MATX Gaming PC

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Hi,

I have been out of the PC hardware circle for a few years and i am looking to build a mini itx gaming pc that could sit in the living room.

Could anyone give me advice and pointers as to a decent system.

I am into the typical games like Total War, Skyrim but also FSX and FPS games.

Any advice would be really appreciated.

Budget up to £600 or less...

Thanks

Bri
 
Does it need to be a "flat" type case (adds to cost) or would a small "boxy square/rectangle"(cheaper, better for cooling usually) one do?
 
A small boxy square case would work for me as well, as you said typically this type is better for cooling.
 
 
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Different case, plus PSU and a CPU cooler to probably make for a quieter build

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £164.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120B/EU £59.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £53.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £44.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £42.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Mini-ITX Chassis £40.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £591.86 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
Bigger SSD, PSU and faster GPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01) £44.99
1 x BeQuiet System Power 7 450w '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Mini-ITX Chassis £40.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £615.50 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 
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That's a MATX motherboard.

Also with it being in his living room I went for lower noise, in my experience those Sivlerstone PSUs are fairly noisy, especially the cheap ones.
 
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