Mini ITX build help for Niece

With memory this time:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88XN-WIFI AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £77.99
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £71.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Aqua Blue £49.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x ASUS MS-100 speaker £19.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £19.79
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £424.70 (includes shipping : ).



Intel:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £89.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Aqua Blue £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x ASUS MS-100 speaker £19.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £19.79
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N Nano USB Adapter (TL-WN725N) £7.99
Total : £400.69 (includes shipping : ).

 
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2nd try too ;p (lets all jump on the bandwagon lol)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x **B Grade** Intel Core i3-4340 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £69.95
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £56.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Aqua Blue £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11222-06-20G) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £35.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £19.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N Nano USB Adapter (TL-WN725N) £7.99
Total : £494.86 (includes shipping : ).



spec's good enough for mid-level gaming too ;p
 
man you guys are funny...

he said not gaming and with a 2TB HDD and no DVD drive. If you really want to go cheap:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £57.98
1 x SanDisk Pulse 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-128G-G25) £50.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Aqua Blue £49.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £19.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £19.79
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N Nano USB Adapter (TL-WN725N) £7.99
Total : £351.71 (includes shipping : ).

 
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Thanks got the case and the i3 processor in the B Grade section. It was a seriously tough choice between that and the Anniversary K. :eek:

Also 16Gb Sammy Green is overkill in my Gaming machine so I'll take 2 sticks out and put that towards her build.

Additionally I rummaged through my boxes in the shed and found 2 Scythes AP15s, a Corsair H60, Phobya extreme thermal paste, 230mm Bitfinix Spectre pro fan, OCZ ZS Bronze 80 plus PSU and a partidge in a pear tree :p, so they can be put to good use towards the build.

With the money saved I may as well get a 512Gb SSD and forget about the HD.

Just need to see what other H81 boards are available.
 
just finished the build for my neice and I'm going to drop it of at London tomorrow as it's a bank holiday.

There is one flaw with the Prodigy and it is very common. I'm stuck now as the case's USB 3.0 bottom connector does not work.

I've tried looking for solutions:
http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/forums/3,tech-talk/850,ghost-front-usb3-problem/

and nothing works. Is it possible that the lead that goes to the motherboards USB header is broken? The lead itself looks to be integrated with the case so to remove I will need to disconnect the power leads etc.

Now my problem is that I cannot tell a PC illiterate Sister or Neice to install this part so they have to make do with a non functioning USB port that on a mITX build is very important due to the lack of ports in the first place.

:(

The iGPU is excellent. I'm surprised that it can play Grid Autosport at 1280x720p at Medium settings on my TV. I hope Intel continue to improve their iGPU's as from reading reviews AMD are in command in this area.

As the i3 can't be overclocked I just under volted the CPU at 1.01 and ran a custom blend stress test on IntelBurnTest. The CPU reaches 55 degrees celcius MAX and idles at 28.

Pics of the buid.

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First I've heard of that problem really. USB3 ports work fine on mine. That said, have you tried just using the USB2 header? Does she need USB3? Although if it's the lead itself that's at fault, neither will probably work since they're the same cable.

The only option is to RMA it, unless you can be bothered to source replacement front I/O (just the USB ports/lead since they're separate to everything else).
 
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Is the case prefered because of colour, or the design with the handles?

If purely colour I would look at either spraying a different case (I know this sounds daunting, and I wouldn't have the guts to try). But may be one of the Overclockers staff would do a custom job for you, as they stock a whole range of colour sprays starting at 95p, or Plastidip for £14.99 that is meant to be easier according to video below.


Alternative you could contact Parvum Systems directly about a custom colour scheme for their not officially released mini-ITX case. People have been buying them for some time, with this being an example of white/orange combo.
 
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