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6900hx desktop equivalent

Benass

Benass

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Hello. I'm considering mini pc for gaming.
And looking at this CPU. 6900hx.

Any one knows desktop alternative?
Power draw is a big factor here. I'm planning low profile air cooler.
My mini pc will be attached to the back of 24" monitor.
But that's another story.
 
Thanks. I'm planing to have dedicated gpu. so Igpu is not that important.

Im looking at 5600g as a possibility, its older CPU, but 100£ sounds nice. 5700g also sounds good.

also im trying to stay in ddr4 memory system. ddr 5 is pricy.

I can't go over £700 pounds, if i do then might as well buy

Neptune HX99G​

 
Benass said:
I can't go over £700 pounds
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ITX builds aren't really my thing, but here's an attempt:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £725.89 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Afaik the CPU comes with the wraith stealth.

I think you can get Intel H610 and AMD A620 ITX boards for a lot less than that one ^^
 
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Six Core 3.5GHz (Socket AM5) APU with Radeon 740M Graphics
PRO-AMD-01798
£140 (incl. VAT)
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Asus ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Mini ITX Motherboard
MB-6JZ-AS
£285 (incl. VAT)
£220 (incl. VAT)
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Phanteks Evolv Shift 2 Mini-ITX Case Anthracite Gray with Revolt SFX 80 PLUS Gold modular - 650 Watt
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£195 (incl. VAT)
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Thanks.
8500g CPU is nice choice.
I have to half the price on mobo, no need for tower, that leaves me enough money for £300 GPU.
I think I can make it work.
Time to do some research on motherboards.
 
Benass said:
Thanks.
8500g CPU is nice choice.
I have to half the price on mobo, no need for tower, that leaves me enough money for £300 GPU.
I think I can make it work.
Time to do some research on motherboards.
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If you are buying gpu anyway, whats the point of getting 8500g over 7500f? You can restrict power limit to whatever you like.
 
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I don't really understand. You want a mini-PC but you're getting a dedicated GPU? You want an external GPU enclosure?

Get an R5 7500f, or r5 5600/r7 5700/i5 13400/14400 if you have DDR4 to re-use. After that, a cheap ITX board, and the smallest ITX case that can accommodate a GPU.
It sounds like you want a mini-PC but have no need for one, and will be spending a good bit more to make it "un-mini".
 
What I'm trying to achieve is a pc that is similar to the performance of HX99G and can mounted on a 300x500 plate behind the monitor. Also modular, if one component fails I can replace it or upgrade it. If anything fails on HX99G that's game over.

Unfortunately, a dedicated GPU is the only way to make it somewhat reasonable in gaming on 1080p 60 fps medium to high settings.

I can consider a Horizontal case under the monitor.

Appreciate any and all inputs. thanks.
 
Are you prepared to pay more (a lot more) than hx99g to achieve that?
If horizontal is an option, then you can consider Fractal Node 202/Silverstone ML07, grab an itx board and graphics you like and you are done.
Anything smaller than that will be significantly compromised.

Another option would be Asrock Deskmeet or NUC Extreme(NUC extreme is pretty modular - you csn replace mobo and buy your own grqphics as well) - but thats more than twice as expensive as hx99g.
 
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if for gaming and heat is a problem i would look at the 13500, i have one with a low-profile cooler, with a power draw capped at 100w (pulled about 60w in games at 1440p).
run very cool with a Thermalright AXP90 (£17 cooler)
 
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Wing-Man said:
if for gaming and heat is a problem i would look at the 13500, i have one with a low-profile cooler, with a power draw capped at 100w (pulled about 60w in games at 1440p).
run very cool with a Thermalright AXP90 (£17 cooler)
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thats why im looking at amd. they are 65W big deal to keep heat down.
 
srekal34 said:
Are you prepared to pay more (a lot more) than hx99g to achieve that?
If horizontal is an option, then you can consider Fractal Node 202/Silverstone ML07, grab an itx board and graphics you like and you are done.
Anything smaller than that will be significantly compromised.

Another option would be Asrock Deskmeet or NUC Extreme(NUC extreme is pretty modular - you csn replace mobo and buy your own grqphics as well) - but thats more than twice as expensive as hx99g.
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The challenge im trying to do is, keep price around £700 and see what i can build in smallest form factor.
If i cant make anything reasonable for such price ill go and grab hx99
 
Also this is for my 7 year old son. We like to play stuff together. so nothing crazy. just basic games for the next 3 years, until he grows bigger.
 
Benass said:
thats why im looking at amd. they are 65W big deal to keep heat down.
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In games they pull about the same power.
The 13500 run just as hot as my 3600 and 5600.


For a long time my 2 lads used laptops and just docked them with monitor kb and mouse.

For just basic games like you say you can grab a good new laptop for £700
 
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