Is it possible?

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I want a small form factor PC that I can take to and from university with little hassle. Currently I have a laptop but gaming on a laptop sucks.

If I'm honest I only really play CS:S.

I was looking at ITX but from what I've seen you only get 2 PCI slots (if that) and I'd have to have a slim graphics card (rubbish) and a decent sound card. So it looks like mATX is the way forward.

I want to spend as little as possible, it just needs to be able to play CS:S at 1080p and maybe CS:GO at 1080p but not necessarily at the best settings when that comes out.

£600 budget, but I will push it if needs be. OS is not an issue. Also I have a Optical drive. I like the idea of the cube cases, but they seem quite expensive. I'm happy to go second hand.

Cheers.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £66.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
Total : £605.86 (includes shipping : FREE).



Smidge over but gives you an idea. The offers change later today (we are now wednesday) so the spec will need to be adjusted most likely to make the most of the offers.

What do you think of the case?
 
 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £191.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £66.98
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.98
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £38.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £36.98
Total : £620.89 (includes shipping : £10.00).




should do fine?
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Your H61 mobo isnt Mini-itx fella.
 
****...guess i need to go to bed...lol
how's about this instead


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Asus P8H77-I Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MiniITX Motherboard £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £66.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.98
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £38.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £36.98
Total : £589.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



h77 rather than the z77 seeing as its a smaller case, and the i3 cant be oced anyhow
 
lol I was about to spec similar

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £124.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Asus P8H77-I Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MiniITX Motherboard £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £66.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.98
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £38.99
Total : £605.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



The i3 cant be overclocked so yes you could use the H77 as it still has lucidMVP to use the IGP to boost the GPU. The Z77 mobo i used earlier had integrated wifi to help justify the price.....mini itx isnt cheap :(

I used the 460 here too (I own one), it's a good card and allows HDAO lighting and has CUDA support......is it really worth £40 more than the 6850 well I'll let the OP decide, probably not in truth. I don't want to get carried away doing specs as the offers will change (that PSU might well go pack up in price).
 
well spec is exactly the same bar the case and im assuming op has all summer to decide since uni starts in october anyhow
 
tamzzy said:
well spec is exactly the same bar the case and im assuming op has all summer to decide since uni starts in october anyhow
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LOL that's why they are similar

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £66.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.98
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £38.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £31.98
Total : £614.89 (includes shipping : FREE).



Not many budget cases in stock to be fair. This case is cheap and just a lil smaller than say the zalman Z9. He did say he wanted mATX, these cases can take ATX so that's what i've used.

i5 3570K uses less power than sandybridge and has a better IGP. On a Z77 mobo it can be overclocked, you still have lucidMVP to boost the 6850. Plus the rest of the goodies from the previous specs SSD, modular PSU etc ;)
 
Matx will be needed because I want a sound card as well as a graphics card. On ITX you will need a single slot gpu which aren't very good. dont worry about the sound card in the budget that's separate.
 
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