Mini ITX Build (Help Needed)

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Ok so basically my dad is building a MINI ITX build focused around music/sound quality, also will be used for medium quality gaming. We are looking for a budget at around £600 including a sound card. ATM we are not sure on price to quality on the sound cards. (I have a GPU for build)

Suggestions/Builds appreciated?
 
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The case you have chosen has a maximum GPU length of 200m - make sure yours will fit. More importantly, your motherboard (and all other ITX boards AFAIK) only has one PCI-E slot, which means you wouldn't be able to use a sound card and a GPU.

Does it have to be ITX?
 
What exactly is the use of this. You say audio quality is important but is it just for pleasure or actually music work/production?

What speaker setup will it be running through? I assume it will be a pretty decent one.

As fulax said, that case is pretty strict on sizing.
 
The H87 Mobo won't be able to overclock the 4670K processor. Either go for a Z87 motherboard or a non-K processor.

The OEM version of the processor doesn't come with a heatsink & fan and only comes with a 1 year warranty. For an extra £4 the Retail version does and has a 3 year warranty.
 
Fulax said:
The case you have chosen has a maximum GPU length of 200m - make sure yours will fit. More importantly, your motherboard (and all other ITX boards AFAIK) only has one PCI-E slot, which means you wouldn't be able to use a sound card and a GPU.

Does it have to be ITX?
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Doomedspeed said:
What exactly is the use of this. You say audio quality is important but is it just for pleasure or actually music work/production?

What speaker setup will it be running through? I assume it will be a pretty decent one.

As fulax said, that case is pretty strict on sizing.
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The GPU was a Asus 6850 so yeah it will not fit, the Build is for music but not work/production (pleasure). The speaker system is a existing quality one.

We are open to suggestions for the case and the build. (MINI ITX as it will be standing next to the TV):)
 
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Defconluke said:
The H87 Mobo won't be able to overclock the 4670K processor. Either go for a Z87 motherboard or a non-K processor.

The OEM version of the processor doesn't come with a heatsink & fan and only comes with a 1 year warranty. For an extra £4 the Retail version does and has a 3 year warranty.
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Yeah we was just talking about the K processors :P, thanks for the heads up about the OEM CPU I forgot.
 
Here's something I've put together quickly.
The case is nice & small and comes with a 450W PSU already installed but can only take one 3.5" HDD. Because of that I would recommend going for a 2TB drive instead of the 1TB if you can.
The Motherboard has one of the better onboard sound devices.

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1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x ASRock Z87E-ITX Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £143.99
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1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £625.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
 
 
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Danny75 said:
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1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
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1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £39.95
Total : £596.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Unlocked processors wont be necessary as my dad does not know what over clocking is and wont ever be looking into doing it. The main issue atm is sound cards, is one actually needed for decent sound quality through speakers?
 
Thrust4Money said:
Unlocked processors wont be necessary as my dad does not know what over clocking is and wont ever be looking into doing it. The main issue atm is sound cards, is one actually needed for decent sound quality through speakers?
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It surely does, you can get the prodigy in atx form though for similar specs above inc gfx card you will need to up your budget
 
For medium-quality gaming on Mini-ITX, maybe consider an AMD APU (Richland A10-6800K for the top-end) and leave the PCI-E slot free for a dedicated sound card (Xonar D2X is stunning even for its age).
 
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