Gaming PC to fit BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX - Max £1k

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Looking for the most I can get for a grand to fit in the BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Slime case.

I want i7 4770k, 16GB high speed/performance RAM, a Samsung SSD ~250GB (or decent alternative) no other storage required, will be plugged into a NAS). Good gfx, nvidia for preference but will consider AMD, would like water cooler for cpu if it will fit in the case.

I need all components for a build from scratch, so cables, thermal paste, etc...

Also, will need a new monitor will have budget around £150 for that so open to suggestions.

Cheers.
 
You're asking quite a lot for the budget. Here's a spec that assumes you already have the case. You've only got 8gb RAM (not that you need more for gaming) and a 120gb SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x MSI Z87I Gaming AC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £129.95
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £61.99
Total : £1,156.55 (includes shipping : £11.75).



(you won't need additional cables or thermal paste)
 
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The OEM 4770k is only £10 cheaper than the retail version at the moment. Considering you get an extra two years warranty and the stock heatsink for that, I'd say it's worth the extra.
 
Yeah id personally pay the extra tenner for the warranty.

I think the spec fulax did was good for the money. I don't think you need 16gig of ram really and on your budget you would have to sacrifice on the GPU to make it happen.

Personally Id stretch and add in a 250ssd, purely because they fill up fast.

If you decide you want to go NVidia on GPU your basically saying 780 and need to add £50.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £129.95
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Enermax ELC240 with 2x T.B.Silence 12cm Fans £69.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £61.99
Total : £1,031.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Monitor Suggestions:

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2760 27" Widescreen LED Flicker-Free Multimedia Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £155.99
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
Total : £636.46 (includes shipping : £25.45).



27" is only £30 more!
 
OK, thanks for the suggestions. I'm happy to leave gfx card for a month and fork out for the 780.

Can someone give a complete listing of kit I need to build this, cables, fans and thermal paste?

Also can I put a single 8GB stick of RAM in now and add another later?

Also, is the board (and the case) capable of SLI in the future?

I'm a noob, so I need all of the basics in a list of what I need to puchase! :noob:

Cheers.
 
ITX boards only have one PCI-E slot, so you can only use one GPU. mATX boards have multiple slots, but they're usually close together which means the cards will get hot. Two 780s would be wasted on that monitor anyway.

ITX boards also only have two RAM slots. You could buy one 8gb stick and add another in the future, yes, as long as the speed, timings, and voltages are the same. But most come in kits of two modules.

All cables comes with the components. Thermal paste comes with the cooler.

How many fans you need to buy depends on the case. The Prodigy comes with an intake and exhaust fan, and with an AIO watercooler in the roof you wouldn't need to buy any extra fans.

EDIT
Components you need:
- Case
- Motherboard
- CPU
- CPU cooler
- GPU
- RAM
- PSU
- Storage drives
- Fans (optional)
- Optical drive
- Operating system
- Monitor/keyboard/mouse
 
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Well it's a bit green.

More importantly, the 240mm AIO cooler won't fit with an internal optical drive installed. Do you need a blu-ray? If not you can just get a cheap external DVD-RW:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £25.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).



EDIT: Also, this RAM is on offer. It is slightly slower but has better timings.

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £61.99
Total : £70.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

 
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