Quick rig building advice needed

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I'm going to be putting together a modest system for a mate using an AMD APU and since i'ver only ever built my own systems using Intel i just want to make sure im prepared.

Is there anything i need to know about putting together an APU based system in regards to physically installing the chip in the motherboard and first boot procedure (bios settings on whatnot?).


YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £56.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual-Channel (CMX4GX3M2A1333C8) £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £8.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 120mm Fan - Black £7.99
Total : £417.89 (includes shipping : £11.25).



The above is what i'll be ordering and i just want to check that i haven't forgot anything. I dont want to end up without all the necessary cables and such.

Cheers
 
stulid said:
APU's like fast RAM for the GFX core, so feed it 2133MHz or better.
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Hmmmm. I may have to scale things down a bit then as we've already stretched the budget as far as it can go.

On the other hand he isn't actually interested in gaming at all so the slow RAM might not be an issue. I decided on an APU as i thought gfx power would still be useful even though its mostly just a web browsing/HD video machine.
 
If his monitor takes HDMI or you get a DVI-HDMI cable, then you could get a Z97 board and use the CPU's built in GFX core.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £8.99
Total : £401.45 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
stulid said:
If his monitor takes HDMI or you get a DVI-HDMI cable, then you could get a Z97 board and use the CPU's built in GFX core.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £8.99
Total : £401.45 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Thanks for that. I was just playing about a bit my self and came up with the following.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £56.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A78M-D3H AMD A78 (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £46.99
1 x AMD A6-6400K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD640KOKHLBOX) £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £35.99
1 x Kingston 60GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/60G) £34.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £8.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 120mm Fan - Black £7.99
Total : £410.88 (includes shipping : £11.25).



Swapped the APU+mobo for cheaper alternatives and added slightly faster RAM and an SSD.

Would you still prefer your Intel system over an 6400k APU?
 
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