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Is this a good micro atx pc build???

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  • amd athlon
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July 3, 2014 8:21:27 AM

Hi I'm looking to build a micro atx pc using the bitfenix prodigy case, my budget is £400 - £450 and I have put this build together but I'm not sure whether it would be great. I would be using it for some gaming such as minecraft and battlefield and doing photoshop and school work.

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£57.31 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£47.80 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£61.08 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card (£99.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£71.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£35.82 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £424.29

I would be very grateful if any could say whether this is a good build and if you have any suggestions on how to improve it.
Thankyou!!!!!!!!

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July 3, 2014 8:26:17 AM

Yep, it's good! Nothing else I can think of that needs to be added.
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July 3, 2014 8:35:36 AM

after the asrock fm2 motherboard "fire" problems (their motherboards would burst into flames... not kidding here, it was a giant problem), i have extreme difficulty recommending any asrock motherboards in the fm2/fm2+ platform. other then that it looks ok, not a huge fan of that psu... but then i generally have a high level of trust in corsair's customer service... so i won't tell you not to get it... only say there are better psus out there.
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July 3, 2014 8:37:17 AM

May I suggest that you spend more on the PSU:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-s...

This is an FM build - I would suggest an AM3 build due to my experience. I have no experience with FM - but have heard good things.

I am an admitted fan of ASUS mother boards - good experience with them.
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July 3, 2014 9:08:41 AM

ingtar33 said:
after the asrock fm2 motherboard "fire" problems (their motherboards would burst into flames... not kidding here, it was a giant problem), i have extreme difficulty recommending any asrock motherboards in the fm2/fm2+ platform. other then that it looks ok, not a huge fan of that psu... but then i generally have a high level of trust in corsair's customer service... so i won't tell you not to get it... only say there are better psus out there.


would you say this would be a better motherboard?
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£37.50 @ Amazon UK)
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July 3, 2014 9:11:14 AM

looks good to me on a budget

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July 3, 2014 6:00:21 PM

yep. that's a better motherboard.
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