Worth 400?

subbytna · 29 Jan 2013 at 18:56

Main use will be work, Internet, some streaming and photo editing.

budget 400

minor..if any at all...gaming
no OS
no Keyboard
no monitor needed

Would it be better to go down the AMD route?

Would need
-case
-mobo
-psu
-RAM
-dvd drive
-CPU
-SSD
-Storage HD

Budget can be stretched a bit if needed

Is AMD the route for the budget?

subbytna · 29 Jan 2013 at 18:57

Are the A10 chips good for photo-editing?

Ethermaster · 29 Jan 2013 at 19:17

If the system is going to be playing games, it depends on the games ..... the A10-5800K is a cracking solution by all accounts. I will wait until tomorrow before I spec tho as the deals change in the morning.

But this will give you some idea of what you could get.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £35.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black £17.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £409.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

subbytna · 29 Jan 2013 at 19:25

That looks decent

stulid · 29 Jan 2013 at 19:43

Nice looking build above.

subbytna · 29 Jan 2013 at 21:56

Is the RAM automatically 2133 or would I need to tweak it to get to that speed?

Is the A10 chip easy enough to overclock? I've never OC'd an AMD chip before (I'll throw in a cooler later on, I just want to know if it can OC easily)

If I OC the CPU...does the onboard graphics automatically get OC'd too? Not that I'd really need to OC the graphics tbh.