anything missing/not matching?

Soldato
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Sorry I have asked this a few times now, but this is the final final ask. ('er indoors has allowed me to spend MY OWN money eventually!!)

throwing together a htpc type thingy for the living room,

Already got...

YOUR BASKET
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 Asus F2A55-M LE AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x Noctua NH-L12 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £44.99
Total : £206.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).




+

4gb ram
seasonic g360 psu
win7
and a dvd drive


was gonna chuck it all into this case, (her pick not mine) and stick the os onto the ssd

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Zalman T2 ATX Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
Total : £114.48 (includes shipping : £8.75).



anything glaringly obvious that wont work together?
 
How about spending less on the cooler and getting a better board?

the board was free (won it on here ages ago)
the cooler I got off the MM at a pretty decent price (I think!)

spose i could punt the current board on and put the cash to getting a better board?
 
The last tip for APU's is to feed them fast RAM, the integrated gfx speed improves noticeably.

yea read that fast ram can make a pretty significant improvement.

so, i'll go with this and flog the A55 mobo (didn't realise it didn't allow oc'ing or wouldn't have nabbed the A10-5800k-but least it was off the MM and a decent price too!)



YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Zalman T2 ATX Mini Tower Case - Black £19.99
Total : £177.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).



looking better now?
 
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