Upgrade for my nephew

UniZero · 4 Oct 2013 at 11:33

Hi,

I am going for this bundle to upgrade his old Athlon x2. I also plan on getting an Antec 300 case as well. I assume the case will be fine for the bundle unless there is a better one for the same price.

He is using my old psu in his current system, which is around 6 years old, which was an Antec 550W Modular one and was wondering if the psu would be sufficient for that bundle.

He will be using only one hdd and his gfx card is a radeon 6670.

Thanks for any help.

kefan77 · 4 Oct 2013 at 11:45

what's the overall budget?
what does he plan to do with the PC?

it's a complete waste to pair FX83x0 with HD6670.

UniZero · 4 Oct 2013 at 13:50

kefan77 said:
what's the overall budget?
what does he plan to do with the PC?

it's a complete waste to pair FX83x0 with HD6670.

But he does not have the money as his grandparents are paying for most of it.

He wants to play games on it.

kefan77 · 4 Oct 2013 at 14:00

and the budget is?

UniZero · 4 Oct 2013 at 14:02

kefan77 said:
and the budget is?

Oops sorry £300 or there abouts including the case.

Avenged7Fold · 4 Oct 2013 at 14:25

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XN-WIFI AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £48.79
Total : £307.72 (includes shipping : FREE).

Then you can Xfire the on board GPU with the 6670. If you dont go with an APU, you will have to choose between a CPU upgrade or a GPU upgrade. Really, you sorta need both.

If you are unsure of the results, there are plenty of A10 videos on youtube showing performance. Try to find one in xfire with a 6670, it hink you might be pleasantly surprised.

UniZero · 4 Oct 2013 at 16:10

Avenged7Fold said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XN-WIFI AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £48.79
Total : £307.72 (includes shipping : FREE).

Then you can Xfire the on board GPU with the 6670. If you dont go with an APU, you will have to choose between a CPU upgrade or a GPU upgrade. Really, you sorta need both.

If you are unsure of the results, there are plenty of A10 videos on youtube showing performance. Try to find one in xfire with a 6670, it hink you might be pleasantly surprised.

Thanks for the reply. Would the psu be fine for this system?

Avenged7Fold · 5 Oct 2013 at 18:54

Would be fine normally but with a 6 year old PSU, it might not be depending on its condition now, since they degrade all the time.

This isnt exactly a high usage system, so you could get away with 450W quite easily

UniZero · 6 Oct 2013 at 20:28

Avenged7Fold said:
Would be fine normally but with a 6 year old PSU, it might not be depending on its condition now, since they degrade all the time.

This isnt exactly a high usage system, so you could get away with 450W quite easily

Ok thanks