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New build questions

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I'm planning on building my wife a new rig as her x2 6000 is pretty long in the tooth. She does some light gaming, (loves portal 1/2 and plays alot of farmville/zooville or whatever). I'm going to fill out the required questionaire then ask some questions, because I have a few pieces in mind.

1) What will you be doing with this PC?
Light gaming and possible backup for when my PC is down
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
No real hard budget so lets say 600 for now.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Live in Sioux Falls, SD currently.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU, cooler, case, memory, motherboard, power supply
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Monitor, keyboard, mouse. Probably won't put in optical drive, or reuse existing worst case. 750 GB Momentus XT hybrid drive. Current power supply is Antec HE550.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Not initially for her.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
She has a 22" 1680x1050 currently. Will probably get her a 23" IPS if some come on sale over BF or xmas.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
No real time line yet, but would like to get stuff ordered within say two weeks or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
I really want to try out the newer AMD CPU for her, the ones with the embedded video on the CPU, A10 I think. Nothing really required though.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Currently have 7 home premium 64 bit. I want to install 8 on her new system though.

OK, so here's a few things. First she really likes the look of the Silverstone PS07 mini case. This will be my first mini/small system build, and my first AMD system in a few years. I haven't really kept up with the AMD motherboard chipsets lately so here is what I was thinking. The Asus FM2A85 pro motherboard and the latest A8-5600k CPU. Will they even fit into the PS07?

I think stability first then quietness second.
 
What's the likelihood of you ever adding a 3rd party GPU to the PC?
 
Good question, forgot to answer that one. I will most likely add my 6950 to it once I upgrade to a 7950 towards xmas. So the likelihood is nearly 100% unless my card dies between now and then.
 
ob1 said:
Good question, forgot to answer that one. I will most likely add my 6950 to it once I upgrade to a 7950 towards xmas. So the likelihood is nearly 100% unless my card dies between now and then.
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Good thing someone had the same idea for an AMD setup earlier:
Ok here's the deal: Your planned AMD APU and mobo setup really only makes sense if you're absolutely never going to add a 3rd party GPU and you don't care about the power use. The second you add that 3rd party GPU, you've effectively negated the only big advantage of the APU's: fast onboard video. If you're going to add a 3rd party GPU anyway, it's better for you to go with an Intel setup since Intel CPUs tend to perform a lot better than AMD CPUs in games. Not to mention the lower power usage.
 
I didn't know that, thank you. I wonder now if I should move the 6950 into my son's rig so he can CF it with his own 6950, (they are identical). Probably better upgrade for him and his eyefinity than in her system anyways. So ok, probably no real video card going into the new build then.
 
Probably or absolutely?

EDIT: Any chance of you being able to buy before October 31st?
 
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OK, definitely not now that you pointed that out. And yes, I can buy before the 31st. I have Amazon prime too, so any parts that are close in price to Amazon, will probably order from them for the free shipping. Many thanks again Danny, and my son thanks you as well. lol
 
ob1 said:
OK, definitely not now that you pointed that out.
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Alrighty then:
$185 - AMD A8-5600K + Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-D3H AMD A75 mATX motherboard Combo
$48 - G.Skill Ares Series F3-1866C9D-8GAB 2 x 4GB RAM
$70 - Samsung 830 128GB SSD
$48 - Antec NEO ECO 400C 400W PSU
$79 - Silverstone PS07B mATX Case
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Total: $430 shipped.

I would buy that SSD today as that's an awesome sales price for it.

ob1 said:
Many thanks again Danny, and my son thanks you as well. lol
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:D
 
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Thanks again Danny, and SSD just got purchased. I hadn't considered the gigabyte boards, so that is a nice change and she will like the color scheme, and the ram is that light blue too. Next thing you know she will want a window and one of the aio water coolers...

Does anyone know if the stock heatsink/fan on these new AMD CPU's are quiet/noisy?
 
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