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[PureAppleJuice]

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!

 

[PureAppleJuice]

Wisest option do you think?

 

[PureAppleJuice]

Current setup:

My current RAM is Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

 

[PureAppleJuice]

Yes that'd probably work. I assume that'd be much better than my current system?

 

[PureAppleJuice]

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!

 

[PureAppleJuice]

Happy to chuck in £50.00 or so more in the budget for a PSU - to add.

 

[PureAppleJuice]

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!