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Hello,
I am looking to build a P55 mini ITX system. This will be a multi purpose system with some longevity. I will play games but I am not too fuzzed with being able to have the highest settings in Crysis. I will play mainly RTS (eg. StarCraft II).
Case:
I have looked at a variety of cases but the ones I have singled out are: Silverstone SG07 and SG05, Lian Li PC-Q7, PC-08, PC-Q11 (when it arrives). What are the pros and cons of these given my purpose and choices of other components?
Mobo:
The Zotac P55 WiFi or maybe Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3? Any other good alternatives and pros and cons?
CPU:
Is i5 750 overkill here, would it suffice with i3? I would like some longevity and I am thinking it might be worthwhile going quad core? I am not looking to overclock, at least not in this mini ITX system.
GPU:
Since I will play games and probably more graphically advanced games going forward than at present, I will need to have a pretty decent dedicated GPU. I know that this limits my choice of case somewhat. I am looking at something in the region of ATI 5830, 5770 or GTX 460. I guess DX11 is prefered for the longevity and also, the similar DX10 cards like GTX 260 are running too hot for a mini ITX.
Cooling:
Any advice here would be good.
Memory:
DDR3 4GB maybe expandable to 8GB.
PSU:
Whatever would be needed for the system and I guess it would have to be modular due to the size of the case.
HD:
I'd prefer to use a standard SATA II. Is the case strong enough to get a SSD. What about SSD boot drive and a SATA II for storage to go with it?
Any advice would be very useful!
Thank you in advance.
Cheers,
R
I am looking to build a P55 mini ITX system. This will be a multi purpose system with some longevity. I will play games but I am not too fuzzed with being able to have the highest settings in Crysis. I will play mainly RTS (eg. StarCraft II).
Case:
I have looked at a variety of cases but the ones I have singled out are: Silverstone SG07 and SG05, Lian Li PC-Q7, PC-08, PC-Q11 (when it arrives). What are the pros and cons of these given my purpose and choices of other components?
Mobo:
The Zotac P55 WiFi or maybe Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3? Any other good alternatives and pros and cons?
CPU:
Is i5 750 overkill here, would it suffice with i3? I would like some longevity and I am thinking it might be worthwhile going quad core? I am not looking to overclock, at least not in this mini ITX system.
GPU:
Since I will play games and probably more graphically advanced games going forward than at present, I will need to have a pretty decent dedicated GPU. I know that this limits my choice of case somewhat. I am looking at something in the region of ATI 5830, 5770 or GTX 460. I guess DX11 is prefered for the longevity and also, the similar DX10 cards like GTX 260 are running too hot for a mini ITX.
Cooling:
Any advice here would be good.
Memory:
DDR3 4GB maybe expandable to 8GB.
PSU:
Whatever would be needed for the system and I guess it would have to be modular due to the size of the case.
HD:
I'd prefer to use a standard SATA II. Is the case strong enough to get a SSD. What about SSD boot drive and a SATA II for storage to go with it?
Any advice would be very useful!
Thank you in advance.
Cheers,
R
