The Mother Board

[daveveej]

Hi there firstly i am Dave

I am sorta new at the pc making scene i have always loved them and hopped to make one at some point but now that i have money i am going to make one then realized...
eeeek big numbers and fancy wordings are so scary what do they mean so basically you will see what i am looking at so far for my build and all i am wondering is what would you change to make this a better build baring in mind i am doing a budget build so no £250 graphics cards and cups ect my limit is like £00ish at most


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GALAXY GeForce GT640 Graphics card - 1 GB (might upgrade to 2gb if i can get more money )

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Psu:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-powercool-modular-80-plus-80-eff-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-cooling-dual-rail-atx-22-psu

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Cpu:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-athlon-ii-x2-265-regor-dual-core-s-am3-33ghz-2mb-cache-ht-4000mhz-65w-oem

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Motherboard:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-m5a78l-m-usb3-amd-760g-s-am3plus-ddr3-sata-ii-3gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-(x16)-graphics-on-board-matx

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Case:

http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog/BitFenix-Prodigy-Mini-ITX-Gehaeuse-weiss::19167.html


P.s. i am going for a mini itx setup too for being able to move it around and i have a small bedroom too

[knotscott]

I'm no expert on processors, but that one looks pretty modest by today's standards. Also, the mobo link is bunked....you might see if you can repost it.
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MOBO - Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
CPU - AMD FX4100 OC @ 4.5Ghz
CPU Cooler - Thermaltake Contac 21
Graphics card - EVGA GeForce 210 1GB DDR3
RAM - 24 GB PC1600 DDR3 12800MHz 240 pin
PSU - Corsair CX500 V2
HD - Hitachi 400 GB Sata
ASUS VH242H 23.6" LCD monitor
Lite-On Blue Ray/Cd/DVD player
Windows 7 Ultimate 64, Office 2007

[Ripshod]

What concerns me is the PSU. Do you really want to trust your hardware to a cheap rebadged Chinese piece of.......
Had one blow up on me, took GFX and RAM with it.

Go for a reliable brand - Corsair, XFX, or Seasonic etc

also, as knotscott has pointed out, that CPU is certainly underpowered by today's standards (even by last year's standards)

and then, will an MATX board fit in an ITX case??
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[evasive]

@daveveej, question #1: are you limited to scan.co.uk or can you use other suppliers as well? I think there's better offers out there for the same money or cheaper than what you posted here.
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