New budget PC for mum.

Idleman · 11 Jul 2013 at 00:37

Better mobo and chip. Sell off the Sim game.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £83.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Xebec Stream-Line Keyboard - Black £12.98
Total : £338.42 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Ethermaster · 11 Jul 2013 at 06:37

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Intel Pentium G860 3.00GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34096M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £363.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

BluD · 11 Jul 2013 at 06:58

cheers Ether, gonna go for the super cheap intel setup after thinking again bout it, i dont think she will make use of a graphics card. Just gotta wait till i get paid now

Idleman · 11 Jul 2013 at 07:05

BluD said:
cheers Ether, gonna go for the super cheap intel setup after thinking again bout it, i dont think she will make use of a graphics card. Just gotta wait till i get paid now

As long as she does`nt want to play BluRay movies, the Intel will be fine for general use.

RJC · 11 Jul 2013 at 07:15

Idleman said:
As long as she does`nt want to play BluRay movies, the Intel will be fine for general use.

My Celeron NUC plays MKV Hi def movies ok, going need to try bluRay tomorrow when I get home.

BluD · 11 Jul 2013 at 07:16

Is that down to a lack of CPU or GPU power? i can throw her one of my old graphics cards in if its just down to that.

RJC · 11 Jul 2013 at 07:35

BluD said:
Is that down to a lack of CPU or GPU power? i can throw her one of my old graphics cards in if its just down to that.

There was a issue with a 24fps, link below will explain better than me, but I use a Intel NUC which has a mobile celeron CPU and this plays back MKV Hi Def video without issue.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/7