What to do? (MB/CPU/APU)

mgsdetail · 10 Mar 2014 at 15:46

Afternoon all

Just wanted to get abit of advice on what to choose.

Bulldozer FX-4 4130 Black Edition and Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX

Or

AMD A10-5800K Black Edition and MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX

Need for a build for my young daughter (9) to do school work and play silly games.
Both options cost about the same and fall within budget, just not sure of going APU over normal set-up using the inbuilt graphics on the Asus board until she saves more money up for a GPU.

Thanks Mark.

ExRayTed · 10 Mar 2014 at 15:54

She won't need a GPU. Get the A10.

johnny sublime · 10 Mar 2014 at 16:04

I use an A10 for my htpc plus playing a few games on and it more than capable for school work it will be more than enough

WalderX · 10 Mar 2014 at 16:50

3rd vote for A10

mgsdetail · 11 Mar 2014 at 11:31

Thanks for the reply.

Think I've got my spec sorted for her,

AMD A10-5800K Black Edition

Asus F2A55-M AMD A55 Chipset

TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz

Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5

Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze

Anyone else want to give any input on the build? but please bear in mind she only has £300 to spend.

Thanks Mark.

mgsdetail · 11 Mar 2014 at 11:50

Forgot to say that it's all going in a "BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case" which she got with some left over Xmas money.

DaleTheWhale · 11 Mar 2014 at 11:52

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £89.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £45.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £31.99
Total : £293.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Idleman · 11 Mar 2014 at 13:31

Swappeed out the Kingston ssd, as there seems to be some issues concerning actual read/write speeds.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XM-HD3 AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £31.99
Total : £305.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

mgsdetail · 11 Mar 2014 at 16:36

To late, already order

I've got a first generation V300 and it's a solid little drive and has served me well.
Lucky OC have good return policy.

tamzzy · 11 Mar 2014 at 16:42

call ocuk and ask them to swap the ssd on order?

Idleman · 11 Mar 2014 at 17:01

mgsdetail said:
To late, already order
I've got a first generation V300 and it's a solid little drive and has served me well.
Lucky OC have good return policy.

Fair enough. When you get it, stick it in your machine and run AS SSD benchmark, you`ll soon see if it is a first gen or not.

mgsdetail · 11 Mar 2014 at 17:14

tamzzy said:
call ocuk and ask them to swap the ssd on order?

Got an update earlier to say it's already been sent, otherwise I would have done.

Not even sure why I spec it with a SSD when she will not notice. Also just saw WD 1TB Black are on sale for the same price :rolleyes:

mgsdetail · 11 Mar 2014 at 17:16

Idleman said:
Fair enough. When you get it, stick it in your machine and run AS SSD benchmark, you`ll soon see if it is a first gen or not.

Don't really want to open it if i'm going to return it, but will ask OC if it's ok to do a quick benchmark just to see.