, look for an 6300 and a 7850, it fits on the budget, i will post later the basket


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this will offer more performance for the money, if you want put under the budget get an non modular psu, 4gb of ram is enough if they will do light gaming and house stuff:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x BenQ G2250 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x HIS Radeon R7 250 iCooler 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £67.99
1 x Akasa Cobra Power 650W Modular Power Supply PSU £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £514.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).






overclockable, great monitor, and a bit overkill for what they need now, but enough for keep running for years, and the latest generation of gpu(more or less)


power supplies option( 430w i think is enough)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-230-CM&groupid=701&catid=123
CA-230-CM_34990_350.jpg



(laziness to erase my basket)
 
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