CPU + Mobo with decent onboard

Nipun

Whompy Whomperson
Hi all.

I was thinking of upgrading my old Pentium 4. It will be used mostly for light gaming, internet, MS Office etc.

I dont want to upgrade anything else than CPU and Motherboard.

The total budget is 12k. I may extend it to 15k if really worth it.

  • As my current HDD is IDE, I would like if motherboard supports it too. If not, suggest the cheapest HDD in the specified budget(even 500GB is too much!).
  • Due to cabinet size, motherboard should be m-ATX.
  • I am not going to add a GPU, cooler or any stuff like that.
  • I may overclock in future.. Maybe after an year or so ;)
  • Also, my monitor is non-HD.
  • I want decent onboard graphics to run latest games(at low-medium settings).
  • My PSU is CM Extreme 500W, aka "Time Bomb" but as I am not going to add a GPU, I can use it, right?
  • Support for DDR2 is not really needed, I would prefer it.. :D

I heard that A8 has integrated graphics.. Is that true?

So what about this:
AMD A8-3850 @ 7k
Gigabyte GA-A75M-S2V @5k

And get a new HDD?

What do you say?
 
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