Build advice - Mini iTX build

zef

zef

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Hi all, about to take a plunge and refresh my hardware to replace my trusty old Quad Core 6600 system!

Would appreciate it greatly if any of you could critically acclaim my suggestion below. I've left the GPU blank because I'm wondering if the in-built HD4000 graphics will be enough for my means. (I'm a causal gamer)

Case: Lian Li PC-Q08B Mini-ITX
MB: Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe
Proc: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
GPU: ????
Cooler: Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler
Mem: Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB)
Boot HDD: Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s
Data HDD: Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s
PS: Corsair HX+ 750W '80+ Gold'
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24"

System comes in at just over a grand without the GPU.
 
Thanks to all for some interesting suggestions. Honosuseri's second suggestion does look rather sick, especially the case. I'm tempted to take the plunge and just go with this....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £86.98
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,061.24 (includes shipping : £14.75).

However, like was said by the others, the tantalising M-ITX FM2 boards are just around the corner but I haven't read up much on these and so have no idea of their capabilities.

How would something like an AMD Trinity & ASRock FM2A75M-ITX combo compare to my original Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe & Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz suggestion in terms of price/performance ratio? (No additional GPU installed on either.)

Like I said, I'm not a hard core gamer at the moment but this is something I might get more into if the machine I build can cope with it. At the moment I mainly play Runescape (...I can hear the snickering laughter already!) which I don't think is that demanding since it plays fine on my old setup.

By the way, 2007 was when I last built my system so I'm not exactly up with the times and so I appreciate the great feedback. :)
 
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