Advice on building a good pc under £400

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Hello everyone,
I am new here and hope to get the answers that I'm looking for; I've looked around and found some topics very useful.

I am looking to build a PC and was wondering if I could get some advice about what parts would I need and how much it will cost me.
The type of PC I'm looking for is a system fairly powerful(able to play some games, not high resolution or full details), with the possibility to run it as a media centre, so that I can connect it to a tv, and using wireless keyboard and mouse be able to watch movies etc on the TV. Other than this, the PC will be used for normal stuff that I believe can be easily accomplished if the top requirements are fulfilled :)

Do you guys this it will be possible to achieve this type of system under the budged I've mentioned? what parts will I need ?


PS: I basically need everything, case,ram,harddriver etc (I don't need the OS and screen)

Thank you
 
Weclome,

This is my thought on the matter.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG05 HTPC USB 3.0 Case with 300W Power Supply - Black (SST-SG05B USB 3.0) £86.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
1 x Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £17.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99
Total : £389.33 (includes shipping : £11.25).



The trinity chips have really good on board GPU's.

These are made even better by using fast (2400mhz in this case) RAM.

I picked an ITX case so it is small and out the way (when using it as a media centre).

The case has its own inbuilt PSU, with enough power for the system.

The case requires a slimline drive (and cable).

You could upgrade it by adding an SSD or upgrade to the A10 (extra £25-£30).
 
bennydragonboy said:
I would definitely go with an A10, preferably a Richland one, and an SSD is always nice to have. Doomed posted a good spec there though!
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The richland is too pricey considering the very slight performance increase over the 5800k..

For the money the A8 is very very good..

A SSD would be ideal but smash the budget.
 
Thank's a lot , I definately want to consider an SSD as well; I have it on my laptop and installed an OS on it, the speed increase is visible noticeable.
How much extra would it cost me to have an ssd? 10-25?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG05 HTPC USB 3.0 Case with 300W Power Supply - Black (SST-SG05B USB 3.0) £86.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x SanDisk Pulse 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-064G-G25) £44.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
1 x Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £17.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99
Total : £434.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
I've just noticed that the case has some usb ports but not an HDMI port, is it there one with hdmi port as well that can be used instead?
 
I think so, the build looks pretty good, the specs are good enough that will allow me to play games (if I ever decide to) with a discreet performance and will be more than good to run high definition movies and perform other daily tasks.
 
How do I install the ssd ,I don't see anything on the motherboard that I can connect it too

Does this motherboard need a graphic card?
 
Seemingly you won't need a graphics card if the CPU has onboard graphics. To connect the SSD you just need a SATA power cable plugged into the SSD and a normal SATA cable going into the motherboard, exactly the same as a normal HDD. Do that and you should be good to go :)

(Btw, the onboard graphics may be pretty pathetic.)
 
well I have bought all the stuff suggested by doomedspeed ,does that mean that I have on board graphics?

I have set and installed everything now, but it does not turn on :/

I have plugged 3 cables to the motherboard in total that are power connectors

1: JPWR1 is the long cable that goes to the motherboard, however it does fit all the whole of that socket, 4 are left which I have plugged with another 4 pin cable that was close to the 20 pin cable.
2: JPWR2 this one is a 4 pin cable that goes on the other side and I have plugged this too.

After doing this, I have plugged the main cable to the switch but no luck. I have also made sure the power/reset swich are plugged to the right connectors

What can be the problem?
 
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