New Build, Advice please :)

lauriegreen18

lauriegreen18

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Hi guys, I'm putting together a build for a friend. I'm looking for general advice regarding the components.

Do these components match the purpose of the PC?
Are these components compatible with each other?
Are these components good?
Would you suggest different components?

Any advice on what you would do differently would be greatly appreciated.


The PC will be mainly used for these tasks:
Email.
Web surfing.
Drawing in autocad and sketchup.
Running ms access based energy assessment programs.
Running thermal modelling programs.
Generally low graphics but high data crunching


Cheers guys!

I've attached the BB code for the build so far :)

EDIT: Forgot the RAM. RAM now added.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9370 Black Edition 4.40GHz (4.70GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) £143.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £68.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £47.99
1 x OcUK Crusade 550W Dual-Rail High Efficiency '80 Plus' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £41.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black £34.99
2 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £609.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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Hi,

The spec looks a mess to be honest (not even sure if the board supports the CPU).

So its £600 for the parts need above?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G1600HC9DC01) £115.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £74.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £68.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x MSI HD 6450 SILENT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £654.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Im workuing on a spec at the moment but ill just let you know, so you can understand, why thats not a great spec..

First of all, the motherboard won't support that chip.. You need a board with good phase control.

Secondly, you need a GPU. That CPU doesn't have in-built graphics nor does the motherboard.

Vengeance isn't the 'top end' RAM anymore, its expensive too..

I wouldn't touch that power supply and 2 DVD drives? That looks dodgy.

Ill come back with my spec.

Stulid read my mind. :)
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G1600HC9DC01) £115.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £74.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £68.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x MSI HD 6450 SILENT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £654.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Thanks, I'll look into this build! :)

Doomedspeed said:
Im workuing on a spec at the moment but ill just let you know, so you can understand, why thats not a great spec..

First of all, the motherboard won't support that chip.. You need a board with good phase control.

Secondly, you need a GPU. That CPU doesn't have in-built graphics nor does the motherboard.

Vengeance isn't the 'top end' RAM anymore, its expensive too..

I wouldn't touch that power supply and 2 DVD drives? That looks dodgy.

Ill come back with my spec.

Stulid read my mind. :)
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I was under the impression the motherboard DID have onboard graphics, I must have misread it :P

The two DVD drives are purely innocent, it is simply required in my friends line of work.

Cheers for your input guys, really good feedback :)
 
Okay, thanks for all the advice and suggestions. I've put together a new build.

Again, thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again! :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9370 Black Edition 4.40GHz (4.70GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G1600HC9DC01) £115.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £74.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £68.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x MSI HD 6450 SILENT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
2 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £726.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Put the 8320.8350 in there instead, the 9370 isn't worth the money and needs better cooling than that.. As it says on its product page:

Heatsink & Fan NOT INCLUDED: We recommend Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom or watercooling
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