£600 build spec check

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This build will be mainly used for internet browsing, films and very little gaming.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2481HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £79.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-HD2 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 430W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £18.95
1 x Gigabyte K6800 Multimedia Keyboard £10.99
Total : £597.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
If you're not doing much gaming you could change the APU to the 5800K and drop the graphics card.

If you're doing a bit more, I'd switch to an FX-6300 as that'll give better results with the 7770 (it'll push the price up though).
 
Doomedspeed said:
You can do a lot better for the money..

Drop the 7770 and get the A10 instead and 8gb of fast RAM
Click to expand...

^
This, fast RAM with the APU will see you playing some games and medium settings, combining 1600Mhz RAM with a APU is a counter active move.
 
my 2 pence

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £84.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-HD2 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 430W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000 (M7J-00020) £35.99
1 x Silverstone SST-PS08B Precision Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £610.81 (includes shipping : FREE).



ssd included
dropped the gpu
upped the processor to the A10
alternative monitor
wireless kb + mouse
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-HD2 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 430W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Silverstone SST-PS08B Precision Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte K6800 Multimedia Keyboard £10.99
Total : £544.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).




+ 6670 from MM
+ Ram from MM aswell maybe?
I think that SSD is a waste of money for a budget PC like this...
 
My choice would be this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart M450W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £38.75
1 x Crucial V4 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £37.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £595.54 (includes shipping : £19.10).



ITX mini A10 build. :)

Big SSD not needed, SATAII is still a fast SSD (a lot faster than standard HDD's).. JHust need to install the programs (Internet, itunes ect) and use the HDD as a storage drive (music/photos).

Fast RAM for good Gaming performance.

Wireless keyboard and Mouse..

Modular PSU for tight fiddly spaces. :D

Pukka job!

EDIT: to spec above, You don't need Daul Graphics the A10 will handle a good chunk of games at medium settings.. Even BF3. So whatever want to be played can be. I feel the GPU will be a waste of money..
 
Nice build. ITX systems usually look great.

If a GPU is really wanted then the Athlon x4 CPUs are a good bet, since you only pay for the CPU part of the APU.
 
If there's no real gaming the A8 is absolutely fine, it can handle any desktop tasks and HD playback without an issue. It can play lighter games like Half Life 2 and Portal without any problem.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VE278N 27" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £199.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart M450W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £38.75
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte K6800 Multimedia Keyboard £10.99
Total : £628.55 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Just about in the budget, what do you guys think about this 27inch monitor?
 
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Then I'll stay with setup that Doomedspeed gave. What sort of cooling would you recommend, due to size limitations?
 
 
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