Hey,
Here's the build I'm planning, can anyone tell me whether this is a good budget build or not, and and possible improvements. I can take the 2TB HDD and the graphics card from my old PC. I'm in the UK.
AMD Athlon II X4 750K Black Edition
Corsair 8GB XMS3 DDR3
Gigabyte F2A88XM-DS2
Windows 7
Samsung 24x SH-224DB DVD-RW SATA OEM
WD 500GB Blue 7200RPM 16MB SATA 6Gb-s
XFX 550W Core Edition 80+ Bronze PSU
NZXT Source 210
Thanks for any input!
EDIT: Changed the case (thanks DerKrieger!), clarified a couple of things.
Ya go for like a Crucial m500 120gb and then use your old 2tb.
Get the 760k it is only a little more.
Find some cheaper RAM. Corsair RAM is really overpriced. Any two 4GB sticks will do. Go with whatever is cheapest.
Motherboard is fine. May be able to find a cheaper one.
I'd go Windows 8.1 with StartIsBack. Newer, faster.
You don't need an optical drive.
Take the HDD from your old computer or get the 1TB WD Blue. It is only $56. Slightly more than the 500GB and a better value. OR keep the 2TB and get an SSD. The Crucial M500 or the Samsung 840 Evo are very nice.
That PSU is meh. Might be able to find one for cheaper. the CX 500 or 600 from Corsair are good values. The 430W, which will be fine depending on your GPU, is only $20 after rebate.
The Zalman case is nice but a bit pricey. The NZXT Source 210 Elite is what I'd do.
Most importantly though, you don't have a GPU. Although the Athlon is FM2, it isn't an APU. It doesn't have an onboard GPU you will need to buy one.
Depending on your budget, I'd go with the AMD R7 265 or the R9 270. The nVidia 650 Ti and 750 Ti are both good choices as well and can be had on the cheap. That being said the R7 265 and 270 will be much faster.
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91996&vpn=R9-270A-CDFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1016
That R7 270 even has a nice cooler which will allow for OCing to 270X and possibly even faster speeds and it is a steal for $144.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xLF7vK
How's this?
Im not shure what you old pc is but if its got at least a dual core cpu and if i were you i would
keep old cpu, ram, and hdd
buy a decent psu, not a cx-430 that uses crappy capacitors a gtx 760, a case, a motherboard, and a case.
youll get a better machine if you can re use parts
And to anyone like me who was conned into beliving a cx-430 was decent, check the voltage spikes and look at the tear downs. They use the same capacitors as my dead coolmax psu . Cmon corsair! The only way I'd get one is if i planned to replace all capacitors with nichicons , united chemi cons, or rubycons
http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx
Perhaps. But I have used quire a few of these PSUs. Over 10 between the 430W and 600W units and have never had any problems...
Yes they are cheap and you get what you pay for but to say the voltage spikes and everything are out of control or even a massive issues, especially because these systems won't be drawing much power, they are completely adequate. JonnyGuru seems to agree with me as do most other reviews.
$20 for 430W is a pretty damn good deal.
Not sure if I am blind or not, but is there no graphics in this build?
That is what I said lol. i looked for like 5 minutes trying to find it and it seemed no one else mentioned it. Glad someone else saw it!