Super cheap gaming build with upgrade capabilities.

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kevakazi

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Hi my friend has asked me to put a system together for him but he is on a super tight budget. He has the peripherals, HDD, case and OS so just needs the main components.

I came up with this

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2VBe6

I went with an APU for budget reasons, he can play games on low to medium settings in 720p for the time being and he is happy with that while he saves for a graphics card. Having looked at the new gtx760ti he is saving for one of those once this system is built. With that card he wont need to upgrade the PSU in the build.

Whats peoples thoughts on the choice as i said he is on a super tight budget and could probably go a couple of quid higher but not by much at all. Any parts anyone could see that would suit better. Thanks.
 
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ok, the motherboard is a good choice
CPU, that is a WAYYYY underpowered APU and FM2 is dead
Ram OVERKILLL 8Gb is wayyy too much for the APU to make use of at that speed
PSU overkill but hey since when was that a bad thing ?


i have made a better more well rounded build that has some promising upgrade paths and is already a 720P medium/high card :)
 
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I know the graphics on that cpu will not be amazing but they will let him game for the time being until he gets his new card. As for the Ram every where i have read they have said 8gb is the sweet spot for this APU. As for the PSU like i say its allowing for future upgrades.

Thanks for the response you care to share your build?
 
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mrpizzaface

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my current build is a laptop im sad to say
A-6 3420M
4Gb -1333Mhz
320Gb Hdd


soon ill be upgrading to this beast of a computer
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/mrpizzaface/saved/3HE6
if that link dosnt work use this one but i live in USA
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/mrpizzaface/saved/3HE6

and yes 8Gb is the sweet spot for gaming in general but its not economical (price) to buy a 8gb stick when you can buy a 4gb and upgrade to 8 gb down the road with another of the same ram to make a dual channel ram kit :)
 
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