£400 budget

Frxn · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:35

Will be used as a family PC, with some gaming (minimum settings is fine). Only need the PC/components, already have OS & peripherals, also have a spare HDD, but would like to add an SSD. To keep within budget was thinking to go for a processor with onboard graphics to start off, then if needed add a card later.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A55-DS3 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Adata XPG SX900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASX900S3-64GM-C) £61.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £47.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £44.99
1 x Tsunami Gaming Case - Black £19.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £5.99
Total : £375.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Little room to move for better case, that one is horrid looking but it's not important.

Any recommendations, anything I've missed-do I need to buy thermal paste or anything?

Regards,
F

zakblood · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:36

nope apart from psu is poor

1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £44.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 430W '80 Plus' Power Supply £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £5.99
Total : £396.34 (includes shipping : £11.25).

just a few alterations

Incrauze · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:48

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Adata XPG SX900 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASX900S3-64GM-C) £61.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v2.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1866GC4G9B-DG2) £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £5.99
Total : £373.37 (includes shipping : £11.25).

honosuseri · 7 Mar 2013 at 13:53

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £83.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £44.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £375.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

This case has USB3 and can mount a 2.5 inch drive (ie SSD) so you dont need the adapter plate.

Frxn · 9 Mar 2013 at 21:20

Thanks for the replies and alterations guys!

If going for a 128GB SSD would it be better paying an extra £10 for the Adata (520MB/s over 200MB/s write speed) or not seeing as I'd only really be using it for OS and few other software anyway?

Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99

Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-128GM-C) £92.99

And is there any difference between an '80 Plus' and an '80 Plus Bronze' PSU, or is that just reference to 80%+ energy efficiency?

Thanks

Incrauze · 9 Mar 2013 at 21:29

This SSD has better read/write speed,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
Total : £108.65 (includes shipping : £7.25).