Been given a fm1 board. what to build.

gavindo · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:51

hi,

have been given a Biostar TA75M+ Llano board.

i also have a samung 64 gb ssd and a copy of windows 7 ive been using on my laptop.

been using a laptop for the last year. want to start playing some new games,
got about £500/700 to play with want to play with bf3 & new starwars mmo when it comes out.

ive been looking at amd 6870 / 570 ti cards.

il go for the top end cpu for this board as there does not seem to be a lot in the price.

id normly pick the kit and order it, but im unsure whats the best to do on this platform!

hope some kind people can help with a good build.

stulid · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:54

This is going to seem weird,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £152.99
(£127.49) £152.99
(£127.49)
AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £67.98
(£56.65) £67.98
(£56.65)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £423.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £87.00
Total : £522.00

But you setup the ATI 6670 card with the Llano's built-in core - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-a8-3800_17.html#sect0

Reaper 392 · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:56

to be honest i'd just sell the board and put it towards an i5 sandybridge rig. llano systems really arent meant for high end gaming (as stulid has demonstrated with his spec)

*edit*
stulid, i assume you intend for gavindo to sell his 64GB SSD

stulid · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:58

Reaper 392 said:
*edit*
stulid, i assume you intend for gavindo to sell his 64GB SSD

Yep, too small and slow.

But the real reason is I never saw it.

gavindo · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:59

yea just been looking at a few reviews i think i might just do that.

thanks for the fast replys..

Reaper 392 · 16 Aug 2011 at 01:05

i have literally no idea what kind of money you could make from the SSD and motherboard, but i'm sure you could make more than £88 from them (the motherboard is about £60 new on its own)

this is what i'd do with £700 + some money from sales (tried to go for a worst case scenario sales wise). however, im sure stulid will find many improvements to make
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £152.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £45.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £788.88 (includes shipping: FREE).