First time builder....

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 10:33

Hi guys im a first time builder, and i've made a list of the parts that im getting,where im getting them from etc etc.

But one question, im looking at getting the Radeon HD 7750 1gb graphics card, and has anyone had any experiences with it? What games it can run at what fps?

I've seen online reviews say it will just about get 25-30 FPS on modern games, but there's loads of YouTube videos showing it running games at 40-50 FPS?

Any help please!

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 10:39

Okay thanks for the advice. Best place to go second hand or is eBay my best option?

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 10:47

Yeah i have a long time to save for stuff anyway, so i'll have a long time to decide what to do.Thinking of getting a Athlon II X4 CPU as well....Any good? Only have a small budget so I can't really spend loads, I just want something to play games at a decent rate in Full HD. I have a micro atx case already, so any suggestions into what to buy?

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 10:50

Okay thanks for the suggestion. A little expensive for what im doing though. Anything you could recommend under £100?

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 10:55

Already got a fractal design core 1000 case, very happy with it, looks really decent.

And looking to spend around £300-350.

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 10:57

And it will have to be micro atx build I think, due to the size of the case.

Already found a decent motherboard to fit it, model- Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 11:04

£350 Max really for the lot, except from the case.

Thanks a lot, really helpful being able to ask advice from someone who isn't a total spanner, and actually knows what he's on about.

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 11:10

The OS yes, but I have the keyboard and mouse already.

OS
CPU
Graphics Card
PSU
Hard Drive
RAM
Motherboard
Network card

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 11:11

AMD A8 5600K Black Edition CPU for £75 a good buy?

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 11:23

Thanks very much. I will probably go for Windows 7 though

The motherboard won't fit in the case, it's Mini ITX only

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 11:32

So if I get one of those 2 motherboards, will the other parts that were mentioned fit too ?

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 11:38

honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99
Total : £393.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

As you can see the OS eats a lot of your budget up. Maybe you would like to consider trying the DE version of windows 8 first and concentrate your cash now on the components.

The A8K is ok but the A10K has a better IGP for gaming.

The motherboard won't fit the case, is there another one you could recommend? The ones on the overclockers website come with built in CPU's that are probably rubbish.?

tomparker95 · 10 Jan 2013 at 11:53

Yeah, got the case a Fractal Design Core 1000 Micro ITX case.

I'll try and get the PSU size spec, and see if it fits.
Thanks for the list though, definitely take that all into consideration.
Will I be able to get a graphics card further down the line if I want to? And what can the built in graphics on this achieve? Like what sort of games will it be able to run smoothly etc etc.

Thanks for the help, much appreciated