High spec gaming ITX build?

Mikoyan

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Hi all,

Contemplating either a new gaming laptop or...venturing to ITX or SFF.

Im either waiting on the new Alienware 13 + Dock...or if anyone can recommend a high spec gaming ITX as I have been out of the PC building game for a while, so no idea whats best motherboard, etc..

Can anyone spec one for me? :)
 
Here's a quick spec to illustrate what you could get for a similar price as the laptop (illustrative purposes only, I think everything fits but I haven't checked):
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £277.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2974-KR) £275.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX Compact Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011047-WW) £71.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
Total : £1,015.86 (includes shipping : ).

That will pee all over it performance wise, though you'll have to add another couple of hundred quid if you also need a monitor.

EIDT: Knew I'd forgotten something :)
 
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It's not super small but I think it looks smaller in real-life if that makes sense. The product pages make it look like a massive tower. How small do you really need it to be?

Also I forgot the SSD from the spec and there isn't an ODD drive but then if I was building one I wouldn't include one.
 
105 wont fit in the 250d. It is designed for the h100i. I know because I just bought almost the exact setup.

The 250d is not much bigger than an HP Microserver so if thats big then I think you need to rethink :P I don't have the fancy script/plugin that creates those nice baskets but my spec is below:

1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX Compact Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011047-WW) (CA-169-CS) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-169-CS
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) (HS-015-CS) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-CS
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GX-259-MS) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-MS
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black (CA-003-SF) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** (BU-007-MS) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-007-MS
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light (MY-046-AR) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-046-AR
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) (HD-035-CR) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-035-CR
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) (HD-037-CR) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-037-CR
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 6TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD60EZRX) (HD-455-WD) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-455-WD

Obviously the hard drive config is personal to you.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £425.99
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £277.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST45SF SFX Series - 450 Watt Power Supply £61.99
1 x Silverstone SST-ML07B Milo Mini ITX Case - Black £51.95
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M8 2.5" 1TB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M101MBB) HDD £47.99
1 x LiteOn DL-8A4SH-25C Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £29.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR06 CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable (AK-CB050) £2.99
Total : £1,143.83 (includes shipping : ).




in a case that is the same size as a console...
i5k + heatsink for overclocking
gtx 980!
specced windows if you need, though tbh, i'd say just use windows 10 preview for now...and wait for the pre-release deals for the full windows 10


with a gtx 970:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £277.98
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £247.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Silverstone Strider SST-ST45SF SFX Series - 450 Watt Power Supply £61.99
1 x Silverstone SST-ML07B Milo Mini ITX Case - Black £51.95
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M8 2.5" 1TB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M101MBB) HDD £47.99
1 x LiteOn DL-8A4SH-25C Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £29.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR06 CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable (AK-CB050) £2.99
Total : £965.83 (includes shipping : ).

 
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Obviously it's overkill wattage wise but that's not a major issue. I would be careful about the size though, a 200mm long PSU takes up a lot of space.
 
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Hi all,

After spending ages looking on ocuk using your guys helpful spec recommendations!...what do you think of this?

MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £361.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-008-MS

Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-352-AS

Samsung 512GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE512BW) Samsung 512GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE512BW) £274.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-183-SA

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-038-TG

Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-CS

SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £77.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-SF

Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-179-CS

Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste £8.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-013-CL


Total : £1,311.83

Any advice on the specs, im looking to just get high spec out the box but in small form factor. Its been a while since I treated myself :D

The case seems bigger and future proof than the 250D i.e. SLI support? Any recommendations or tweaks will be welcome! ;)
 
your spec is nice, but not good value for money.
also i wouldn't get a 650w psu. it's far too much for a single gpu build, but not enough juice for a dual gpu build.

case in point below:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £361.98
2 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £247.99 (£495.98)
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £157.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
Total : £1,395.83 (includes shipping : ).



for a similar amount, you can get sli 970s! and a gpu to support it.
 
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