A bit of a challenge

Why are you winking? I can't read your additional posts whilst I'm doing two specs and explaining the differences.......I'm good but I'm not that good lol

If he has £600ish to play with then he can have an i5K from the get go, if we use windows 8 DE :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £635.56 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Ok just to let you know I dont think Trinity can be paired with anything over a 6670. So you won't get amazing performance but good value for money. It will be enough to play any game at medium with good fps though at least.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £69.98
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £47.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £439.91 (includes shipping : FREE).



Its slightly over but included everything you might want ;)
You can add a SATA 3 SSD in there and because the RAM is LP you can also fit after market coolers.

And Hono your one step behind. The OP doesnt have the money yet ;)
That said I think you should wait for the extra £200 though OP.
 
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Eeek, have to start working again soon. Going off into the wilderness with no signal! Hurry! We are all going to dieeeee!
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Rushing it is a bad idea. The Asrock mobo is on preorder. It could well be a week or even two before it's in stock and dispatched. By then you might well have had the £600ish budget to play with

The Zalman T1 only takes mATX mobos (it's ok Idleman used one) but it does mean the case isn't ideal to upgrade in. If that doesn't bother you then fair enough. As you can see there are many ways to skin a cat. Best to think it over rather than impulse buy imho
 
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Its only that there is no upgrade path on the FM2 build whereas the Intel allows a i5 to be put in no problems which will last at least 3 years.
 
Bacon? said:
And Hono your one step behind. The OP doesnt have the money yet ;)
That said I think you should wait for the extra £200 though OP.
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I do hate how cocky you get. Saying he couldn't use higher than a 6670 with the A10 APU made me LOL. Hybrid Xfire never has really been worth a rub ;) You overspent by £10 on the RAM aswell technically in the intel build. You know I have done specs the G840 alongside the Z77 mobo, I just showed the i5K was possible in that budget if he added the OS later.

If he wants to order today thats his choice. Not sure he can get the free P&P over the phone though

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A75M-D3H AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £69.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £47.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C11 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1866C11D3P1K2/8G) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £433.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Aha! I done it! Got it all through today minus the case, managed to find one to use though. No Haribo :(

Put it together, all has gone quite smooth. Wiill try and tidy some cables and check out how it performs in a few games this evening!

Thanks for your help guys, so happy!

Was worth it just for the little AMD sticker!
 
So in the article it says that it will remain for at least the next 2 generations. With the cost of the motherboard and cpu, it really isn't a massive problem.

I feel quite happy to be AMD. They really have captured the market at this price point.
 
Ok so I have it all sorted. Shame I had to get a case from a competitor that has a store in my town.

The case was a cheap one, and the cable management is atrocious tbh.

I am going to be purchasing a nice monitor & a full size case next month, even though I have a M-ATX mobo, the space will be nice, better airflow, and room to expand.

Then X-Mas will be the graphics card that teams with the CPU, and hopefully a SSD.

The machine is more than capable of what I am needing it for, very happy with it, everything just runs so much smoother, from FM to general use.

Thanks for the help and advice guys!.
 
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