Mini gaming pc build

lee32uk · 5 Feb 2014 at 14:23

If it's just for gaming, go for 8GB of Ram.

Fulax · 5 Feb 2014 at 14:29

scotty1991 said:
Tempted to change the motherboard for the one sw1ft linked tho.

Fulax said:
This motherboard would probably make more sense:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z87I Gaming AC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £134.99
Total : £143.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

To clarify: have you decided to use this as your main PC or is it just a LAN gaming rig?

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 14:31

It will now be my main pc for gaming stream editing etc

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 14:41

So this is the final build what do people think as my main pc.

Ofc will be putting my gtx titan in it as the gfx card.

Fulax · 5 Feb 2014 at 14:59

As much as I love a case window, on the Prodigy it replaces the side vents through which your GPU would draw cool air. This will have an effect on temps, obviously. (This isn't necessarily a deal-breaker, but just something to consider)

Where is that single 120mm fan going? The Prodigy comes with two 120mm - one in the front, one in the rear. So if you put your H60 in the rear fan mount and buy a 200mm fan for the front you could put the two stock fans in the roof.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yang' Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black/White £69.95
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 200mm Fan - All White £14.99
Total : £94.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

lee32uk · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:00

Looks good to me. If im being picky i would say get a bigger SSD as 120GB will fill up pretty quick. You could also opt for an external USB DVD drive as you probably won't use it much anyway.

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:04

yeah thats a good idea fulax i got told if i mount 2 fans to the top i wont get the rewriter in tho.

Fulax · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:07

You could get an external one, as Lee suggested. It will make for a tidier build.

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:17

Never tryed an external rewriter how would it work.

Fulax · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:19

Plug it in via USB. Then use as you would any other DVD-RW.

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:21

ahh never knew that ok ye that sounds better

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:21

Ok so what do i change now im going to use that externally

Fulax · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:27

Take out the internal DVD-RW, swap the 120mm fan in your spec for a 200 or 230mm one. Sorted.

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:32

why are all the external dvd-rw on overclockers expensive.

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:50

http://i.imgur.com/8sjvYYC.jpg Ok there it is the final build what do you guys think and thx for all the help.

Danny75 · 5 Feb 2014 at 16:01

scotty1991 said:
http://i.imgur.com/8sjvYYC.jpg Ok there it is the final build what do you guys think and thx for all the help.

Looks good. Just add something like this to run the case fans:

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 12V 20cm - Black £4.99

The 2 x 120mm fans the case brings are silent on 12v. The 200mm Spectre Pro comes with a 7v molex adaptor, which is the ideal speed for it in terms of cooling-to-noise. But the extra 3 pin cable on the above adaptor will give you the option of running it at 12v too, if you wish.

There'll be less clutter on the mobo this way, and sometimes the non-CPU fan headers on mobos don't work all that great. Best to run them from PSU molex.

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 16:05

Ite i will do that thx.

scotty1991 · 5 Feb 2014 at 16:06

Just need to find out now if overclockers can build it for me