1 of Those Build Me a Rig Threads

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:00

I'm looking to build a cheapo rig for my kid.
I'm thinking AMD but in all honesty AMD have such a bewildering myriad of CPU's it kind of makes me unsure.

I can add a monitor later as I have a 2nd hand one in mind from a friend, HDD I can give him one of mines.

The budget ?

An eye wateringly low £400 (give or take a few quid ).

He mainly plays rubbish online stuff like Roblox (man !) but he's also akin to playing a private round of CSGO with me on his brothers rig as well as GMod and the standard kiddie fare of Minecraft.

It of course is highly appreciated for anyone's help and input.
If I had a bigger budget I'd be on the Intel path and would know what I was doing, just been out the AMD loop for so long, since my last Athlon 64 in fact.

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:01

Hi,

What do you need? tower+OS, keyboard+mouse etc?

Is the HDD SATA?

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:06

Soz man should have said.

I have a HDD I can give him. Need a case (mon micro) PSU, CPU, MOBO, RAM. That's about it really. Have a monitor in mind like I said but would be more than happy to buy a cheap one if reasonable.

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:08

Sorry double posting there.

Think the Saturday tipple is kicking in LOL.

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:09

Well you have a few APU options (built-in GFX core),

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £107.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Zalman T1U3 Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
Total : £394.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £107.99
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £73.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x Antec VPF350 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £418.04 (includes shipping : £11.75).

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:11

Wow, super quick !

That's amazing!

Thanks very much stulid, that would do him very nicely indeed.

Cheers much dude

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:12

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £107.99
1 x AOC E2470SWHE 23.6" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £73.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x Antec VPF350 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Echo Midi-Tower - Black £19.99
Total : £407.42 (includes shipping : £17.10).

One more.

The fast RAM in these is because the onboard GFX relies on the system RAM speed and it makes a big difference in performance.

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:15

Can't thank you enough dude !

TBH I was keeping the money to buy myself a decent sound card and headphones but hey, the kids come first right ?
Thanks again mate.

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 20:15

Just realized I had put 16GB of RAM in.

Guess the Saturday tipple getting to me too

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Antec VPF350 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Echo Midi-Tower - Black £19.99
Total : £359.46 (includes shipping : £17.10).

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x Antec VPF350 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £34.99
1 x Zalman T1U3 Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
Total : £396.46 (includes shipping : £17.10).

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £109.99
1 x AOC E2470SWHE 23.6" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £393.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2470SWHE 23.6" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £22.99
Total : £406.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Doomedspeed · 24 Jan 2015 at 20:20

I was gonna say stu, why 16gb? Glad you noticed.. Too much tipple??

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 20:21

Tanked up mate - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27523339&postcount=17819

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:03

I did hesitate on the 16GB myself but, it's rude to call someone out who has taken their own time to help another.

So I just went with it and thought 'what the hey, I'll take that 16GB of Ram and give my kid my 8GB!'

LOL

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:03

HA I like it

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:08

I'll probably stick with plan A tbh

Or on the other hand a discreet ( as they call a dedicated card these days I believe) GPU would probably still be better ?

Dang this guilty conscience of mine's !

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:10

What is plan A?

If you dont need the 16GB you can always make a thread in CS with your order number and get it swapped and a refund of the difference.

keasy · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:11

Plan A is to gift myself that 16GB or memory LOL!!1

stulid · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:13

And you have 8Gb of faster than 1600Mhz to give him?

64bit OS too?

keasy · 25 Jan 2015 at 03:14

stulid said:
And you have 8Gb of faster than 1600Mhz to give him?

64bit OS too?

Yup, I have 8GB of Kingston Beast 2400 that I'd give over for the 16GB of slower.

I also have two spare keys for W7 X64.
That's a perk of the job, is all I'm saying.