ITX Project....HELP!!

Hudson1984

Hudson1984

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hi all, I was in the process of building a gaming PC with ATX mobo etc but I got carried away and really need to keep cost down so i'm going a different direction.

I will be selling my MSI gaming motherboard and my HAF case and getting an ITX case (Coolermaster 120 Elite)

My question is regarding the build, this is going to be my first build, just wondered if anyone can help with componants - i'd really like to stay below £500 all in.

Games I want to play are:
BF3 (not maxed)
Diablo 3 (as fast as possible)
Kartracerpro (or similar racing sim)
Crysis 3 (probably quite slow as i hear it's a beast of a game)
Starcraft 2 (as fast as possible)

I'm going to be using the PC as a media centre in the lounge which is why i'm opting for the smaller case over my current mid tower.

any advice would really be welcomed - don't really want to change the case from an ITX
 
my first thoughts are...if you want to stick to a strict budget DON'T buy Mini ITX. Two very simple reasons:

a) you pay a 10-20% premium for Mini ITX over Micro ATX, less PCB doesn't mean less cost.

b) you will be to eek out more free performance through overclocking with a bigger case and cooler.
 
noted, however I'm really not likely to overclock :/ i'd love to say yeah i'm going to do it but I won't....really won't just want a good small PC to play the games I like and watch TV through that really is all I want.
 
Not including any operating system or Solid State Drive this would be the best rig I could think of without exceeding £600...

KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GPU Keyring
Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
ASRock H61MV-ITX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 M-ITX Motherboard
Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM
Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)

Sub Total : £484.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.08
Total : £594.48
 
that looks a good build to me! I have a DVD drive so can save a little there not much though obviously.

I have wondered about a SSHD drive that seagate do over a HDD and SSD and for £60 you get 500GB which might be ok for my uses...i'm guessing.
 
I would personally plump for a small SSD like the Toshiba 60GB at the very least, I find long OS boot times irritating.
 
Oh god me too. I don't think I need to add a TV card really, the TV I use has freeview build in so it's a little wasteful and space will be at a premium in the case.

I like the idea of a SSD, would I be better off upping to say £650, dropping the HDD and just having a 256gb SSD for example? it really is only for games, so just a case of having enough space for Win7 and the games I don't really save much else
 
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