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Van Diemen

Van Diemen

Van Diemen

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I've been tasked with building a system for a family member to be used for Uni. (word, surfing, etc)

No overclocking & no gaming.

she wants reliability & does not want to upgrade before her 4 years @ Uni are up.

This is what I've come up with

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VS228NE 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Antec NSK-3480 Black/Silver Micro ATX Case 0.8mm USB3.0 380W 80+ Bronze PSU £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Asus B85M-G Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £531.85 (includes shipping : FREE).



As for RAM, I already have some Vengeance that I will use.

What do you guys think?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VS228NE 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XN-WIFI AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek 75 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader - (CPH-7SPNU-U01) £4.99
Total : £546.25 (includes shipping : £17.85).




How fast is the Vengeance RAM you have? AMD APU's love fast RAM.


I know I haven't included a keyboard+Mouse.

Hope it gives you some ideas:)
 
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Is the card reader a must fella?

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2265HM 22" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.98
Total : £557.81 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Van Diemen said:
Card reader is not a must, but would be handy
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I'd probably leave it out of the build boss. If they really need one I'd consider a USB reader instead (easy to use on multiple machines). The Prodigy and the CM 120 (I'd prefer the 130) cases lack the 3.5inch bay (which has been dropped on a lot of cases to be fair). You can buy an adapter plate but then you lose the bay for use of the optical drive.

The 1600Mhz RAM is good enough, you can try OC'ing it as it's not naff RAM.If you can squeeze in an SSD it will make the rig seriously snappy. Both these mini-itx mobos offer wifi and bluetooth. Most people populate the PCI-E slot with a GPU but maybe she'd like to add a TV tuner later perhaps?

I've done a lot of builds with the A8K, makes for a very good all round home PC and can even do light gaming (even with 1600Mhz RAM but faster helps). Best of luck with the build, god forbid you have any issues you know where to find us :)
 
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