New Christmas Build

[snikez18]

Hi there
my plan is to build a budget gaming rig, im not a hardcore gamer. I will be adding a monitor and a graphics card later on, my budget is around £380 excluding graphics card and monitor. So i want my build to be based around the A10 5700 and the fractal design core 3000 i have windows 7

Fractal Design Core 3000 Black Mid Tower Performance Case w/o PSU - £50.27

AMD A10 5700, S FM2, Virgo Core, Quad Core 3.4GHz, AMD Radeon HD 7660D 800MHz, 65W, Retail - £90.68

Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H, AMD A85X, FM2, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID, PCIe 2.0 (x16), D-Sub/DVI-D/HDMI, MATX - £59.82

128GB SanDisk, 2.5" SSD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, MLC-Flash, Read 490MB/s, Write 350MB/s, 8000 IOPS Max. -£63.74

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Desktop PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 11-11-11-30, 1.5V - £28.93

550W Cooler Master GX RS550-ACAAE3-UK, 85% Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.31, PSU - £50.15

Sony AD-5280S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 SATA, Black, OEM - £13.44

all of the above are going to be ordered from scan also this is my first build so please share things i should avoid when building. any advice on how i could improve the build it will be appreciated
thanks

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So,when do you think you are going to add the graphics card?? What is the budget for it??

[snikez18]

well i expect to pay anthing from £75-£100 and ill probably add it sometime februrary -march

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Have you any old parts like a PCI-E graphics card or can borrow one for a few months??

[snikez18]

yes but i have know idea what it is, it is not mine, my cousin is lending it to me

[deejayburnout]

What kinda games will you be running and at what graphics level.

£80 to £100 should get you decent card for casual gaming.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

yes but i have know idea what it is, it is not mine, my cousin is lending it to me

If you are using the IGP,Trinity would be a great choice,but since you are going to get a graphics card. Is it possible to find out if it is a PCI-E one as a stop gap?? The FX6300 looks a nice allround CPU,but hardly any decent AM3+ motherboards have an IGP. Are you going to overclock the CPU??

[davesom555]

Would it be worth getting some faster rated ram to improve IGP performance in the mean-time?

[snikez18]

no i don't intend to overclock but ill make use of the igp maybe dual graphics ?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

no i don't intend to overclock but ill make use of the igp maybe dual graphics ?

The dual graphics only work with an HD6670 and under and still a HD7770 would be faster. The thing is the FX6300 would be a good CPU for to get with a discrete card. Only think there are not any 900 series motherboarsd with an IGP. Hence,I was asking if you had a PCI-E graphics card you could borrow for short period until you get a new graphics card.

[snikez18]

so what do you recommend for the cpu

[shaithis]

The FX6300 that CAT mentions would be a decent choice.

I wish you luck ordering from scan though.....seems their customer service is going to the dogs lately.

[Aidoc]

I like your choice of case, I'm going for the Fractal R4 because I love the way it looks. I did look into the 3000 though and it looked okay.