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Traffic_Warden

Traffic_Warden

Traffic_Warden

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce™ GT620 2048MB GDDR3 64bit DVI/VGA/PCI-E Graphics Card £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £25.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
1 x Arctic Silver Céramique 2 Thermal Paste (2.7g) £2.99
Total : £374.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Minimal PC Gaming, General Word & Excel Useage, Internet Browsing etc.

Anyone get this any cheaper, please keep a GPU though.
 
 
 
Wow where do you find these cheap items! :D

* If changing to Mini ITX reduces the price also, that would be good.

**zakblood could you spec with just integrated graphics also? I'm sure i could give it a try
 
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Trinity build is probably best overall below ~£400

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Seasonic G series 360w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £48.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Helios XTK231 Mini Tower Case - Black £24.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £332.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).



You could save ~£15 and go for the Antec 350W power supply but it's out of stock at the moment.
 
 
Bacons build is better than your intel attempt worth the slight increase in price

Zak needs to be pulled aside and had a word with.......that spec is all kinds of wrong and I'm too tired to even bother listing why.

Luke is on the right track but I would balance it like so......

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £58.99
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 Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £335.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Ah, The guy that likes to give constructive criticism :D, You spend more, you get better products, There is no NEED for a quality £43 PSU, nor 8GB of Memory.

Thank-you for your Input though, honosuseri
 
You are welcome.

What you need to understand is that the APUs IGP wants faster RAM. It will work ok on 1600mhz but as you see the faster stuff is in the same price range. If you have ever used IGPs you should know that they like to borrow RAM. So with 8GB you can give 1 or 2GB to the IGP and still have plenty for the rest of the system.

The XFX PSU is made by seasonic and rebranded, they make the best PSUs. I saw you spec'd a cheaper Corsair PSU on another thread, they are also more than ok and a little cheaper than what I have used. You have used the better HDD than luke used which has more cache which is also wise.

You don't have to buy my spec but atleast take what I say into account please
 
The PSU is the most important part of a system. Even on a budget we never reccomend cheap PSU's, in fact I made a thread about them with PSU's prolly better than the Swift ones and the comments were fairly amusing.

**** Removed - No need for the personal and off topic remark ****
 
Ek Cheap non branded PSU alert !!!!

Why is it whenever I see the OcUK cheapo bargin bucket PSU's do I think of a line from the song (Grease -The one that I want) "'Cause the power you're supplying It's electrifying"?.
 
Ethermaster said:
Ek Cheap non branded PSU alert !!!!

Why is it whenever I see the OcUK cheapo bargin bucket PSU's do I think of a line from the song (Grease -The one that I want) "'Cause the power you're supplying It's electrifying"?.
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Tickled me that lol

Oh it gets worse bud. He has now been recommending the PSU on to other members for budget builds. Apparently it's not crap at all and I'm overspending on parts in my specs. The corsair he started with was fine......Zak has much to answer for ;)
 
I built this for a mate a few weeks back, it more then upto the job can play games on the iGPU but his saving now to get a AMD HD 7850 or a cheap second hand GTX 470.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte H77M-D3H Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £75.98
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
Total : £353.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
Traffic_Warden said:
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Bacon isn't that experienced to be honest, he is young so is a little cocky by nature. Infact he was so pig headed when he did his first build I actually just walked away from helping him, which is rare. Try to ignore it or just take a little light hearted pop back when he makes a mistake.......trust me we ALL make mistakes here at one point or another, even the best of us.

I did warn you people would pick up on this crap PSU. Your original choice was actually ok, just goes to show you have to be careful who you listen to ;)
 
 
With GPU:


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £22.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
Total : £338.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).




Without GPU, but upped the CPU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £41.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £22.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
Total : £299.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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