Build advice

[/\ndy]

Evening chaps

Can someone eye this over and let me know what they think?

Requirements:
-Small form factor
-used only for office work i.e. crunching spreadsheets
-Need fast storage i.e. SSD
-will be connecting up two 1080p displays (have an old gpu kicking about for this)
-budget sub £400

The build I've out together:

Node 202 w/ included PSU
A520 ITX mobo (AsRock A520M-ITX)
Ryzen 3100
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-17000 (2133)
240GB Corsair MP510, M.2

Thanks

 

[Quartz]

Take a look at the Intel NUC boxes.

 

[/\ndy]

Anyone?

 

[chrismscotland]

Anyone?

What's your budget?

 

[Grimley]

Hows this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Athlon 3000G Dual Core 3.5GHz (Socket AM4) APU with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics - Retail= £44.99
• 1 x ASUS PRIME A520M-K (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £61.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2666= £44.99
• 1 x be quiet! SFX Power 2 300W '80 Plus Bronze' SFX Power Supply= £56.99
• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 240GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F240GBMP510)= £44.99
• 1 x Silverstone SST-ML06B USB 3.0 Milo Slim HTPC, Mini-ITX - Black= £59.99

Total: £325.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[/\ndy]

Hows this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Athlon 3000G Dual Core 3.5GHz (Socket AM4) APU with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics - Retail= £44.99
• 1 x ASUS PRIME A520M-K (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £61.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2666= £44.99
• 1 x be quiet! SFX Power 2 300W '80 Plus Bronze' SFX Power Supply= £56.99
• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 240GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F240GBMP510)= £44.99
• 1 x Silverstone SST-ML06B USB 3.0 Milo Slim HTPC, Mini-ITX - Black= £59.99

Total: £325.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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Thanks! Nice little system.

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks! Nice little system.

Wont work need to change the motherboard

The b520 and b550 motherboards don't support 3000 series apu.

 

[/\ndy]

Wont work need to change the motherboard

The b520 and b550 motherboards don't support 3000 series apu.

Good shout , good job I haven't ordered anything

 

[mickyflinn]

Grab a 500gb ssd for the same price in reality the speed difference will be minimal.

 

[Grimley]

Wont work need to change the motherboard

The b520 and b550 motherboards don't support 3000 series apu.

didn't know that, my bad. Alternative:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus Prime A320M-K AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £54.95

Total: £65.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[alec]

• 1 x Silverstone SST-ML06B USB 3.0 Milo Slim HTPC, Mini-ITX - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Asus Prime A320M-K AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £54.95

mATX motherboard won't fit in mini-ITX case

 

[Grimley]

I'm sorry, I'm having a really BAD day!

How about Asus PRIME A320I-K or Asrock A320TM-ITX, Looks like gigabyte dont do A320 itx boards.