£400 build

Leprechaun312

Leprechaun312

Leprechaun312

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Basically looking to get a build for a mate who is in dire need of a new pc, his laptop currently gives him 20fps in league of legends walking around......it then dips to 2 fps in teamfights.....not to mention it pink screened once while playing dota 2...i had never heard of a pink screen before. anyway he had a budget of 400 pounds and i thought of this

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 Black Edition 3.10Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £28.99
Total : £364.15



1. It needs ram in my 2 amd builds i have bought incompatible ram so could somone spec some

2. Yeah i know a bulldozer is a tiny bit ott but its 20 quid more than a trinity and an i3 and has 4 more cores so i'm thinking it's worth it

3. Will the 7750 be capable of dota 2 and league of legends at 1440x900
 
 
stulid said:
A Trinity will do the job surely?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £43.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £28.98
Total : £346.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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well i thought about that but what im kinda looking for is something that will do the job he needs and then maybe in a year or 2 all he could maybe add an ssd the new amd processor and a new graphics card a trinity would do..but there isnt a really an upgrade path other than hybrid crossfire. although i did come up with this

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £56.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
Total : £339.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



and then sourcing a phenom ii x4 965 from somewhere for 70 -75 quid would tht not be better?
 
One thing to maybe take into account is that not all the "piledriver" cpu's are listed for that Gigabyte board (also depends on which revision it is).

So Steamrooler may be limited in support too?
 
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stulid said:
One thing to maybe take into account is that not all the "piledriver" cpu's are listed for that Gigabyte board (also depends on which revision it is).

So Steamrooler may be limited in support too?
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hmm... good point.....i suppose ill need to find one compatible with all the piledrivers
 
 
This is what I would buy.


AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £104.99
Gigabyte HD 7770 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £56.99
Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £43.99
Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
Xigmatek Asgard III Gaming Case - Black £27.95


The motherboard has an 8 pin power input so should support an upgrade to the CPU in the future and the 6300 should offer better performance than the 8120 you were looking at.
 
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Voltage regulator module ;)

Good boards have 8+1 VRM's I believe , boards with less like 4+1's can cause CPU's which use a lot of power, ie AMD current chips to throttle.
 
 
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