Build for birthday

adwol48

adwol48

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Hey folks gonna build my father a new desktop for his birthday since his laptop is crap putting it politely. he's not really a gamer although he will play certain games mainly older titles, RCT3 for example he might try WOT etc but not the cutting edge stuff, it mainly gonna be web surfing and youtube etc with media as he has a large backlog of photos etc. Was thinking AMD APU was the way to go as it offers the best bang for buck in my opinion. Would you guys say this is the right path or would you go intel+dedicated at more expense.

This is the spec I thought I would go for.

AMD A10 5800K
MSI A85XA-G65
Seagate 2TB HDD or WD depends which is the better price at time of purchase
Corsair CX500.
Bitfenix Shinobi (as its great value)
bog standard DVD drive
4GB corsair dominator from one of my old builds
OS will be Win 8

Any body have anything they'd change I have about 400 to 450 to spend.
 
Looks great mate only thing I would change is the PSU to an XFX 450w but they tend to be out of stock most of the time lol
 
Doomedspeed said:
Those A10's like Fast RAM. If you only have 1600Mhz, id suggest getting a set of 2133. It will imrpove the graphics no end..
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If he has RAM then I would use it. Buying a 8GB kit above 1600mhz is going to be £40-50. I'd sooner spend that on a 2nd hand GPU like a 1GB 460 or AMDs 6850.....the faster RAM won't make the IGP better than these dedicated GPUs.

Case is a personal preference. I like the Zalman Z9 U3 as it's great value with so much kit in it. The Shinobi is nice but I think I'd get the windowed version as it includes an extra fan. The standard Shinobi only has one, the "core" cases have no fans, grills or badges....just an FYI
 
You might want to invest in a aftermarket cooler to overclock the CPU for a bit more performance, also haven't included the case in the basket as it's your personal choice,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x MSI A85XA-G65 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
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 Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £476.84 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
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 Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £453.84 (includes shipping : FREE).



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YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £494.83 (includes shipping : FREE).



Over budget but a much better all round gaming rig. No OS but he can try the evaluation edition of windows 8 for free. After 3 months he can decide wether to buy 8 or get 7. I'd rather do that than end up dropping in a dedicated GPU later in all honesty.
 
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