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TheKeith

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I am trying to build a pc for a friend , nothing special but meets his needs. but i am unfammiliar with barebones and was wondering if anyone could help with compatibility. parts are linked cpu http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-333-AM
RAM http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-097-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516
bare bones http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-314-OK
gpu http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-195-MS
any help would be appreciated budget is £170 w/o gpu.
 
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nikoli707
if your gonna already buy/have a gpu then skip the amd a6-a8-a10

get this cpu as its the same thing as the a10-5800k but without the intergrated graphics and much faster than the a6.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Athlon-750K-CPU-Technology/dp/B009O412AU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389393868&sr=8-1&keywords=750k

this gtx650 is only like £5 more and is definitely faster than the gt640. i can understand why that gt640 has 4gb vram, thats very unnecessary.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-GDDR5-Graphics-Card/dp/B0099AOD5U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1389394062&sr=8-3&keywords=gtx+650

the amd 7790 is also faster than the gtx650 and is only £8 more...
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LouieG02

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this is what i have, its a extreme budget build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A6-3650 2.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£56.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-P33 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard (£35.68 @ Dabs)
Memory: Crucial 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£11.41 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£11.41 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£14.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Raidmax 630W Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£21.82 @ Amazon UK)
Other: casecom computer case (£9.99)
Total: £161.19
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-10 22:13 GMT+0000)
 
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nikoli707

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get the a10-5800k cpu if you can as its built in intergrated graphics are about 50% better than the a6-3650. the cpu is also about 40% faster.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Edition-3-8GHZ-HD7660D-Socket/dp/B0095VP8D4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389392714&sr=8-1&keywords=a10-5800k
its £85.48 but worth the extra dough.
it is the bare minimum i would recommend for any type of gaming

but amd kavari will be announced for sale very soon and the a10 trinity apus are going to drop in price and or the new kavari models will be at the same price point. they will also be at least a little faster and possibly much faster.
 
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nikoli707

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you will need to reinstall windows on the new machine. if its windows 7 you may be locked onto the motherboard of the old computer so you will need to get ahold of microsoft and tell them your upgrading to a new machine or you had a motherboard failure in the old machine and got a new motherboard... whatever.

but you need to fresh install windows for the new machine as it wont have the right drivers and stuff to work with the new build, actually the old drivers will totally conflict with the new hardware. so find/barrow a portable hard drive and back up all the photos, music, videos, documents, etc. and save game data before you do this.
 
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nikoli707

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if your gonna already buy/have a gpu then skip the amd a6-a8-a10

get this cpu as its the same thing as the a10-5800k but without the intergrated graphics and much faster than the a6.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Athlon-750K-CPU-Technology/dp/B009O412AU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389393868&sr=8-1&keywords=750k

this gtx650 is only like £5 more and is definitely faster than the gt640. i can understand why that gt640 has 4gb vram, thats very unnecessary.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-GDDR5-Graphics-Card/dp/B0099AOD5U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1389394062&sr=8-3&keywords=gtx+650

the amd 7790 is also faster than the gtx650 and is only £8 more
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Graphics-Express-Eyefinity-Technology/dp/B00BP5VCOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389394339&sr=8-1&keywords=7790

plus both the gtx650 and hd7790 have gddr5 vram which is much better than the gddr3 vram the gt640 has.
 
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