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My nephew's current system is slowly dieing just after 2 years (he go it from PC world) and I am putting together a build ready for when the time happens.

 

I have put a build together for a budget of under £1000 (without a monitor) at PC part picker and I would like to see your opinions/suggestions since I am not that knowledgeable on AMD parts: link

 

Also, I have heard that different models of AMD GPUs can be CrossFired; I think he currently has a AMD Readon 6670 (not entirely sure), so could I put that in with the new card?

 

additional information,  the Biostar TA990FXE seems to have good reviews (link) so that is the reason I picked that to start with.

 

Help will be appreciated!  :)

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What's dying on his rig

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Why are you watching motherboardsorg, decidedly the worst YouTube channel?

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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BIOSTAR makes cheap boards, sound cards are pointless with decent onboard audio, the graphics power is lacking, why a caching SSD, a crap cooler and one of the worst ATX cases.

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard:  MSI 990FXA-GD80 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£121.66 @ Dabs) 
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£53.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card:  MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  (£227.46 @ Dabs) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£47.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.65 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit)  (£98.99 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £923.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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You would have to CF your 6670 with another 6670, which would be shit. This is great for the money.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet DARK ROCK PRO 2 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£59.20 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£81.16 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£127.00 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.99 @ Ebuyer)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£227.11 @ CCL Computers)

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.84 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£88.50 @ Scan.co.uk)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.86 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £1019.64

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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My nephew's current system is slowly dieing just after 2 years (he go it from PC world) and I am putting together a build ready for when the time happens.

 

I have put a build together for a budget of under £1000 (without a monitor) at PC part picker and I would like to see your opinions/suggestions since I am not that knowledgeable on AMD parts: link

 

Also, I have heard that different models of AMD GPUs can be CrossFired; I think he currently has a AMD Readon 6670 (not entirely sure), so could I put that in with the new card?

 

additional information,  the Biostar TA990FXE seems to have good reviews (link) so that is the reason I picked that to start with.

 

Help will be appreciated!  :)

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£107.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120XL 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£70.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£96.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.48 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£127.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£43.92 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  (£227.11 @ CCL Computers) 
Case:  NZXT NZXT H230 White ATX Mid Tower ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.65 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£69.86 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £944.62
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-08 18:53 GMT+0000)
This would make him happy and it's 60 pounds under 1000 :)

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What's dying on his rig

I think quite of few things are dying on his machine; his APU gets bogged down when performing simple tasks like searching the web, even when there are just a small number light processes running in the background, he complains that his games crash every now and then, especially on Gmod and his optical drive has started playing up.

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I think quite of few things are dying on his machine; his APU gets bogged down when performing simple tasks like searching the web, even when there are just a small number light processes running in the background, he complains that his games crash every now and then, especially on Gmod and his optical drive has started playing up.

Is the psu and kobo good, and storage? Memory?

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BIOSTAR makes cheap boards, sound cards are pointless with decent onboard audio, the graphics power is lacking, why a caching SSD, a crap cooler and one of the worst ATX cases.

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard:  MSI 990FXA-GD80 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£121.66 @ Dabs) 
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£53.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card:  MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  (£227.46 @ Dabs) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£47.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.65 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit)  (£98.99 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £923.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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You would have to CF your 6670 with another 6670, which would be shit. This is great for the money.

 

The reason why I put a cashing SSD is because I thought it would help with loading time.

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Is the psu and kobo good, and storage? Memory?

The PSU seems fine, but I'll have to check what wattage it is. The HDD performs well enough, but a bit worried on how much long it will last. It has 6GB of DDR3 RAM (no idea why it does not have 8GB), so I could just get 1 stick of 2GB RAM from the same brand, but it works as it should. The motherboard I am unsure about.

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not sure about the US, but in SA, getting the FX8320 instead of the FX8350 is a much better deal.

I'm the one who overclocks.

 

CPU: i5 2500k w/CM Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO OC'd@4.2GHz RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB  MOBO: Intel Burrage DP67BG GPU: MSI GTX770 Twin Frozr 2GB HDD: 2x Seagate 2TB Barracuda PSU: Gigabyte ODIN 550W

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OK, I've re-done the build which are based on your suggestions: link

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OK, I've re-done the build which are based on your suggestions: link

 

Just get a EVO instead of pro drive :)

Main: AMD Athlon X4 750K| Coolermaster Hyper TX3 EVO | Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 | 8GB Kingston 1333mhz | WD Caviar Green 1tb | Coolermaster N200 | OCZ coreXstream 500w | Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB | |Kingston 3k ssd 128gb |

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Just get a EVO instead of pro drive :)

done: link

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Why are you watching motherboardsorg, decidedly the worst YouTube channel?

Well, the video was from back when Elric still was the poster, so it's not that horrible, but yea the new content is horrible.

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Props for the evo drive but if you Can fit in a 250 gb version you would get the sweetspot for price/performance. It would also allow for a few more games on the ssd. Can be Nice for some slow lading games. Someone suggested 2133 ram, according to Linus and slick future games gain more from higer speed ram. Old sweetspot was as you have 1600, but if it is better ram vs langer ssd. Get the ssd as it has more chips than 120 version giving faster speeds.

Hope he's goin to enjoy the build.

Hifi gl with it.

/Chris

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