Am I doing Trinity right?

DaleTheWhale · 14 Mar 2013 at 15:14

Hi,

Not asking for a spec to buy now, but my brother is going to need a PC soon and I am trying to get something together that's cheap as chips. I normally only spec i5 systems around £700-900, so I am a little unsure when it comes do Trinity builds and how they should work.

How does the below look? Performance wise, it's mainly for recording off his Xbox/storage + playing minecraft I guess. I have a case already along with a HDD, although that may be upgraded at a later date.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £44.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £35.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED RED 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £304.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

Whatcha think?

DaleTheWhale · 14 Mar 2013 at 15:22

Really? I went off having an Asrock myself and that it's cheap.

Wouldn't want to spend £86 on a board though, trying to get it around £300. I heard that the Adata RAM isn't too great, which is why I spec'ed the Black Mamba as I could always clock it up to 2133mhz. And any reason for the switch of heatsink, BeQuiet's is similarly priced and performs super quiet.

PSU, that looks better however, never saw the modular one myself.

EDIT: How does this Gigabyte board stand, as I know they're particularly good Intel side of things.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-426-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2399

DaleTheWhale · 14 Mar 2013 at 15:29

So - Switching out the board, PSU & RAM:

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 Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £44.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £35.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED RED 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £332.83 (includes shipping : FREE).

This is really just to get a feel of how a Trinity build should turn out like really, + I'll be getting one for my brother soon.

EDIT: Fine you win Hono!

DaleTheWhale · 14 Mar 2013 at 15:38

Snips,

Gaming would definitely be minimal, as he would primarily be using his Xbox, however I know he wants to play Minecraft along with me at some points so would be the biggest game played tbh. Also I had an AMD stock cooler before and they are very loud, unsure if it's the same with these, but would prefer a after market cooler for the peace of mind & The modular XFX hono specced looks very good indeed.

Thanks for the info, i'm just taking a quick plunge into Trinity builds for a bit of knowledge gathering.

DaleTheWhale · 14 Mar 2013 at 15:41

honosuseri said:
LOL It's not a matter of winning. It's just practice right now anyway isn't it?

The modular PSU is a good idea, I used the XFX as it's seasonic made and is good value. Pay extra on the PSU by all means if you wish.

The 612S heatsink is 163mm tall. I don't know what case you have but it might be too big. The true spirit is a great value cooler and yes it can have an extra fan mounted too.

Look forward to seeing what you guys settle on and maybe some pics of the build complete

It's a good spec what you put up and definitely looks good for what my brother will use it for. The case will fit the heatsink nicely. But for a saving of £10, sits nicely in my books. Definitely a few piccy's when it's put together, still need to finish my own project log aha.