Future Budget Rig Help

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Hello,

 

I'm planning to build a desktop PC, mainly for audio work such as cubase, and my current laptop can handle that reasonably well, I do however occasionally play games, so I need some more power where I can get it. I want to ry and keep the cost down as much as possible, without spending more unless the performance justifies it.

 

Here are the things I found in a few minutes searching;

 

Proccessor: AMD A-10 Quad Core APU 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-UP4

RAM: Kingston 1866MHz HyperX Memory 8GB )2x4gb

HDD: Western Digital WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200rpm

 

That's all I have so far, I still need to find a case, one I was looking at was the XCASE K-13, but I don't want to get it, and realise it doesn't actually fit all the stuff in, as this is my first PC build.

 

I would like help in things I would need, such as a 5.1 surround card if I need one, as well as things I have left out. Also, where I could save money without compromising too much storage or performance.

 

Thanks for the help in advance

 

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Literally search up the Asus Xonar line, find the one in your price range with the features you need and you're good.

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The a-10 apu should be able to handle HD video, and new releases at low-medium. i'd spend the majority of the build money on a xonar or essence sound card from Asus. As for cases, snag an antec 300, or anything thats on sale for ~$70 or less. 

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I looked at both, and figured I'd probably go for the Xonar line, as it has 5.1 sound, also, it says compatability is vista/xp 32 and 64-bit, does that mean it runs on just them, or would Win7 work too, as that is what I'm planning to use.