New build advice.

[Jack!]

Looking into building a new Windows PC, Need it for uni more than anything, bootcamp works but isn't ideal.

Priced up this build, won't be using for anything too intensive, might run the odd game, would be nice to get medium quality, but hey ho.

Not looking to spend more then £350.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3240 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£79.83 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling UCACO-AP11301-BUA01 Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£7.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-I R2.0 Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard (£53.00 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 DT 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTS 450 1GB Video Card (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£34.13 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Be Quiet 350W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.79 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £321.71
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 00:35 GMT+0000)

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YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £37.99
Total : £376.96 (includes shipping : £17.10).





woops forgot about shipping

[Trinity]

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
1 x Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £37.99
Total : £376.96 (includes shipping : £17.10).





woops forgot about shipping

He said he doesn't want to spend more than £350

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He said he doesn't want to spend more than £350

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Edited by Nick (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't be rude to other members.

[Jack!]

Lool.

Doesn't the Piledriver need a graphics card too? Its not an APU?

[HarrySX]

What's wrong with Bootcamp or VMware/Parallels?

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Lool.

Doesn't the Piledriver need a graphics card too? Its not an APU?

fixed

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £125.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £37.99
Total : £359.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

[Jack!]

What's wrong with Bootcamp or VMware/Parallels?

Just want something with a bit more grunt, and something dedicated.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Macbook and its the best purchase I ever made, but when I do feel like playing a game or something, Its a pain to reboot to windows.

Plus I miss having a proper desktop, I use my Mac in clamshell mode but its not the same.

[HarrySX]

Just want something with a bit more grunt, and something dedicated.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Macbook and its the best purchase I ever made, but when I do feel like playing a game or something, Its a pain to reboot to windows.

Plus I miss having a proper desktop, I use my Mac in clamshell mode but its not the same.

Fair enough, I use Mac too (with VMware) but miss a Windows desktop too. I'm moving offices next month and hope to do the same (build a PC) as I've never done it before, should be interesting

[Jack!]

fixed

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7700K 10 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 6 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £125.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £37.99
Total : £359.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Cheers, going to base the build of this on ebuyer.

Fair enough, I use Mac too (with VMware) but miss a Windows desktop too. I'm moving offices next month and hope to do the same (build a PC) as I've never done it before, should be interesting

Building a PC is easy, this will be my third build I'm just never sure on parts, going to go for AMD on this one which will be my first AMD build.

So I've heard, when is the new site out? seen the teasers Have fun commuting on the trains haha.