£200 for Mobo, Processor and RAM

a1ex2001 · 2 Apr 2014 at 10:44

as per the thread title looking to upgrade my ancient dual core Opteron rig but on a bit of a budget main uses are photo editing and general office stuff which I'm not sure makes a difference at this price point! I may add a decent graphics card at some point for some light gaming but it's not a priority.

Thanks in advance, it's been way to long since I built a PC and my knowledge of the bang for buck components is well out of date.

CrixxzeH · 2 Apr 2014 at 11:00

Hello,

Could I ask what PSU you are using?

Edit: Something to go for

http://s18.postimg.org/ipb50tas9/bundle.jpg

a1ex2001 · 2 Apr 2014 at 11:12

I have a corsair HX520W forgot tit might not be up to a modern rig!

Feel free to point out anything that is just over budget but a decent upgrade!

lee32uk · 2 Apr 2014 at 11:26

The HX520 is a good psu, so no need to change it.

mickyflinn · 2 Apr 2014 at 11:36

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
Total : £194.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

a1ex2001 · 2 Apr 2014 at 11:51

Interesting I hadn't really looked at the AMD options, everything seems really complicated naming wise these days it was so much easier when you had pentium 4 V's Athlon!

Doomedspeed · 2 Apr 2014 at 12:32

mickyflinn said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
Total : £194.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Looks good, though the OP will need a GPU if he hasn't got one already. (That motherboard doesnt have on-board video)

a1ex2001 said:
Interesting I hadn't really looked at the AMD options, everything seems really complicated naming wise these days it was so much easier when you had pentium 4 V's Athlon!

It is a little confusing. Just best to look at benchmarks. Within Series its easier to tell but comparing Piledriver to Haswell Numbers are so irrelivant.

stulid · 2 Apr 2014 at 12:35

The RAM will be downclocked, I think getting some cheaper 1600MHzCAS9 will be best.

danewesley · 2 Apr 2014 at 13:24

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Motherboard £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
Total : £198.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

danewesley · 2 Apr 2014 at 13:25

You have access to the MM, you could get an i7 2600 set up for around £200

a1ex2001 · 2 Apr 2014 at 13:45

danewesley said:
You have access to the MM, you could get an i7 2600 set up for around £200

I think I'll put up a wanted add and see what gets offered, ideally I want to buy a bundle that I know works well together as I'm nothing like as interested in this stuff as I used to be so RAM speeds etc are all complete unknowns to me for anything past a core 2!

Thanks for the advice all, I shall see how the second hand offerings compare benchmark wise with what I can get new and make a decision based on that.