Should I really buy it?!

[PortentousLad]

Hi guys,

 

So my mobo finally gave up on me, at least I think it's the mobo. Windows just blacked out today in the middle of a download I've changed out what I could in order to find out what's causeing the not responding monitor (it's not my GC I've tested it on another board)

ANYway it's all pritty old stuff anyway, like ddr2 GeForce 8800 GT old, and so I'm looking to upgrade.

 

I've done a fair share of locking around and found this:

 

 

- AMD A10 6800K boxed for @ 118€

- Asrock FM2A88M Extreme4+ @ 50€

- Muskin Enhanced Redline Frostbyte 2x4gb DDR3 2133 CL9  @ 71€

 

So my question I guess is should I go for it or are these parts not as good as I think they are?

 

 

Guidelines for suggestions: ;P

 

- Very basic needs bit of gaming and that's pretty much it for now.

- I'm pretty fixed on the APU it's all I need for now and Intel is just giving me the pricey finger. 240€ total is also all I want to spend right now.

- The MoBo and the RAM I am unsure about I'm afraid I just don't know much about that.

Also I neither need nor care for many features on the MoBo just current gen standart, with the RAM I chose 2133 because it's the almost the same price as 1600 and supposedly boosts APU perf. a bit.

 

Last stupid question: SATA cable is SATA cable right? II or III... right?

 

enough babble!

 

thanks for any help!

 

P.S. my spell corrention isn't working in this thing here... so excuse any errors please.

[TheSLSAMG]

Good. All is fine here, and a SATA cable is a SATA cable.

[Altecice]

Sorry to but in here with no much info but don't use an ASrock mobo... they are terrible 

[Joshyy]

Nice work on the fast RAM, someone knew how APUs work (To anyone who doesn't know, the A series gets huge boosts from fast RAM)

 

Maybe if your budget allows get 2 4GB sticks, 4GB would probably cause you to run dry. 

 

Also, avoid ASrock at all costs, they're motherboards are terrible. 

[Guest GRRigger]

Everything looks good, nice prices also.

 

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88M%20Extreme4+/

 

http://poweredbymushkin.com/products/memory

http://poweredbymushkin.com/company/certifications

 

Go for it, muskin is old firm, asrock is hard like a rock

 

Unless there are no better / cheaper parts, go for it.

[Grape Guild]

Nice build! Good luck!  Gotta friend who loves the A10.

[The Noob]

1. Wait for Kaveri. It's gonna be about the same price with a huge speed increase. (january 14)

2.Asrock... their Intel mobos are fine but their AMD Mobos are terible.

[Osmium]

1. Wait for Kaveri. It's gonna be about the same price with a huge speed increase. (january 14)

2.Asrock... their Intel mobos are fine but their AMD Mobos are terible.

His hardware died, I do not think he should really wait.

 

But you might want to get a better board and different RAM. Mushkin is not the best brand out there and high speed RAM in general is not really needed at all. The ASrock board is serviceable but I would be a little hesitant to buy it myself. MSI sells good budget boards.

[The Noob]

His hardware died, I do not think he should really wait.

 

But you might want to get a better board and different RAM. Mushkin is not the best brand out there and high speed RAM in general is not really needed at all. The ASrock board is serviceable but I would be a little hesitant to buy it myself. MSI sells good budget boards.

1. You have no idea how APU's work do ya? (They need high speed ram.)

2. Have you seen a demo of Kaveri vs Richland? Because it's like night and day.

3.Also yes MSI is fine. Cheap and good.

[PortentousLad]

Wow, thanks a ton for all the quick responses.

 

 

so here's why DDR3 2133, IT'S 10 bucks more than the cheapest 1600 even 1333 is at 60€ and it's also CL9

 

about the MoBo I found this https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XMPLUS/ for 60€ and it's even god golden stuff on it, haha like I care.

Anyone objections against ASUS?

 

Kaveri is worth a wait I guess... but I can't stand this celeron 1gb ram lap top any longer then I already have!