Spec Check

IncognitoX · 25 Jun 2014 at 21:45

Hey guys, about to purchase this specification for a family member.

Can anyone see any incompatible parts or anything that can be improved.
All about the cost really.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Motherboard £58.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £25.99
1 x Zalman T3 Micro -ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black £20.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX 200 CPU-Cooler - 92mm £8.99
1 x Gigabyte KM5300 Compact Keyboard Set £8.45
1 x OcUK Value 3m DVI to HDMI Gold Plated Cable (CDLDV-303) £6.79
Total : £246.77 (includes shipping : £8.00).

+ AMD APU A8 6600K 4.2GHz, 21.5" DVI HD Monitor.

Thanks!

RJC · 25 Jun 2014 at 21:58

I'm just looking at the motherboard, it seems to be a slightly smaller ATX board rather than M-ATX which the case takes.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4714#sp

Edit:

This board:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £56.99
Total : £65.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

tamzzy · 25 Jun 2014 at 22:00

what's the total budget (including monitor)?
have you bought any parts yet?

lee32uk · 25 Jun 2014 at 22:03

Looks like ocuk have the listing wrong for the board in the initial spec. They have it as matx, but on Gigabyte's website it is listed as ATX.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4714#sp

RJC · 25 Jun 2014 at 22:06

I assume you have the cpu already?

Done a quick spec change as I think the cooler wont fit the case and kept the same motherboard as you originally chosen.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Motherboard £58.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £25.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
1 x Gigabyte KM5300 Compact Keyboard Set £8.45
Total : £254.98 (includes shipping : £8.00).

IncognitoX · 25 Jun 2014 at 22:08

@RJC, Thank you! I did worry at the case and cooler

@tamzzy £400 including Monitor + K and M

@Lee Thanks for clearing that up, with the case RJC has in the spec, its compatible now?

lee32uk · 25 Jun 2014 at 22:28

IncognitoX said:
@lee Thanks for clearing that up, with the case RJC has in the spec, its compatible now?

Yes

The Bitfenix case supports atx and matx boards.

tamzzy · 25 Jun 2014 at 22:39

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ DL2215 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £77.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £65.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £58.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £29.99
1 x Zalman T2 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 for Business £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.59
Total : £430.45 (includes shipping : ).

this is what i'd go for. it'll run rings around an apu build
slightly overbudget (30 quid)
but you get a discrete gpu (7770 ghz)
sshd, which makes everything much snappier compared to a bog standard hdd
asus are going to support overclocking the pentium AE with a bios update (the chip may/may not work prior to the update though...that's the only drawback about this spec)

of course if you want to bring it back into budget, just swap the sshd back for the hdd you specced.

ps: some items out of stock/not in stock yet