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Build Advice New desktop for day-to-day and dev work

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by registeredlandmine, 19 Apr 2015.

  1. registeredlandmine

    registeredlandmine What's a bit-tech?

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    Hello,

    Budget:
    £300
    Main uses of intended build:
    day to day and web development, multiple vm's and instances of ide's
    Parts required:
    all,no monitor, no OS, no mouse/keyboard
    Previous build information (list details of parts):
    laptop 8GB ram, i5-2430m, HDD (I find it slow, but I've been putting up with it, bluescreens and overheating shutdown have been happening)
    Monitor resolution:
    1920x1080
    Storage requirements:
    120GB
    Will you be overclocking: no
    Any motherboard requirements (no. of USB, Xfire/SLI, fan headers): ITX
    Extra information about desired system:
    Would like to build an ITX build using the silverline SG05B
    Require 16gb ram
    120GB
    no seperate GFX card (for now)

    I was thinking
    AMD A6 7400k
    FM2+ ITX mobo
    16GB ram (2x8GB)
    120GB SSD
    Silverline SG05B

    I just need advice as to whether or not these parts make sense and solve me problem.
     
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  2. murraynt

    murraynt Modder

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    it looks ok. Have you tried to fix your laptop yet? Maybe it's dusty inside? :eyebrow:
     
  3. oasked

    oasked Stuck in (better) mud

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    Looks good to me. If you have any more money to spend, I'd spend it on a larger SSD but that looks like a pretty good build to me.
     
  4. registeredlandmine

    registeredlandmine What's a bit-tech?

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    I have concerns about opening it up completely. Also I need more ram anyway I am frequently using the full 8GB. My original plan was to get new sodimm ram and an ssd for about £150, but considering I only use the laptop at a desk and am concerned about the condition of the laptop (4 year old mid/low range laptop). If I am going to get a better machine that will last longer and be stable I'd rather spend a bit more money and get that.
     
  5. Ramble

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    Second hard drive? OS images take up space.
     
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  6. registeredlandmine

    registeredlandmine What's a bit-tech?

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    Good point, I have external hdd's for storing stuff and don't store things on my laptop at the moment but maybe a 240GB drive makes more sense considering I am using 111GB currently.
     
  7. murraynt

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    It could be worth fixing and putting a small ssd in for general use.

    As for the new PC, the A6 might struggle with virtual machines. If you are on a strict budget, you have no real choice though.
     
  8. registeredlandmine

    registeredlandmine What's a bit-tech?

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    Not on a strict budget, just need it to be reasonable, £300 was just a number that I thought sounded about right.
     
  9. murraynt

    murraynt Modder

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    According to Scan.co.uk it will be £222 for the ram, Case, PSU and SSD. The cheapest AMD M-ITX is 71.85 on scan and when you add a processor on top of that it will cost over £330 with a low end chip.

    Unfortunately M-Itx Boards are more expensive compared to M-ATX Boards.

    I would advise you either spend a little more and get a quad core AMD Chip/intel i3 or else move to an m-atx case and avail of the cheaper boards.
     

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