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CPU: AMD APU A10-7850K
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+
GPU: NONE!
Memory: DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz CL9 1.65V
Case: AeroCool DS CUBE BLACK / WHITE
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB​

 

By choosing APU, i save some money. Please let me know, what is wrong, and what i need to change. I choose 2133MHz memory, because it will increase APU performance. By power supply calculator, recommended PSU Wattage is 276W. But recommended PSU is 500W, why and if i should buy 500W or 300W ?

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CPU: AMD APU A10-7850K

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+

GPU: NONE!

Memory: DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz CL9 1.65V

Case: AeroCool DS CUBE BLACK / WHITE

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB​

 

By choosing APU, i save some money. Please let me know, what is wrong, and what i need to change. I choose 2133MHz memory, because it will increase APU performance. By power supply calculator, recommended PSU Wattage is 276W. But recommended PSU is 500W, why and if i should buy 500W or 300W ?

What are you wanting to do with this build?

 

Also depending on the CPU cooler you choose you might want to go with lower profile RAM.

Go with a decent 300w+ PSU and you should be fine.

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My advice: Drop the RAM to 1600MHz. In my experience AMD CPU's/APU's have trouble running RAM at anything above that speed (Might just be bad luck). Not to mention, you're probably not going to notice a performance difference between the two. 

 

Get a good 500W power supply. Even if you're not going to be using all of it, it's a good idea in case of future upgrades (like perhaps adding a graphics card)

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Ya sure? You may want to go for the MSI A88X V2 boards instead cause they should work right away without BIOS update needed...

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CPU: AMD APU A10-7850K

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+

GPU: NONE!

Memory: DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz CL9 1.65V

Case: AeroCool DS CUBE BLACK / WHITE

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB​

 

By choosing APU, i save some money. Please let me know, what is wrong, and what i need to change. I choose 2133MHz memory, because it will increase APU performance. By power supply calculator, recommended PSU Wattage is 276W. But recommended PSU is 500W, why and if i should buy 500W or 300W ?

that ram is a good idea since the apu's gpu uses that as vram so that good also a the wattage that comes out of the calculator add 100 to that just to be save and if you need any improvements down the road so i would go for a 400 ish PSU with silver/bronze certificate.

 

also just curious what are you going to use it for?

 

On 11/19/2014 at 2:14 PM, Syntaxvgm said:
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CPU: AMD APU A10-7850K

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+

GPU: NONE!

Memory: DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) 2133MHz CL9 1.65V

Case: AeroCool DS CUBE BLACK / WHITE

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB​

 

By choosing APU, i save some money. Please let me know, what is wrong, and what i need to change. I choose 2133MHz memory, because it will increase APU performance. By power supply calculator, recommended PSU Wattage is 276W. But recommended PSU is 500W, why and if i should buy 500W or 300W ?

What's the PC for? Not having a gpu is fine as long as it's just for general use with no gaming 

CPU: i5-4690K @ 4.0GHz GPU: Gigabyte Gtx 970 WindForce MOBO: Gigabyte Z97 Gaming-3 CASE: Corsair Carbide 200R PSU: Corsair RM750

 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 4GBx4  MOUSE: CM Mizar KEYBOARD: Logitec G110

 

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Actually, I will use this build for gaming. Choosing APU I save money on SSD, better motherboard and so on... I loose some performace by not choosing GPU, but I fine with that.

well then don't be expecting smooth performance with medium-high settings on any intensive games. I'm not saying you can't play them but it won't be great.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling ACFZ13 36.4 CFM CPU Cooler ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($48.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($30.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $380.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-06 03:36 EDT-0400

This will be slightly better.

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@BazeDragon

bullshit ive built 3 APU systems, all are running 2400.

AMD APUs use 2133 natively, mobos push it up to 2400. Please do not suggest 1600 RAM, in a APU that would cost you like 15-20FPS, you do not have that many FPS to spare at 1080p already, so saying Get 1600MHz ram is purely a sabotage attempt.

@Donatas7855

make sure to use dual channel 2400 RAM for best possible effect.

check out the build i posted above, it will allow for decent OC. Ive built 3 APU systems already, 2x 7850k and 1x 7870k. In my experience, the ASrock bios is more user friendly then the Gigabyte one. Dunno if GB is using a different bios for their mATX boards, but for mITX, their bios sucks compared to mITX ASrock.

For best possible performance, pair the APU with a 1366x768 or 1600x900 monitor. At 1920x1080p you will be required to reduce graphical details to low/medium in most titales to achieve more then 30 FPS.

At 1366x768 or 1600x900 you should be able to have everything at high or max, and still get 35-60FPS depending on the title you play.

Current setup

Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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