£400 Budget CPU/ITX MOBO/16GB RAM/COOLER

[mightynimrod]

Hi fellas,

I've got the upgrade bug for my sons p.c.

I've been over today and bought him a new case that only take ITX format as it was the one he wanted.

He's currently got a Socket 1155 i7 Bundle coupled with a Radeon R290X which i'll sell but in the meantime i wondered what, in your opinion is going to be the best bang for buck bundle to get for him that i can potentially overclock between 4.5-4.8ghz?

Budget is around £400 for CPU/MOBO/MEM/COOLER.

Let me know your ideas please fellas.

 

[mickyflinn]

What case do you have as this will determine cpu cooler ?

 

[mightynimrod]

Plenty of room, its the NZXT Manta Mini-ITX.

HERE

 

[mickyflinn]

Something like this but i would be geting 16gb of ram in a new system with only 2 slots. You may get a better deal new years .

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £239.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0= £49.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £22.99

Total: £443.46
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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[mightynimrod]

Mickyflinn, Many thanks for the spec....... is the Gigabyte board a proven over others, same applies to the Ram??

 

[mickyflinn]

Mickyflinn, Many thanks for the spec....... is the Gigabyte board a proven over others, same applies to the Ram??

No it was just to get close to budget, the gigabyte board is the cheapest z170 mitx board overclockers sell and may struggle with a high overclock due to lack of VRM heatsink.

If you could up your budget the gaming 5 is better.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £149.99

Total: £160.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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[mightynimrod]

Wicked mate, thanks very much