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<p>Hey guys im planing to build a computer for under £450 or near that price </p>
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<p>1. The apu -Amd a10 5800k <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-327-AM&tool=3">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-327-AM&tool=3</a></p>
<p>2.The motherboard - Msi a55m - e33 <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-221-MS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2399">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-221-MS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2399</a></p>
<p>3. power supply - cx 430 w semi modular <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-115-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2462">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-115-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2462</a></p>
<p>4. The ram- black mamba 8gb 1866mhz <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-062-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-062-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387</a></p>
<p>5. Hard drive/ ssd - seagate 500gb sshd <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-062-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-062-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387</a> ( i already have a 1tb external so no need for anything bigger and hard drives are very similar cost)</p>
<p>6. Chasis - Aerocool qs 202 <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-AE&groupid=2362&catid=2278">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-AE&groupid=2362&catid=2278</a></p>
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<p>I am planning to use light gaming eg. recording minecraft and playing sim city. The total cost is £343 I dont know what to improve that will actualy matter and have no peripherals but i do have a moniter/ tv, planing to record xbox so capture card would be good, I also like the colour scheme this would have, please help</p>
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<p>Also will the power supply be big enough</p>

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I would personally grab a FX4300 with a MSI 970a-g46 board, 2x4gb kit of RAM, AMD 7770 gpu, cx430w psu, and what ever HDD you want. This is what I would grab and in my opinion will be a better system for what you are wanting to do.

 

Edit* Also it is highly upgradeable.

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Something like this should work: http://gyazo.com/d31d61a4fb33edbda98edb6f97390957

 

The i3 3220 is pretty much neck to neck with the 4300 in benchmarks but easily wins in single core performance which basically means better overall performance.

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aria.co.uk-phenom x4 955-£61 http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/AMD+Phenom+II+X4+965+Black+Edition+C3+3.40GHz+%28Socket+AM3%29+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=38891
ebuyer-seagate 2TB 7200rpm drive-£75-http://www.ebuyer.com/319641-seagate-2tb-barracuda-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001
ebuyer-corsair vengeace 8gb 1600-£50http://www.ebuyer.com/389199-corsair-8gb-ddr3-1600mhz-memory-cmz8gx3m1a1600c9
ebuyer-msi 970a-g46-£69 (was 65) http://www.ebuyer.com/343475-msi-970a-g46-socket-am3-8-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-970a-g46
ebuyer-corsair cx750m modular power supply-£75 http://www.ebuyer.com/429987-corsair-cx-series-cx-750m-atx-power-supply-cp-9020061-uk
ebuyer-7870 Tahiti LE (7930 effectively)-£180 http://www.ebuyer.com/432444-powercolor-hd-7870-myst-pcs-edition-2gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-dual-mini- ax78702gbd5-2dhppv3e
amazon.co.uk-sharkoon t9 case-£53 http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sharkoon+t9 okay im around £550, but its like linus said, "if you're trying to fit your build into a budget you're probably cheaping out on something you shouldnt" and i bet you cant get a more powerful quality pc spec than this for less and £100 over the 5 year lifetime (give or take) of the average pc works out to be £20 a year, thats nothing.
phenom black edition quad core
8gb of corsair vengeance
red sharkoon case (i can vouch that its decent)
msi 970g board with sata 6gb and crossfire/sli
modular corsair psu
2tb seagate drive
a 7870tle (check out other 7870 reviews)

Falcon: Corsair 750D 8320at4.6ghz 1.3v | 4GB MSI Gaming R9-290 @1000/1250 | 2x8GB 2400mhz Kingston HyperX Beast | Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula | Antec H620 | Corsair RM750w | Crucial M500 240GB, Toshiba 2TB, DarkThemeMasterRace, my G3258 has an upgrade path, my fx8320 doesn't need one...total cost £840=cpu£105, board£65, ram£105, Cooler £20, GPU£200, PSU£88, SSD£75, HDD£57, case£125.

 CASE:-NZXT S340 Black, CPU:-FX8120 @4.2Ghz, COOLER:-CM Hyper 212 EVO, BOARD:-MSI 970 Gaming, RAM:-2x4gb 2400mhz Corsair Vengeance Pro, GPU: SLI EVGA GTX480's @700/1000, PSU:-Corsair CX600m, HDD:-WD green 160GB+2TB toshiba
CASE:-(probably) Cooltek U1, CPU:-G3258 @4.5ghx, COOLER:-stock(soon "MSI Dragon" AiO likely), BOARD:-MSI z87i ITX Gaming, RAM:-1x4gb 1333mhz Patriot, GPU: Asus DCU2 r9-270 OC@1000/1500mem, PSU:-Sweex 350w.., HDD:-WD Caviar Blue 640GB
CASE:-TBD, CPU:-Core2Quad QX9650 @4Ghz, COOLER:-OCZ 92mm tower thing, BOARD:-MSI p43-c51, RAM:-4x1GB 800mhz Corsair XMS2, GPU: Zotac GTX460se @800/1000, PSU:-OCZ600sxs, HDD:-WD green 160GBBlueJean-A
 CASE:-Black/Blue Sharkoon T9, CPU:-Phenom2 x4 B55 @3.6Ghz/1.4v, COOLER:-FX8320 Stock HSF, BOARD:-M5A78L-M/USB3, RAM:-4GB 1333mhz Kingston low profile at 1600mhz, GPU:-EVGA GTX285, PSU:-Antec TP550w modu, STORAGE:-240gb  M500+2TB Toshiba
CASE:-icute zl02-3g-bb, CPU:-Phenom2 X6 1055t @3.5Ghz, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-Asrock m3a UCC, RAM:2x2GB 1333mhz Zeppelin (thats yellow!), GPU: XFX 1GB HD6870xxx, PSU:-some 450 POS, HDD:-WD Scorpio blue 120GB
CASE:-Packard Bell iMedia X2424, Custom black/red Aerocool Xpredator fulltower, CPU's:-E5200, C2D [email protected]<script cf-hash='f9e31' type="text/javascript"> /* */</script>(so e8500), COOLER:-Scythe Big shuriken2 Rev B, BFG gtx260 sp216 OC, RAM:-tons..
Gigabyte GTX460, Gigabyte gt430,
GPU's:-GT210 1GB,  asus hd6670 1GB gddr5, XFX XXX 9600gt 512mb Alpha dog edition, few q6600's
PICTURES CASE:-CIT mars black+red, CPU:-Athlon K6 650mhz slot A, COOLER:-Stock, BOARD:-QDI Kinetiz 7a, RAM:-256+256+256MB 133mhz SDram, GPU:-inno3d geforce4 mx440 64mb, PSU:-E-Zcool 450w, STORAGE:-2x WD 40gb "black" drives,
CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra, CPU:-Athlon64 4000+, COOLER:-BIG stock one, BOARD:-MSI something*, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz ECC transcend, GPU:-ati 9800se@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-2x maxtor 80gb,
PICTURES CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra (another), CPU:-Pentium4 2.8ghz prescott, COOLER:-Artic Coolering Freezer4, BOARD:-DFI lanparty infinity 865 R2, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz kingston, GPU:-ati 9550@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-another 2x WD 80gb,
CASE:-ML110 G4, CPU:-xeon 4030, COOLER:-stock leaf blower, BOARD:-stock raid 771 board, RAM:-2x2GB 666mhz kingston ECC ddr2, GPU:-9400GT 1GB, PSU:-stock delta, RAID:-JMicron JMB363 card+onboard raid controller, HDD:-320gb hitachi OS, 2xMaxtor 160gb raid1, 500gb samsungSP, 160gb WD, LAPTOP:-Dell n5030, CPU:-replaced s*** cel900 with awesome C2D E8100, RAM:-2x2GB 1333mhz ddr3, HDD:-320gb, PHONE's:-LG optimus 3D (p920) on 2.3.5@300-600mhz de-clock (batteryFTW)
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Something like this should work: http://gyazo.com/d31d61a4fb33edbda98edb6f97390957

 

The i3 3220 is pretty much neck to neck with the 4300 in benchmarks but easily wins in single core performance which basically means better overall performance.

What website did you use to get these discounts 

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Also i found some ways to improve the system

 The same cpu amd a10 5800k http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-327-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1946

Atx motherboard http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-101-AK&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2399

600w semi modular power http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

 Same hard drive http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-282-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1894

8gb 1400 mhz ram http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-2400MHz-Non-ECC-Predator/dp/B008YAI7RG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369220404&sr=8-1&keywords=8+gb+2400mhz

atx chasis http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-142-TT&groupid=2362&catid=2277

 This would be £450 would you agree with this purchase

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You know that this board doesn't support 2400MHz RAM without overclocking the controller? 

Get some 1866MHz RAM ;) 

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Hey guys a came to my senses a bit and am thinking about a proper system:

1. Cpu amd fx 6300 

2 motherboard. msi970a g46

3. graphics card msi 7790 1gb

4. ram 8gb 1866 mhz

5. ss hd 500 gb

6. Case Zalman z11 plus

This came to £455 exaxtly :)

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Hey guys a came to my senses a bit and am thinking about a proper system:

1. Cpu amd fx 6300 

2 motherboard. msi970a g46

3. graphics card msi 7790 1gb

4. ram 8gb 1866 mhz

5. ss hd 500 gb

6. Case Zalman z11 plus

This came to £455 exaxtly :)

Since you aren't running a APU anymore yo don't need fast RAM, you should get 1600mhz or even 1333mhz RAM to save money. And I can't help you with capture card sorry :(

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Also what is a good, very cheap internal hdmi capture card

 

If you plan on recording what's on your PC, you might want to wait for GTX 750 Ti if it gets the shadowplay feature. 5% performance isn't too much to lose and it saves you the price of a capture card/software. Then again we don't know exactly when that might be releasing or if it will actually have shadowplay like the higher end models so it depends on how badly you need a new system.

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Something like this should work: http://gyazo.com/d31d61a4fb33edbda98edb6f97390957

 

The i3 3220 is pretty much neck to neck with the 4300 in benchmarks but easily wins in single core performance which basically means better overall performance.

 

Yes but you can overclock the AMD part.

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What website did you use to get these discounts 

These are all from Amazon Uk.

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Yes but you can overclock the AMD part.

To beat the 3220, the overclock must be quite decent meaning decent cooling. With the extra money spent, you might as well get a better processor.

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