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Hi I am seeking some advice on a general workstation build, max budget of £450ish. required specs as follows to include the following, but not limited to;

Mobo - (DDR3 - HDMI - USB 3)
CPU - Quadcore
RAM - 8gb DDR3
Case - open to suggestions
HDD - 2tb (separate or singular, which ever is cheaper/better option)
Card reader - bay or built in to case
Drive - DVD player (no need for blu-ray)
Fans - quiet, also to fit chosen case
PSU - dependant on build, once again open to suggestion
WIFi - open to suggestion, probably a dual signal card
GPU - possibly not required if mobo is adequate, machine used only for general emails, music, films, but will be used to play rome total war from time to time, as I understand it, it is old but quite system heavy game?

Any advice offered is much appreciated, many thanks.
 
you could go prebuild and add network cark. for example

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Primo Pro AX" Configurable AMD A Series APU Office PC £108.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £67.99
- 1 x AMD A6-6400K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD640KOKHLBOX) £44.99
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Networking Not Selected £0.00
- 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Asus PCE-N53 300Mbps Dual-Band Wireless-N600 PCI-E Adapter £26.99
Total : £420.55 (includes shipping : £15.50).

 
Here is a build that would suit your needs but you could spend more if you want to up the spec. Personally i would add a SSD for the boot drive which is another £50 to this spec.


YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £71.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £65.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter (TL-WN851ND) £14.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £325.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
Doomedspeed - no intensive programs... most intense thing will be Rome total war, otherwise just basic software.

Thanks for help guys really appreciate it!
 
APU's are pretty bad compared to CPU + discreet graphics, here's what I'd get

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £125.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £41.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (TL-WDN3200) £18.98
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £472.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).





Pentium (overclock it) and a 270X


OR


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) £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £41.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (TL-WDN3200) £18.98
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £473.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Neither are quad core, the i3 has 4 threads but both are better than comparable APUs and FX series quadcore CPU's. I doubt you'd be able to get a 6300 build in at £450? I'll have a go at least
 
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Turns out you can lol, this is probably best then

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) £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £41.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (TL-WDN3200) £18.98
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £472.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



However the Pentium+270X would have better single core performance which is good for browsing etc. It also has the option to upgrade to an i5k/i7k in the future
 
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