Light gaming with a 32" HD tv (32vb700b)

[s3ds]

£58.50 AMD Athlon II X4 750K http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-a...he-100w-retail

£43.00 Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 A55 http://www.ebuyer.com/406371-gigabyt...-ga-f2a55m-ds2

£69.02 Windows 7 http://www.ebuyer.com/259863-microso...ia-1-gfc-02050

£45.48 Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ballistix Sport Memoryhttp://www.ebuyer.com/342352-crucial...d1609ds1s00ceu

£44.00 Gigabyte HD 6570 OC http://www.ebuyer.com/267917-gigabyt...-gv-r657oc-1gi

£26.00 AVP Defender 200 K1 Black Midi Gaming Case http://www.ebuyer.com/483471-avp-def...or-3-x-cas-733

£32.99 OCZ 500W CoreXStream PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/363095-ocz-500...ocz-cxs500w-uk

£12.99 Lg Internal 24x Bulk Dvdrw http://www.ebuyer.com/411747-lg-inte...dvdrw-gh24ns95

£54.80 WD 1TB Blue Desktop Drive http://www.ebuyer.com/393482-wd-1tb-...drive-wd10ezex



£386.78


Any thoughts ?


Paul

[DanceswithUnix]

As you are getting an external graphics card, I would swap the A6 dual core for the Athlon 750K FM2 quad core for £10 more.

[s3ds]

Gigabyte HD 6570 OC 1GB DDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card http://www.ebuyer.com/267917-gigabyt...-gv-r657oc-1gi ( maybe in Hybrid Crossfire ?? )
Thank you for reply and advise will change CPU to 750K

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The AMD A10 IGP is as fast as a HD6670 GDDR3 with 1600MHZ DDR3. The OCZ PSU you listed is not that greated either.

It might be useful if you look at the CPU,motherboard and graphics card suggestions I made in this thread:

http://forums.hexus.net/review-my-bu...ml#post2945125

[s3ds]

£50.94 1GB EVGA GeForce GTS 450 REFURB http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-e...gts-450-refurb

£66.88 AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition Quad Core Unlocked Processor http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-a...he-100w-retail

£63.30 ASRock FM2A75 PRO4 AMD A75 FCH Socket FM2 Motherboard http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asroc...3-sata-600-atx

£69.02 Windows 7 http://www.ebuyer.com/259863-microso...ia-1-gfc-02050

£45.48 Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ballistix Sport Memoryhttp://www.ebuyer.com/342352-crucial...d1609ds1s00ceu

£26.00 AVP Defender 200 K1 Black Midi Gaming Case http://www.ebuyer.com/483471-avp-def...or-3-x-cas-733

£32.99 OCZ 500W CoreXStream PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/363095-ocz-500...ocz-cxs500w-uk

£12.99 Lg Internal 24x Bulk Dvdrw http://www.ebuyer.com/411747-lg-inte...dvdrw-gh24ns95

£54.80 WD 1TB Blue Desktop Drive http://www.ebuyer.com/393482-wd-1tb-...drive-wd10ezex



£422.40


What would be a better PSU ?

[Pob255]

this one would be good http://www.scan.co.uk/products/400w-...active-pfc-oem no frills seasonic OEM unit
or the 450w xfx http://www.ebuyer.com/413804-xfx-pro...n-p1-450s-x2b9

I'd also drop in one of the silverstone 140mm magnetic filters into your scan basket for the side panel vent http://www.scan.co.uk/products/140mm...dust-filtering
Must admit to being a bit iffy on the AVP cases, I've no experience with them so no comments on the quality of the case or the fans but for a cheap case they do tick the boxes and look fairly unique

[s3ds]

Final ?

£38.88 Seasonic SS-400ET 400W Power Supply http://www.scan.co.uk/products/400w-...active-pfc-oem

£3.34 Silverstone 140mm Fan Grille & Filter Kit Magnetic http://www.scan.co.uk/products/140mm...dust-filtering

£50.94 1GB EVGA GeForce GTS 450 REFURB http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-e...gts-450-refurb

£66.88 AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition Quad Core Unlocked Processor http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-a...he-100w-retail

£63.30 ASRock FM2A75 PRO4 AMD A75 FCH Socket FM2 Motherboard http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asroc...3-sata-600-atx

£69.02 Windows 7 http://www.ebuyer.com/259863-microso...ia-1-gfc-02050

£45.48 Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ballistix Sport Memory http://www.ebuyer.com/342352-crucial...d1609ds1s00ceu

£26.00 AVP Defender 200 K1 Black Midi Gaming Case http://www.ebuyer.com/483471-avp-def...or-3-x-cas-733

£14.99 Lg Internal 24x Bulk Dvdrw http://www.ebuyer.com/411747-lg-inte...dvdrw-gh24ns95

£55.00 WD 1TB Blue Desktop Drive http://www.ebuyer.com/393482-wd-1tb-...drive-wd10ezex


£433.83

I have no idea about those cases either

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Give me a minute or so I might be able to have a look around!!

I would look at this RAM and motherboard:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Patriot-Vipe...words=8gb+1866

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-...ywords=a85+amd

It also might be worth looking at this CPU and motherboard:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-HDZ965FB...rds=phenom+965

http://www.ebuyer.com/436858-biostar...herboard-ta970

OTH,the Athlon II X4 760K should consume less power at load and at idle.

[s3ds]

Had a few issues in the past with a Biostar Mobo ( and there was a lack of bios updates )

but I will go with the Gigabyte and patriot and stick with the 760k as the PC's main use will be surfing / facbook / homework with light gaming.

Thank you all for your input

Paul

[Pob255]

If you want to shave some money off 4gb of ram should be fine http://www.ebuyer.com/311744-crucial...2g3d1608dt1tx0
You'd still have the option to add more ram sticks later if you need more as the Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-D3H has 4 ram slots

[s3ds]

got this

Seasonic SS-400ET 400W Power Supply

EXDISPLAY PNY GT 640 2GB

AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition Quad Core Unlocked Processor

Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-D3H Motherboard

Windows 7

Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ballistix Sport Memory

AVP Defender 200 K1 Black Midi Gaming Case

Lg Internal 24x Bulk Dvdrw

WD 1TB Blue Desktop Drive

Sadly no post when it all goes together
without memory there are no bios beeps !
have taken all extra's out and change the GPU to a working one
Have reset bios and removed battery.
dont have a FM2 chip or Mobo to test
any ideas ?

[kierant]

Just get a normal 1080p monitor around 20-25".The reason im saying this is that you will have as many pixels in your 20" monitor as a 32" TV which if you know about PPI it will look quite horrible close up or even at a good distance. Also your find monitors are often better at reproducing accurate colours in my experience as when ever I have plugged in my TV (Samsung UE40EH6030) it ALWAYS looks washed out to much contrast etc. Any way just my thoughts on your 32" TV idea.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

got this

Seasonic SS-400ET 400W Power Supply

EXDISPLAY PNY GT 640 2GB

AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition Quad Core Unlocked Processor

Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-D3H Motherboard

Windows 7

Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ballistix Sport Memory

AVP Defender 200 K1 Black Midi Gaming Case

Lg Internal 24x Bulk Dvdrw

WD 1TB Blue Desktop Drive

Sadly no post when it all goes together
without memory there are no bios beeps !
have taken all extra's out and change the GPU to a working one
Have reset bios and removed battery.
dont have a FM2 chip or Mobo to test
any ideas ?

I didn't see this post earlier!!

Can you try another PSU??