Building a TINY gaming PC for my girlfriend

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Morning all,

I'm building her a PC, she will likely play games such as LoL, Diablo 3, maybe BF4 and a few other main titles. Mainly coop with me and our mates.

Anyway, size has trumped all (oi oi), she wants small and quite (lol).

I'm thinking of building around this gpu: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-243-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1854

It looks fantastic, the only things that are worrying me is the 1GB vram. Other than that, it needs to be in a TEENY case, smallest possible, the CPU will likely be an i5 that I will clock to 4ghz on the stock cooler and 8GB of dual channel DDR3.

Storage drive wise, I was hoping for 2, a SSD and a 1TB storage drive. OR, if the storage drive is fast enough, just a 1TB storage drive, but I'd much rather use an SSD, even a 32GB one, it's for the OS only really and photoshop, hence why I'd prefer a SSD. She is clever enough to know how to change game install locations to the TB drive.

So, any suggestions? Budget is £400, maybe a push can be made if justified.

Thanks!
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £112.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £95.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SFX Gold 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (SST-ST45SF-G) £79.99
1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01 Raven Mini-ITX - Black £69.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x LiteOn DL-8ATSH Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £19.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99
Total : £1,031.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



assuming a budget of 1k

edit: you aint gonna get an i5k z87 mini itx build on 400 quid lol
 
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tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £112.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £95.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SFX Gold 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (SST-ST45SF-G) £79.99
1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01 Raven Mini-ITX - Black £69.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x LiteOn DL-8ATSH Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £19.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99
Total : £1,031.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



assuming a budget of 1k
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uhhhh......£400 budget......
 
tamzzy said:
budget?
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phil_c_ said:
The guys will need to know budget, os, peripherals and monitor required?
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K1LLSW1TCH said:
Can't really help you with that particular GPU, but what case are you building in?
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Sorry! Budget added to OP, £400, with a push if justified.

As for case, no idea... I don't know what I can work with in terms of size. Hence why I'm asking :D No bigger than mine (which is too big for her), Lian Li PC-A04B.

So needs to be smaller than that case, if possible, half the size would be a good starting point! lol.
 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £112.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £95.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SFX Gold 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (SST-ST45SF-G) £79.99
1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01 Raven Mini-ITX - Black £69.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x LiteOn DL-8ATSH Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £19.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99
Total : £1,031.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



assuming a budget of 1k

edit: you aint gonna get an i5k z87 mini itx build on 400 quid lol
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Thank you, but I would love to spend £1,000 on her PC, but we have holidays and stuff haha.
 
 
Hows this? It's a little over budget and not truly "tiny" but £400 is a really really tight budget for anything other than an APU build if you need to go mini-ITX. If you can push up to Micro ATX you can get quite a bit more power at this budget.

I'm a little over but I hope you will agree it's worth it. I've also used a 750ti instead of the 750 as it's a much better card.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OC) £109.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Antec New Solution Series NSK-3180 Mini-Tower - Matte Black £29.99
Total : £440.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



**EDIT**

Just seen your reply and good news. Although the case I have picked isnt tiny, it is smaller than the current one :)

188 x 386 x 460mm
vs
180 x 360 x 411 mm
 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Kaveri 7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail £139.99
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG05 HTPC USB 3.0 Case with 300W Power Supply - Black (SST-SG05B USB 3.0) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XN-WIFI AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x LiteOn DL-8ATSH Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £19.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99
Total : £443.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).

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I like! Any chance it could be a intel setup for similar price?
 
BinnsY said:
Hows this? It's a little over budget and not truly "tiny" but £400 is a really really tight budget for anything other than an APU build if you need to go mini-ITX. If you can push up to Micro ATX you can get quite a bit more power at this budget.

I'm a little over but I hope you will agree it's worth it. I've also used a 750ti instead of the 750 as it's a much better card.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OC) £109.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Antec New Solution Series NSK-3180 Mini-Tower - Matte Black £29.99
Total : £440.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



**EDIT**

Just seen your reply and good news. Although the case I have picked isnt tiny, it is smaller than the current one :)

188 x 386 x 460mm
vs
180 x 360 x 411 mm
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Maybe go a little more over-budget with this case:

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
Total : £75.12 (includes shipping : £8.00).




EDIT: Missed the integrated power of the other case. My bad. Ignore me.
 
 
Spursingham said:
Maybe go a little more over-budget with this case:

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
Total : £75.12 (includes shipping : £8.00).




EDIT: Missed the integrated power of the other case. My bad. Ignore me.
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I agree, and I'm happy to push the boat a little. As for CPU, I will put an i5 in.

Spursingham... Perfect so far with the case suggested above and an i5. A little over budget, but bloody brilliant!
 
 
Ok, she prefers the look of the antec case, the bog standard mini tower (like my Lian Li), she can make room for it.
 
agnes said:
Ok, she prefers the look of the antec case, the bog standard mini tower (like my Lian Li), she can make room for it.
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Great!

Removed PSU as the case has an Antec Unit & added 260:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £137.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11222-06-20G) £99.95
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EARS) £48
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £31.99
1 x Antec New Solution Series NSK-3180 Mini-Tower - Matte Black £29.99
Total : £407.90 (includes shipping : ).



You get free shipping so win win :)
 
snips86x said:
Why Z77?

Haswell is Z87!!
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I'm so out of touch :(

My thinking is that now the Antec case is the chosen one, won't it be cheaper to go micro atx not mini?

p.s. how the hell are you lot linking the baskets like that?
 
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