Spec me mITX setup

Unicorn

Unicorn

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Here whats i already have for this build

64GB Crucial M4 - Win 7
64GB Sandisk Ultra - Steam Drive
320GB DeskStar HDD - Storage Drive
Coolermaster Semi Modular M600
5x Bitfenix Spectre Fans
Recon fan controller
Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 (Providing this will fit an FM2)

Im looking at either an A8 or an A10 Preferably and running on no graphics card for a while until i can go back to work and get some money for a good card. But afew questions.. Would the A8 or A10 play most games at a medium level? E.G Skyrim, Sims 3, TF2, Battlefield 3??

It will mainly be used for gaming/browsing i don't do anything too memory intensive so 8-16GB should be plenty?

Also case wise am stuck between the CM Elite 120 or the BF Prodigy? If anyone can be of any help of which case and why. It shall be going to LAN's this year (Once iv got my gfx card)

Budget wise lets say 350? Can push it if needed
 
 
Leprechaun312 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XC4G10-2X) £59.99
Total : £308.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).



you know if you stretched another hundred you could get a 7850
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Good luck shoe horning that mobo in the case lol

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £39.95
Total : £306.88 (includes shipping : FREE).



Obviously an i5K would be better, maybe the i7 2600K even if you can push the boat out. Have a look on the MM if you have access and try and snag a second hand 1GB 460 or AMDs 6850 (should be £50ish) these cards are still pretty capable and beat anything current upto the 7850 so would soundly spank the AMD APU too ;)
 
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I would honestly lean to an Intel build preferably with an i5K. The 2nd hand GPU idea shouldn't be dismissed as his current gaming needs aren't intensive. BF4 will be bundled with AMD GPUs in october, that would be the time to upgrade the GPU to something better ;)
 
 
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