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Latest Build Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/18xud
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Hey Guys n Girls.
I have been wanting to build my first PC for a few months now. My budget for my first build is roughly 500$.
I will be using it for pretty much everything. Photo manipulation, browsing, light gaming and programming. I do want to use this PC as my primary media center, as well.
The new APU from AMD just came out and it seems like a really top notch choice (good price/performance). Some guy in Sweden was able to overclock this chip to just over 8 Ghz using liquid nitrogen cooling =) I am not planning on overclocking much, I just wanted to throw that in as a random tidbit.
So on pcpartpicker.com I came up with the following list (I hope it's cool to include outside links, I know some forums don't like that).
CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A85X-ITX Mini ITX FM2 Motherboard ($105.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($92.46 @ Outlet PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A9x14 29.7 CFM 92mm Fan ($19.49 @ Outlet PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $522.27
Here is the link to the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/181s4
However I do have a few questions about it. Especially regarding the RAM in combination with the APU. I read somewhere that the A10-6800k supports 2133 MHz RAM, however I have seen that other people have gotten better results with 2400 MHz and other people have noted that they had to throttle their RAM to 1866 MHz in order to resolve booting issues regarding this APU with it's RAM.
So which is the best route to take? I do want to get the best performance I can out of it. So what would you recommend and how does the overall build look?
Thanks for reading and I am hoping to get some feedback from this great community (at least that's what Logan says =) )
Greetz from the German in Las Vegas