BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case build

[frednec]

Hello,

I its been a long while since i built a PC so here goes! I am looking for a PC for occasional gaming (wow, diablo 3 and LOL + various steam games like BL2) and watching blueray/divx media on.

I really like the look of the Bitfenix prodigy case so would prefer to use that, I don't mind whether its AMD or Intel for the cpu. I an idea of what I would like but no idea what is compatible with the current hardware on offer.

I was thinking of 8GB of memory and and a 256GB SSD drive with a 3TB storage drive for films and music. I have no idea about what motherboard/RAM combination I need. I have search the forums and see module power supplies mentioned in one thread and not in another so not sure what i need in that aspect. It seems to be about £150 is the price for a GPU either the 280 or a GTX760 I don't mind if thats slightly overkill for what I need.

I have a windows license and other bits like keyboard and mouse so only really need the box.

I have a budget of about £500-£600.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mickyflinn]

With your requirements and budget you will have to compromise somewhere.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £93.95
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £81.59
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £47.99
Total : £632.57 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[samcat]

Be careful on choice of modular PSU.. Some dont fit in the prodigy. (No idea on that particular one, just in general)

 

[philo-sofa]

Yeah as Samcat mentioned, you'll want a modular PSU: one with 140mm depth ideally. The Silverstone Strider Essentials series will do the job. Get a gold if you possibly can though as they're just much better quality, and no matter what you do NOT want to skimp on PSU quality. I'd also suggest the slightly faster and cheaper Crucial MX-100 series SSD. Otherwise +1 to Mickeyflinn's suggestion.

 

[frednec]

Great thanks for the replies.