Light gaming machine

Cheetah Designs

Cheetah Designs

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I had wanted a low powered machine but now I want a light gaming machine aswell.

So what I am looking for is a base unit without an os:

- no moving parts so one of those heatsink cases
- because I am using a heatsink case, max 65w tdp CPU and a pico psu
- SSD
- ability to do some light gaming

All that as cheap as it can be done please.

Thanks

Edit: there was a thread on here with a lot of these type of builds but I can't find it
 
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Thats pretty much impossible.

Because you want it to draw only 65W's from the wall then you can't have a graphics card but then your only limited to AGP's which will use more than that in conjunction with the rest of the system, ie SSD, fans etc.
 
This sounds like it would do what you want:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x AMD A10-5700 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD5700OKHJBOX) £91.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
Total : £283.68 (includes shipping : £9.00).



Integrated graphics are good enough for the likes of BF3, Skyrim & FarCry3 and the 2133 RAM gives the APU a great boost.
 
Cheetah Designs said:
I need a mini ITX board!

Should I definitely be looking at AMD if I am doing gaming?



Expecting to spend around 450 to 500 on this machine.
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AMD is good for integrated graphics, the APU surpasses other CPU's on this level.

I spec'd the AMD due to the limitations you provided regarding the TDP. Case & PSU. Can you move on these at all, consider something like this maybe?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x AMD A10-5700 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD5700OKHJBOX) £91.99
1 x Thermaltake Armor A30 LAN Gaming Case - Black £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 430W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £54.95
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £486.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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Cheetah Designs said:
I need a mini ITX board!

Should I definitely be looking at AMD if I am doing gaming?



Expecting to spend around 450 to 500 on this machine.
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Another option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £46.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £532.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Just stole this build, looked reasonable, though I'd share it.

EDIT - Just changed the graphics card!!
 
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Well I want a completely passive pc, no moving parts so there is no noise., this is the most important thing so there is no movement on this.

The reason i stated a maximum of 65W TDP was so that it would I would be able to use a passive case.

Don't want a mechanical hard drive in there.
 
 
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