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Hi guys, I'm new to the forum :) , I have a build planned, it is on the budget side but hopefully I will get some good performance out of it, I just wanted your guys opinion and maybe some tips as this is my full new build (with relatively up to date hardware) , yes I realise the PSU wattage is majorly surplus to what I need but I don't really want to spend £50 on a new one when I'm not going to otherwise use the one I have, also I have a hard copy of Windows 7 with a license key just waiting to be used, I don't really want to pay for Windows 10 given that Microsoft really are starting to take the cake now,plus it's crashed on me big time several times before, I know this restricts my "future proofness" somewhat but honestly I am not going to be playing the absolute latest triple AAA titles on it, honestly I will probably dual boot with whatever Linux takes my fancy down the road.

 

Obviously I will add more storage and possibly a blu-ray writer drive into it further down the line, just a bit of background on me, I have been tinkering with PC hardware now for quite sometime with mostly seemingly ancient hardware, I know how shocked some of you will be, I don't think I can recall ever having a held a stick of DDR3 memory.

 

However I have put a lot of thought into the parts selection for this build and it has been done on a budget, honestly I was just going to buy an APU based gaming system from Ebay or some other such platform, because you can get some good(ish) deals on hardware and a long warranty in some cases, and then some of these P.C building companies charge you £130 !!!!! to put Windows 10 on the P.C, so I decided to fight "the man" and ordered parts to build my own machine, I would very much like to know what you think and any tips will be welcome, I will post pics, details and maybe some benchmarks of the finished product on this very forum hopefully within the next week or so.

 

AMD A8 7600 FM2+ 65W TDP
GIGABYTE F2A88XM-DS2P
CORSAIR VENGANCE DDR3 2133MHZ DUAL CHANNEL KIT
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 250GB SSD
ARTIC ALPINE 64 PLUS RATED 90W TDP LP CPU COOLER
GELID OC EXTREME THERMAL COMPOUND
SAMSUNG OEM DVD-RW DRIVE 
WINDOWS 7 64BIT
GAMEMAX FALCON WHITE ATX CASE
ANTEC 620W NON MODULAR PSU
ASUS NVIDIA 750 TI 2GB SUPERCLOCKED

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whats the budget? use pcpartpicker.com for parts lists

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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1 hour ago, ascarifireblade777 said:

The budget was around £500 :)

This is going to way better:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2BqrRG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2BqrRG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£107.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£38.05 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: *OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  (£106.26 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Corsair 270R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.16 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: *SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£80.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £494.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-01 20:45 GMT+0000

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£107.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£38.05 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: *OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£177.79 @ Kustom PCs) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.48 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.60 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £501.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-02 00:40 GMT+0000

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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