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PureAppleJuice

PureAppleJuice

PureAppleJuice

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Hi Guys,

My computer feels like it's on its last legs. The power supply died on me yesterday and I can feel the rest of it not far behind... The SSD has crawled to a halt.

What can I build for the £250 - £350 mark? Cheaper the better I suppose.

For reference, I have all peripherals, a case (M-ATX Lian Li A05-NB), two working and hardly used 1gb SATA hard drives and an optical drive. I also have a copy of Windows 7.

In my mind I just need:

CPU (More than happy with an AMD Llano, I've subsisted off the original lineup for 3 years with no graphics card)
Motherboard
RAM
SSD drive for the OS and a few program installs

Gaming wise I'm not up to much these days bar the occasional binge of Warcraft 3, AoE2, Heroes of the Storm and what have you. Something like the AMD Kaveri 7700K would easily service my needs.

I'm currently using an AMD A8-3850 APU with no graphics card (overclocked) with 8gb RAM. I'm using the Gelid Tranquillo heatsink and fan, more than happy if I can reuse it!
 
Current setup:

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My current RAM is Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
 
PureAppleJuice said:
Yes that'd probably work. I assume that'd be much better than my current system?
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It is, dont suppose you've checked if your board supports a better APU thats in stock as that would save a a bunch of £££


YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £139.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £46.99
Total : £347.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Current motherboard is this: Gigabyte A75M-UD2H AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Micro ATX

Hah- You could call it a replacement.... Cheapo £30 PSU from a well known high street purveyor of electrical goods. Needless to say I've retained the receipt awaiting purchase of a better one!
 
Your boards no good for anything better being FM1.

And a quality PSU from a reliable brand is what you want.
 
These will happily power an APU setup,

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £41.99
1 x Antec VPF350 350W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £34.99
Total : £128.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).



And even add a R7 250 to dual up with the APU.


Or for better cards like the R9 280,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 520W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £54.95
Total : £187.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).




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You would also want to check on your max GFX card length available.

http://www.overclock.net/t/880913/the-official-lian-li-pc-a05-club
Q: What is the longest graphics card that can be installed in the case?
Quote:
This is entirely dependent on the layout of your motherboard. If you look at the pictures of the case you can see that if your first PCI-E slot sits in the first two slots nearest the CPU socket then the max length will be around 10.5†because the card will butt up against the 3.5†cage. 11" if you have HDD in the top slot clear. If your GPU sits in the 3rd or 4th slot than you can fit a GPU that is 13†long.
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What SSD is it? have you tried a firmware update or using TRIM?
 
Thanks stulid, most helpful.

It's an old OCZ Vertex - only 30gb so frankly keen to replace it. Only several gb free after an OS install, which probably isn't health as it is!
 
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