Someone please help me decide :(

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Right I've been thinking about building a budget gaming system for ages, and it will be my 1st ever build (I've never changed anything in any computer) so its going to be hard and I'm hoping to get any advice i can just to give me a push to do it... I literally have added components for a full PC so many times and backed out at the last second its impossible to count this is what I'm stuck on so far...

-My idea is an AMD quad core CPU, but theirs so many motherboards i have no idea where to start in choosing one and if my CPU would even be compatible.

-Case's... I was looking at the bitfenix prodigy and its a gorgeous looking thing but it says only ITX motherboards will fit, but is a ITX motherboard good enough for what i want out of my PC (medium to high graphics on games such as Black ops 2, Arma 2,3)

-HDD,SSD's... i was fancying a 60gb ssd and a 320gb+ HDD but what RPM will i need on my HDD if its just for storing music photos and movies?


....I know theirs a lot of answers to be given here but any help will be... well helpfull and i'm thankfull for it all.


Just a quick edit my budget it £400, i know its not a lot but i dont want my 1st build to be a £2000 beast and me to go mess it up, also i already have a great keyboard, mouse and monitor just my tower is outdated :(
 
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You'll be best off giving us a budget, there are guys here who work wonders with peoples money.

If it's literally just for gaming, then an ITX setup in a Prodigy will be a fine choice.
 
Smart choice.

You'll likely be looking at the AMD A10 for that price. Has rather good integrated graphics, as far as I've read.

I'd help out some more - But, I'm no expert. Without sounding rude, just sit tight and someone will knock up a spec for you :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £86.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £73.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £410.88 (includes shipping : £10.00).



You can add the SSD later. A 2nd hand 1GB 460 or 6850 would cost say £50 and add even better gaming performance.
 
thanks a lot honosuseri, would i need any fans to mount on the case or would i run quite cool anyway? (im not planning to overclock anything i think it will be good enough for what ill use it for)
 
vergals said:
thanks a lot honosuseri, would i need any fans to mount on the case or would i run quite cool anyway? (im not planning to overclock anything i think it will be good enough for what ill use it for)
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Call me Hono, save your keyboard ;)

The case comes with 2 120mm fans. To overclock you would ideally want to add a better heatsink. To be honest that cash would be better served getting a 2nd hand GPU like I suggested. The 460 and 6850 will beat any new GPU you can buy upto and including £100
 
vergals said:
thanks a lot honosuseri, would i need any fans to mount on the case or would i run quite cool anyway? (im not planning to overclock anything i think it will be good enough for what ill use it for)
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The prodigy comes with two 120mm fans. You can add more/change to 140mm or 200mm for front.
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £86.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75M-ITX AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £73.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £54.98
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £410.88 (includes shipping : £10.00).



You can add the SSD later. A 2nd hand 1GB 460 or 6850 would cost say £50 and add even better gaming performance.
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^ This.

That's quite a nice rig to begin with. Definitely add the SSD and such later on when you've some more money and that's a really nice system to own.

I really like the Prodigy, I'd get one myself if I didn't need more than one PCI slot.
 
AMD seem cheaper :S im fresh to all this lol is intel better? i mean for what i want to use it for the amd a10-5800k seemed best choice (i play a lot of arma 2 and COD series)
 
Hono and Anthony are correct, get the SSD later on.
Just make sure you save up for a 120GB SSD.

I have a 60GB SSD and it's always filled up. I rarely have more than 5GB left.
 
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My budget it £400, i know its not a lot but i dont want my 1st build to be a £2000 beast and me to go mess it up, also i already have a great keyboard, mouse and monitor just my tower is outdated :(
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If you could spare a bit more cash it'd be worth it. Building a comp might seem like a big task but with help from here and a few YouTube searches and you'll realise it is very easy.


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ill definatly keep adding more and more to it if all works out
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You just made my comment redundant :)

Good luck with it!
 
I'm quite confident in the actual build part its just the choosing of what to build with... so confusing with the amount of choice and knowing what is compatible with what! :S hurts my head
 
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