Mini-ATX build advice

Halestorm · 5 Oct 2013 at 15:31

Hi guys,

I've been asked by my Grandad (of all people) to do a build for him, budget is around £500, he won't be playing games but will be doing some minor video editing and he's not bothered about being able to see the inside of the case.

This is what I have specced up so far....and better ideas are much welcomed.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus F2A85-M PRO AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020038-UK) £78.98
1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £73.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2B1600C11) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
Total : £560.45 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Cheers guys

OracIe · 5 Oct 2013 at 16:50

My Attempt, a little over budget (And I'm an Intel man)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0KRD) £65.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £61.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £4.99
Total : £619.43 (includes shipping : £17.10).

OracIe · 5 Oct 2013 at 16:52

Scrap all that, just noticed you wanted mATX.
Dang - Fail right there

Mei · 5 Oct 2013 at 17:02

i like your build OP
i think you should go modular psu in that case tho,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £43.99
Total : £53.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

Fulax · 5 Oct 2013 at 17:17

The CPU is (budget) gaming oriented. I suspect you'd be better off getting a 6-core Piledriver instead, if video editing will be his main heavy-duty activity.