£500 smallest spec challenge

[umboma]

Hello all,

Again after a lot of research I'm looking to build the smallest possible gaming machine to fit in the lounge I have a budget of £500, I dont need windows or a monitor can anyone help me out??

please remember it has to be as small as possible.

Many thanks

 

[PHazlington]

As small as you can get

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG05 HTPC Case with 450W Power Supply - All Black ( SST-SG05BB-450 USB 3.0) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x SanDisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SDSSDHII-120G-G25) £46.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
Total : £497.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[tamzzy]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OCV1) £107.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £92.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Silverstone SST-ML07B Milo Mini ITX Case - Black £51.95
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST30SF SFX Series - 300 Watt Power Supply £41.99
Total : £503.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



console-like case
ditched the hdd for a 256gb ssd
i3 + 750ti

 

[archer_dan]

Nice build tamzzy, I was going to make a suggestion, but dont think I can top that.

 

[danewesley]

I would spec this, comparing case dimensions they are pretty much the same.....

Silverstone SST-ML07B Milo - 382mm (W) x 105mm (H) x 350mm (D)
Aerocool Qs-102 - 100 x 300 x 380 mm (W x H x D)

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x **B Grade** KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 EX OC 2048MB PCI-Express G (GX-049-KF) £99.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST45SF SFX Series - 450 Watt Power Supply £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £25.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-102 Micro-ATX Case - Black £22.99
1 x Raijintek Zelos Low Profile CPU Cooler £15.95
Total : £501.84 (includes shipping : ).

 

[tamzzy]

I would spec this, comparing case dimensions they are pretty much the same.....

Silverstone SST-ML07B Milo - 382mm (W) x 105mm (H) x 350mm (D)
Aerocool Qs-102 - 100 x 300 x 380 mm (W x H x D)

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £134.99
1 x **B Grade** KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 EX OC 2048MB PCI-Express G (GX-049-KF) £99.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST45SF SFX Series - 450 Watt Power Supply £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £25.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-102 Micro-ATX Case - Black £22.99
1 x Raijintek Zelos Low Profile CPU Cooler £15.95
Total : £501.84 (includes shipping : ).

all well and dandy except the graphics card wont fit.

 

[danewesley]

Aah, small oversight, well id stick the £107.99 low profile 750ti in there instead, same budget, slightly less gpu power, has the i5 i guess still. meh

 

[gradyhawks]

I've done a build recently with a Raijintek Metis, tiny ITX case, for under £500.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18635026
(its all finished now, really need to update that thread)

Is a great looking case, has some heat issues however and you cannot have a HDD and a GPU, as there just isn't enough clearance. Also, you can't really go for the window'd one, as that has even worse cooling! I've had to use the PSU as an exhaust...! Stays nice and cool whilst not using the GPU, but when gaming the case is hot to the touch! Being all aluminium, however, it does dissipate very quickly.

I went for a MSI 270X ITX GPU, cost around £130, and the unlocked duel core K Chip from intel.

Dimensions (D/W/H) 277mm*190mm*254mm, so pretty tiny, but looks much much better than any of those other two.